Input/Output Devices

1. Input - Keyboard

1.1. The most common input device is the keyboard, which is used both for text-based data input and for selecting commands. Keyboards usually have the following:

1.2. * Keys for the letters of the alphabet.

1.3. * Keys for punctuation symbols.

1.4. * Numbered keys or a numeric keypad.

1.5. Keyboards can help children with hand eye coordination, learning to type, and interface with new technology.

2. Output - USB Drive

2.1. These small drives are storage devises that easily plug into a open USB port on a computer

2.2. These Drives are inexpensive and allow students to save their data in files without using limited storage on a computer.

2.3. When you have many students utilizing one machine it is important that they save their data in a drive such as this - otherwise you could be losing processing speed due to full memory drives.