Technology and You- Monday- 1st period

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It was really a good thing radio was short, because after getting doused with ice water and cleaning up, Kitty had to run back home and change clothes before her first period class. And if she was still pulling her wet hair back in a ponytail as she started class, well, shut up, she was rushed. At least she was awake now!

Anyway, the class was back in a Danger Shopped computer lab, and everyone had their laptops back. The differences were that this week there a) were phones on the desks, and b) there was a screen where Kitty could use her own computer and they could see what she was doing at every step.

"I promise every week won't be about computers, but they're kind of important in this day and age, and we're going to go a little bit deeper there today," she said. "I'm going to walk you through a couple basic things, so you should be able to walk out of here and move on from there. And I want you to know that if at any point in this class, you don't understand something, you should definitely speak up. Everyone's in the same boat here, so never feel bad about asking questions. Also if anyone ever wants extra help with something, I'll be having office hours on Fridays, so you can always come talk to me one on one. Okay? So, let's get started."

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Sign In

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Like you understand computers.

Email

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"First up is Email. If you've already done this, uh, log in and send an email to someone and say it's for class. For the rest of you, it's a way to send messages to other people without actually talking to them. You need an email address to sign up for a lot of things online, or to order things, so it's good to have it. You've all got Gmail on your computers, so the first step is going to be coming up with an email address. It can be your name, or just a phrase you want to go by. So here, if I want to make my own email..." Kitty said, demonstrating by typing her name into the box, "you just do that. Only one person can have an email address, if it says the name you want is taken, you can add a number, or try something new."

Once they'd all done that, she went on, "Next is your password. That's a series of numbers or letters, or a word that you'll remember. You input that so only you can get into your account. Never ever give anyone your password. If someone asks for it, they're trying to access your account and that's usually bad. I've also put some scratch paper next to you, so write down both your email and password. Don't show it to anyone, and don't lose it. But you'll have it in case you want to log on later and you forget it."

How's it going, guys?

Google

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Once that was done, Kitty went on, "See that white bar at the top of the page? Every website on the internet has its own unique address so you can get to it. You type it into that white bar there, hit enter, and it'll pull it right up. So take a second and type Google.com in there." And hopefully even people who didn't know the letters could at least copy what they saw Kitty doing on the screen.

"This is a search engine. If you want to get to a website and don't know how to get there, you can put it in this search bar here and it'll pull up results for you. Or if you just feel like knowing more about say, puppies, you can type that in here and you can see webpages about it, or pictures, or video."

That's right, she was going to leave up a Google Image search of puppies. You're welcome.

"Now type something in there that you might be curious about, hit enter, and see what results you get. Just keep it appropriate for class. Some of the results, by the way, might be for something called Wikipedia. It's a giant online enclyclopedia where you can look up a ton of stuff, so you can remember or write down that address."

How're you doing now?

Tech Support

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"And then sometimes, the computer just won't work, or it'll get a virus, or you won't know how to do something," Kitty went on, pulling up a phone number onto her screen. "You can ask a friend, you can take it to Stark Industries for repairs, or again, I have office hours on Fridays. And sometimes you just have to go ahead and call tech support. We're going to go into phones more later, but pick up the receiver, and dial this number on this screen and wait till someone picks up."

They'd be listening to hold music for the rest of class. Feel free to talk or complain about your teacher's weird sense of humor.

Talk to Kitty

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Whose hair might still be dripping.

OOC

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Ah, newbie computer classes: where I write way too many words about something WE CLEARLY ALL KNOW HOW TO DO.