2. Uses of the Computer
2. Uses of the Computer - WBBPE - Grade 1 - কম্পিউটার
🖥️ Uses of the Computer
📖 CHAPTER 2
🎯 THIS CHAPTER COVERS
Here are some of the uses of a computer:
- Solving Sums ➕
- Drawing Pictures 🎨
- Playing Games 🎮
- Watching Movies 🎬
- Listening to Music 🎶
- Messaging ✉️
- Helping at School 🏫
- Helping at Home 🏠
The computer is a very useful electronic machine. It helps us to complete many tasks, such as:
- Solving sums
- Drawing pictures
- Playing games
- Watching movies
- Listening to music
- Sending and receiving messages
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➕ SOLVING SUMS
It can solve sums for us.
- The computer is very fast in calculating the sums.
- It does not make mistakes.
- It gives correct results.
🎨 DRAWING PICTURES
It can draw pictures for us.
- We can draw and paint pictures on the computer.
- Designer cards could also be created using the computer.
💡 Good to Know
Computer animation is the art of creating moving images with the use of the computer.
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🎮 PLAYING GAMES
It can play games with us.
We can play different games on the computer, such as Road Rash, Car racing, Chess, Cricket, etc.
💡 Good to Know Joystick is a device we use for controlling movement of the objects on the computer. We use it for playing games.
🎬 WATCHING MOVIES
It can show us movies.
We can watch movies on the computer like My Friend Ganesha, Batman, Aladin, Ice Age, etc.
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🎶 Listening to Music
💡 A computer can play music for us!
We can listen to different kinds of music using speakers or headphones connected to a computer.
📧 Messaging
💬 Computers can help us send and receive messages.
By using the internet, we can send and receive messages to and from our friends and relatives anywhere in the world within a few seconds.
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🏫 HELPING AT SCHOOL
💡 Computers can help us at school.
Teachers use computers for:
- Teaching 🧑🏫
- Preparing test papers 📝
- Creating report cards 📊
🏠 HELPING AT HOME
👨👩👧👦 Computers can help us at our home.
We can use the computer for:
- Doing our school homework 📚
- Making projects 🎨
- Finding useful pictures required by us 🖼️
🌍 Where Else Are Computers Used?
Nowadays, computers are used in:
- Banks 🏦
- Hotels 🏨
- Offices 🏢
- Schools 🏫
- Colleges 🎓
- And many other places! ✨
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💡 Let us Recollect
- A computer can do calculations very quickly. ➕
- We can draw and paint pictures on the computer. 🎨
- We can play different games on the computer. 🎮
- We can listen to music using speakers or headphones. 🎧
- We can send and receive messages through the computer. 📧
- A computer can be used by school teachers to teach and also to prepare test papers and report cards. 🧑🏫
- Nowadays, computers are used in banks, hotels, offices, institutes, schools, colleges, etc. 🏢
📚 Word Bank
- Perform: to do something.
- Calculation: to determine something by mathematical processes. 🔢
- Report card: to give information about something on the card. 📄
📝 EVALUATION TIME!
SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT
A. Multiple Choice Questions
Tick (✓) the correct options.
- By using a computer we can send and receive-
- (i) chocolates
- (ii) ice-creams
- (iii) messages
💻 Computer Activities & Knowledge Check!
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By using a computer we can do calculations very-
- (i) slowly
- (ii) quickly
- (iii) moderately
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By using a computer we can draw-
- (i) pictures
- (ii) table
- (iii) pencil
B. Fill in the blanks with the help of clues given in the box. 💡
Clues: sums, music, movies, games, designer cards
- Designer cards can be created using the computer.
- We can watch movies on a computer.
- The computer can be used to play games.
- The computer can also be used to listen to music.
- The computer can solve sums very quickly.
C. Write 'T' for true and 'F' for false statements. ✅❌
- The computer cannot do basic calculations. F
- The computer is not used in banks. F
- We cannot watch movies using the computer. F
- The computer can be used to listen to music. T
- We cannot draw pictures on the computer. F
D. Answer the following questions. ❓
- How can a computer be helpful to teachers?
- How can a computer help us in our studies?
- What is a joystick?
- How can a computer entertain us?
- What is computer animation?
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FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT
🖥️ In the Computer lab 👩💻
A. Tick (✔️) the activities you can perform on the computer and cross (❌) the other ones.
- Solving sums ➕➖ [✔️]
- Cooking 🍳 [❌]
- Listening music 🎶 [✔️]
B. Collect pictures of different places where computers are used, using the internet. Paste them in the spaces provided.
- Uses of computers in the Office 🏢
- Uses of computers in the Hospital 🏥
- Uses of computers at School 🏫
- Uses of computers in a Retail shop 🛍️
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