There's an app for that! Pupils learn to build an app that will store data on an Android. The instructional activity introduces class members to the tiny database, TinyDB, for Android devices. A video tutorial provides an...

What is an engineer? Find out in a brief video that explores types of engineers and the three essential questions every engineer asks and answers. Additionally, pupils discover real world engineers that have made an impact on...

Computers are amazingly powerful machines that we have come to take for granted. Starting with a simple click of the mouse, this animated video takes you on a trip through the inner workings of computers. Learn how programs allow the...

So you want to be a programmer, huh? An episode from a comprehensive series about physics describes what it's like to be a software programmer. The narrator interviews actual programmers to dispel myths about the profession.

According to Bill Gates, computers have the potential to do amazing things, but the only thing that makes a computer smart is you! Learn about the relationship between software and the hardware it controls on computers. This the last...

This resource presents a number of short videos on how to use PowerPoint effectively. Basic and advanced techniques are described in tutorial fashion.

This video [6:05] focuses on the challenges of choosing the right software for various subjects. It's difficult to determine the scope and material in computer software to meet the needs of students in a blended learning environment.

This video discusses criteria for selecting software to be used in a blended environmental. It suggests that you figure out what is free out there, what you already have, and how you're going to incorporate those things. Then what are...

This video [2:28] discusses resources to help schools choose educational software that will meet the needs of their students. It includes reading user reviews and two new resources Common Sense Media and EdSurge.

Engineering manager Erica Gomez, program manager Jerome Holman, and Microsoft founder Bill Gates explain how a computer's hardware and software work together.

This video introduces the role of software in making computers useful. It focuses on different kinds of software and software's roles in computers and other tools we use every day.