🎯 Learning Intention

I will demonstrate how hardware, software, and user actions interact to make a computer system function.

✅ Success Criteria

I can describe a full system scenario—identifying the input, process, storage, and output—and explain how the OS connects hardware and software in that system.

💭 Why Are We Learning This

Troubleshooting starts with seeing the whole picture.

When you can trace how parts and programs depend on each other, you can solve almost any tech problem.

🧩 Vocabulary Focus

Term Definition Example
Integration Combining multiple parts into one functioning system Hardware + Software + User = Working Computer
Troubleshooting Step-by-step process of identifying and solving issues Restarting a device or updating a driver
Peripherals External devices connected to the system Mouse, printer, webcam
Driver Software that lets the OS communicate with hardware Printer driver = translation software
Interface The point where two systems meet or communicate USB port, Bluetooth, GUI
Boot Process Steps the OS follows to start the computer Power → POST → OS Load → Login

☀️ Warm-Up / Tech Journal (5 min)

“Think about the last time your computer or phone glitched.

What part of the system do you think caused it—hardware, software, or user?

What clues told you that?”

🧠 Mini-Lesson (10 min)

  1. Review Diagram: User → Software → OS → Hardware → Output.

  2. Example: Pressing “Print”

    • Input = click command

    • Process = OS sends data to spooler

    • Output = printer creates page

  3. Troubleshooting Pattern: Ask → Observe → Test → Fix → Verify.