Our desktop looks similar to what we see here
normally.
The pictures on the left are called icons. On
the next few slides, we’ll play around with the
icons.
Ack! It looks like Mario got away from the
other icons!
Let’s use our mouse to put him back.
Well, now it looks like they have all moved!
Can you put them back in the same position
that they were in on the 1st slide?
Well, now it looks like they have marched over
to us in a line.
Instead of moving them back one at a time,
let’s “left click and drag” to select all of the
icons together.
Why don’t they just stay put?
This time, let’s move just the Word and
Chrome icons into their homes.
We’ll use the Ctrl button to help us move both
icons at the same time.
If you do it right, the Word icon will be on blue
and the Chrome icon will be on purple.
Afterwards, use the “Ctrl + Left click” to move
Mario and Powerpoint at the same time.
Mario should end up on the red square, and
Powerpoint should end up on the yellow
square.
Our icons disappeared for a moment. They
were tired of being pushed around. Don’t
worry, they’ll get over it.
Let’s practice our right clicking.
Each shape on the left can be a different color.
Move your mouse to the blue shape. Use the
right button on your mouse to “right click” the
shape.
Look at all the different things you can do!
This is called the “right click menu”. A menu
offers us options that will affect the item we
are working with.
Let’s right click the blue shape, and turn the
“Fill” to red, like below.
You know, I think we’ve got too many shapes.
Let’s use our right-click menu to delete the
purple and red boxes.
Double check: did you delete all of boxes I
asked you to delete?
Oops. Actually, I think we need a couple more
boxes now. How can I make a sequence chain
without a few more boxes?
Let’s use our right click to “copy” the blue box.
Move your mouse cursor right below the box.
Let’s right click again underneath our original
blue box. We’ll tell the computer to “paste”
this time. Our paste icon looks like a clipboard
with a piece of paper and the letter “a”.
Let’s do the same thing for the yellow box.
Hint: If we can’t go under, maybe we should
go _____?
Oops. Actually, I think we need a couple more
boxes now. How can I make a sequence chain
without a few more boxes?
Let’s use our right click to “copy” the blue box.
Move your mouse cursor right below the box.
Let’s right click again underneath our original
blue box. We’ll tell the computer to “paste”
this time. Our paste icon looks like a clipboard
with a piece of paper and the letter “a”.
Let’s do the same thing for the yellow box.
Hint: If we can’t go under, maybe we should
go _____?
Hey, looks like we’ve got our 4 shapes back.
Let’s make the 2nd one turn red.
Finally
Then
First
Next
Let’s make the third one turn purple.
Then, we can put our sequence words in
order:
First
Next
Then
Finally
Use your left click skills to move the words
into the order on top of the boxes. The
This page looks pretty empty.
First, READ ALL the directions on this page.
Next, I think we should go back to the first
slide, “left click and drag” to select the 4
icons.
Then, we should right click on one of the icons
and select “copy”.
After we right click and select “copy”, let’s
come back to this page.
Finally, let’s use our mouse to right click, and
then “paste”.
We should have all of our icons back!