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🏃‍♀️ The race for peripherals

Duration: 15 minutes

Team: Groups of 3 students

🎯 Educational Objective​

The objective of this activity is to discover the different types of peripherals that can be connected to a computer, as well as their characteristics.

📜 Statement​

🚩 Training​

As a team, you must identify and name as many peripherals as possible that can be connected or integrated into a computer.

For each peripheral found, fill in an Excel file with the following columns:

  • Peripheral
  • Input and/or output
  • Internal or external

For example:

PeripheralInput/OutputInternal/External
KeyboardInputExternal
MonitorOutputExternal
Hard driveInput/OutputInternal

🏆 The race!​

At the end, once you have filled in your table, the teacher will invite you to copy and paste your answers into a shared Excel workbook.

The team with the most valid answers in the shared table wins the respect and admiration of their peers for at least a solid 10 minutes 😁.