Student builds custom computer for Senior Ex project

With some knowledge of desktop computing and completion of several courses offered by our Tech Ed department , recent graduate Brendan Krom built a lighting fast custom gaming machine for his Senior Ex project. This is not your ordinary desktop machine you would find at the local electronics store- here are the specs:

>GIGABYTE GA-MA770T-UD3P AM3 AMD 770 ATX AMD Motherboard

>Antec TruePower New TP-550 550W Continuous Power ATX12V V2.3 / EPS12V V2.91 SLI Certified CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Active PFC "compatible with Core i7/Core i5" Power Supply

>Scythe KS01-BK "KAZE SERVER" Advanced Fan Controller

>LG Black 8X BD-ROM 16X DVD-ROM 40X CD-ROM SATA Internal Combo LG Blu-ray Reader & 16X LightScribe DVD±R DVD Burner

>AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition Deneb 3.2GHz 4 x 512KB L2 Cache 6MB L3 Cache Socket AM3 125W Quad-Core Processor HDZ955FBGIBOX

>SPARKLE Calibre Series P960GBOX GeForce 9600 GT 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card

>(x2)OCZ PC3-10666 Platinum RAM - 4GB, 2x2GB, 1333MHz, DDR3, Low Voltage, Dual Channel

>3-Button PS/2 Optical Scroll Mouse

>105-Key USB/PS/2 Backlit Multimedia Keyboard

>(x3 raid 0)Western Digital Caviar Green WD5000AADS 500GB 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Hard Drive

> Windows 7 pro OEM(64 bit)

> (x2) Acer 19" wide-screen TFT LCD, 1440 x 900 resolution, 2000:1 dynamic contrast ratio, 160°/160° horizontal/vertical viewing angles, VGA, DVI (HDCP) connectors, 300 cd/m2 brightness, 5ms response time

Students Learn Math through Student Created Video Games

This semester eleven students volunteered to design and develop a video game for our BHS Algebra students. The game was created by Mr. Gluck’s Computer Technology students. In Computer Technology students learn programming, de-sign, and problem solving skills through video game creation. The students spent their free time during and after school utilizing all of the skills they learned in class to produce an educational game. They collaborated with Mr. Lyons, Mr. Gluck, and each other to create a game based on quadratics. The game takes students through several stages where they must defend a castle by manipulating formulas and answering questions while monsters advance. Everything in the game, including sounds and animations, are original and were created by BHS students in a four week time span.
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