computer engineering

Computer Engineering Teacher Links

This page includes links of particular interest to Computer Engineering teachers. There are more links for Computer Engineering I students and for Computer Engineering II students in our Student Links section, or you can view links generally useful to teachers (classroom tools, video sites, reference sites, etc) at our main Teacher Links page.

Utilities for Teaching A+ Content

CPU-Z
Learn about the processor in the PC you're using, see how much RAM it has without opening the box. With this tool you can learn the core speed, bus speed and more. Illustrating these can help students tie together the concepts you're teaching about what happens inside the computer.

Sysinternals Security Utilities
This powerful suite of tools can root out threats to or violations of security (here's a list with descriptions). In addition to being useful tools to know about for troubleshooting purposes, some of them are great to use to illustrate computing and security concepts.

Process Explorer
This Windows Sysinternals utility takes the place of Windows Task Manager - providing much more detail. Use it to illustrate how processes are interwoven, how resources are used by the various processes happening inside the computer, and more.

Rootkit Revealer
This utility scans the computer looking for problems that might not be detected by anti-virus, spyware or other malware-detection programs.

See our Teacher Links home page and our Useful Utilities page for more security software, recovery utilities and other IT technicians' tools.

Careers & Certification

CompTIA
The official site of the leading industry-standard certification organization. Find details of A+ and Network+ certification programs at this site.

CompTIA's E2C Program
Join for discounts on A+ and Net+ test vouchers, other benefits to teachers and students. North Carolina schools can join for free through a statewide agreement. Get details from the NC-TI website.

CompTIA's A+ Certification
ExplorNet's Computer Engineering I and II are aligned with the content of CompTIA's A+ certification objectives. With a little extra study (ideally with exam prep test questions), many of your students should be prepared to take the certification exams upon completion of Computer Engineering II. Here's what they need to know, and what options A+ certification can open for job seekers.

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