Briar and Berry Patch hit
the big time with their Morel Mushroom Business. For them mushroom
hunting started off as a hobby and a hankeren for the taste of morel mushrooms.
They lived and breathed mushrooms. When morel mushroom season came
around, the Patches would be in the woods from sun up till sun down.
Berry had even trained her pet pig Sue to hunt morel mushrooms. The
Patches got so good at mushroom hunting, they were able supply morels to
the general store. Folks for miles around would go to the general
store to buy the morels.
One day
Berry had a epiphany. She noticed there were morel mushrooms growing
on the patch of ground where they threw away all the old mushroom clippings.
Berry wondered if she could figure out a way to grow morel mushrooms.
But, she was to busy with her new business training local pigs to hunt
morel mushrooms for their owners. Berry decided to tell Briar about
her idea and see if he would try and find a way this could be done.
After all, the only time he did anything at all was during mushroom season.
The rest of the time he spent on their front porch thinken and sleepen.
Briar
was smart when it came to book learnen. He had actually made it past
the third grade before he quit school. So, if there was anyone around
who could figure out this mushroom mystery, he was the man. Briar
set up a morel research lab in the old smokehouse and started learnen all
he could about morel mushroom. He spent the rest of the year in that
smokehouse. By the next spring he had figured out how to grow morel
mushrooms.
The following
year Briar and Berry started up their own business called "Patch's Morel
Mushrooms". They didn't know what to do with all the money they had
coming in. They were pretty much set with their new cabin, wood stove,
shoes, and out house that they had bought with their new found wealth.
They were content until they heard about the new thing in technology called
computers. With all the exposure to the outside world, the computer
bug had to bite them sooner or later. So they wouldn't have to share
a computer and because they were both interested in doing different things
on the computer, the Patch's decided to buy two computers. Berry
loves blue grass music, so she is interested in a multimedia computer that
she can edit and produce her own audio and video blue grass productions
on. Briar loves to play games, so he is interested in a computer
that he can play games on. So, they called "Duck Tape Technologies"
to see if they could build their computers for them.
This
is where you come into the picture. You are the owner of the computer
company "Duck Tape Technologies". The Patchs have asked your company
to build two computers for them. They will buy a printer, video and
digital camera, and audio recording devise from you after the computers
are built. Remember, when you are constructing the computer, you
need to choose software and hardware that will support a wide array of
peripherals and is user friendly. You have only one employee working
for you. You will choose the computer that you would like to build
and your employee will build the other computer. At the bottom of
this web page you will find two computer build options, which are "Multimedia
Computer" or "Gaming Computer". Choose the type of computer you would
like to build and continue the iAdventure. As you proceed through
the iAdventure complete the research and answer the questions assigned
in each phase of the iAdventure. Also, remember to keep a list of
the software and hardware that you will be using to build this computer.
The following is a list of things that you need to record and keep track
of throughout this iAdventure:
1.
Type of Hardware or Software.
2.
Brand Name.
3.
Price of Hardware or Software. |
