 Introductions › Who am I? › Who are you?  Logistics  What is technology fluency and why should you care?

 The source of all information:  Important: › Laptops everyday › Keep up with the little things  OFFICE HOURS  Software › Open source › Microsoft Office  NO TEXT

 Late Policy › 3 free days › Extra credit if left at end › Earn extras by early assignments  Redos › 3 › 7 days from grade return

 How to communicate data and information in today’s technologies  To be comfortable with the underlying principles  To learn to think quantitatively

 Challenge: › Name a field that has not been or will not be impacted by technology  Reality: › Future leaders will be those with the vision to embrace and harness technology. › Do you want to lead, follow or get left behind?

 Demystify computers Fear is the main source of superstition … To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom. - Bertrand Russell (1872 – 1970)  Skills to use computers and especially › Web pages › Spreadsheets › Databases

 Artifacts usable by people as well as computers › Working isn’t enough!  Solutions to complex problems › More than one step  Requirements › Need to be able to change › Need confidence in correctness

 Just do it!  As you learn new skills, we’ll delve deeper › Don’t do things that you don’t understand!  New tools … that you can always use