Introduction to Computing & Information Concepts (COS 106) TR 2:00 – 2:50 PM Dr. Jonathan Geisler

9/3/2002 COS Help me get to know you With 3x5 card, please fold in half so fold goes down the middle and use one side Write your name, year, major (if declared), and anything else you would like me to know about you Hobbies or sports Favorite book, TV show, movie, or music Previous computer experience List any expectations you have for the course

9/3/2002 COS Who am I? (My 3x5 card) Jonathan Geisler Graduated Dec Computer Science/Systems Married to Debra 1½ years (she works in Counseling Center) Run (and finished) two marathons Grew up in Minnesota Love sports & games Finished Ph.D. 1 month ago Expectations for class outlined in syllabus

9/3/2002 COS Quote by Jacques Ellul “Prepare them to live in technology and at the same time against technology … to develop a critical awareness of the modern world.”

9/3/2002 COS What is this course about? 1. How to live in a technological society Using computers Running software applications Evaluating and buying computers 2. How to evaluate technologies within a Christian worldview Can file sharing technology be used ethically? Can music files be shared over the Internet ethically (e.g. Napster or KaZaA)? Can copyrighted music files be shared ethically?

9/3/2002 COS Why is this course hard to teach? Students have widely differing backgrounds with computers & IM Web Surfing Word Processing Playing Games Creating Web Pages (HTML) Writing Computer Programs Students have widely differing feelings toward computers Students have widely differing learning styles

9/3/2002 COS Tasks for today Attendance Syllabus Schedule Labs User names & passwords Hard drive space with information? Submission system