CGS2060 Computer Literacy Welcome to… CGS2060 C o m p u t e r L i t e r a c y with your host Mr. Ken Baldauf

CGS2060 Computer Literacy Get acquainted with your Teacher Familiarize you with the goals of this class Explore our course Website Learn the class policies and procedures Discuss our Semester Agenda x Today’s Goals

CGS2060 Computer Literacy Preliminary Business All sections are full Students not in attendance today will be dropped Plenty of room in the Webbased section

CGS2060 Computer Literacy Mr. Ken Baldauf Your Teacher

CGS2060 Computer Literacy Hometown: Chicago BA in Music MS Computer Science Eight years teaching CGS2060 Mr. Ken Baldauf Your CGS2060 Teacher Charged with defining and teaching the computer-related knowledge & skills necessary for FSU students to succeed in life.

What is Computer Literacy?

CGS2060 Computer Literacy Computer Literacy A working understanding of a Desktop PC and fundamental PC software: Microsoft Office The Traditional View (circa 1996): Does this reflect the use of computers in today’s world?

Computers in Contemporary Society

CGS2060 Computer Literacy Yesterday’s PC

CGS2060 Computer Literacy Today’s PC Gateway’s Gaming PC

CGS2060 Computer Literacy Today’s PC Gateway’s Profile 5

CGS2060 Computer Literacy Today’s PC Gateway’s Media PC

CGS2060 Computer Literacy Today’s PC Apple PowerBook G4

CGS2060 Computer Literacy Today’s PC Tablet PC

CGS2060 Computer Literacy Today’s PC Flip-start from Vulcan

CGS2060 Computer Literacy Today’s PC PalmOne’s Treo-600

CGS2060 Computer Literacy Connecting W-fi, Bluetooth & Ad-hoc Wireless Networks Wireless connectivity makes it possible to access information from servers or individuals anywhere, anyplace, anytime.

CGS2060 Computer Literacy Connecting The SmartPhone M-commerce Bridging Phone/Internet

CGS2060 Computer Literacy Sentient Things RFID: Giving material objects memory and a voice.

CGS2060 Computer Literacy Sentient Things Information and communications technologies are starting to invade the physical world. Shards of sentient silicon will be inside boxtops and dashboards, pens, street corners, bus stops, money, most things manufactured or built, within the next 10 years. A shirt label will gain the power to disclose what airplanes, trucks, and ships carried it, what substances compose it, and the URL of the webcam in the factory where the shirt was manufactured. From Howard Rheingold’s “Smart Mobs”

CGS2060 Computer Literacy Sentient Things About the size of a grain of rice, the VeriChip is injected beneath the skin and transmits a unique 125-kilohertz radio frequency signal. Solusat, the Mexican distributor of the VeriChip, is marketing the device as an emergency ID tag under its new VeriKid program.

CGS2060 Computer Literacy GPS Global Positioning System (GPS) Showing us the best route and keeping track of kids.

CGS2060 Computer Literacy GPS Whereify GPS Locator for Children

CGS2060 Computer Literacy Virtual and Augmented Reality Augmented Reality: The layering of additional information over sensory input.

CGS2060 Computer Literacy The State of techology… …has dramatically changed since And is impacting our society more strongly than anyone ever anticipated.

CGS2060 Computer Literacy Trends Pervasive computing: The Trend toward numerous, casually accessible, often invisible computing devices, frequently mobile or imbedded in the environment, connected to an increasingly ubiquitous network structure Ubiquitous computing: or the age of calm technology, when technology recedes into the background of our lives. Check out closet2000+/FinalEssays/rhonda/ubifra.htmlhttp:// closet2000+/FinalEssays/rhonda/ubifra.html

CGS2060 Computer Literacy Personal Benefits Ken Baldauf Some guy at FSU “The power of technology lies in information access: the ability to access information any time, any place, allowing us to accomplish more in less time, empowering us to more easily and rapidly become the persons that we want to be.”

CGS2060 Computer Literacy Digital technologies play a significant role in our professional and personal lives. To harness technology, you must understand the underlying principles, learn the current skills, and be able to apply your understanding and skills to real life scenarios. Basic Assumptions

CGS2060 Computer Literacy Computer Literacy Today A working understanding of digital technologies as they relate to: Information management Communications Computation Automation Art & Entertainment

CGS2060 Computer Literacy Computer Literacy Concepts Digital Data Representation Hardware Software Networking Internet Technologies Societal and Ethical Issues Multimedia Database Systems Information Systems E-Commerce Systems Development Skills Operating Systems Web Research Word Processing Spreadsheets Presentation Software Database Management Application Integration Web Page Dev and Pub Digital Graphics & Photo Intro to Web Programming

CGS2060 Computer Literacy Comp Lit II Comp Lit I Computer Literacy Concepts Digital Data Representation Hardware Software Networking Internet Technologies Societal and Ethical Issues Multimedia Database Systems Information Systems E-Commerce Systems Development Skills Operating Systems Web Research Word Processing Spreadsheets Presentation Software Database Management Application Integration Web Page Dev and Pub Digital Graphics & Photo Intro to Web Programming

CGS2060 Computer Literacy Comp Lit II Comp Lit I Computer Literacy Concepts Digital Data Representation Hardware Software Networking Internet Technologies Societal and Ethical Issues Multimedia Database Systems Information Systems E-Commerce Systems Development Skills Operating Systems Web Research Word Processing Spreadsheets Presentation Software Database Management Application Integration Web Page Dev and Pub Digital Graphics & Photo Intro to Web Programming FULFILLS FSU’S REQUIREMENT FULFILLS LIFE’S REQUIREMENT

CGS2060 Computer Literacy This class could change your life! WARNING! If you actively participate! Computer Literacy

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