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IS 2101---Fall 2009 Introduction and Chapter 1 8/17/2009
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COURSE MECHANICS 8/17/2009IS 2101/01---Fall 20092
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Web Sites WebCT-Vista – Pointer to home – Grades – Please do not use WebCT-Vista e-mail Home site – Other ways to get to the home site 8/17/20093IS 2101/01---Fall 2009
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Syllabus Resources Instructor – Office hours – E-mail Evaluation – Policies Academic policies 8/17/20094IS 2101/01---Fall 2009
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Class Lecture-Demonstration-Discussion Notes will be posted beforehand – Though minor changes may get made until the last minute Class is usually recorded: voice and screen capture – Usually posted by the next day Quizzes will not be announced 8/17/20095IS 2101/01---Fall 2009
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WHY COMPUTERS MATTER TO YOU Becoming Computer Literate 8/17/2009IS 2101/01---Fall 20096
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Objectives Computer Literate Savvy computer user and consumer Career help Take advantage of future technologies Challenges – Digital society – How to deal with the challenges 8/17/20097IS 2101/01---Fall 2009
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Let’s List Computers The goal here is to list all the computers we can recognize in the classroom Some of these may be embedded systems, specific to a particular device 8/17/20098IS 2101/01---Fall 2009
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Why be Computer Literate? Computers are ubiquitous Opportunities in computer use – Positive impact on your life – Set yourself apart Problems in computer use – Security 8/17/20099IS 2101/01---Fall 2009
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Savvy User and Consumer Using computers efficiently Getting the most for your money – Getting what you really need 8/17/200910IS 2101/01---Fall 2009
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Prepared for Your Career Employer expectations Setting yourself apart 8/17/200911IS 2101/01---Fall 2009
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Computers Today Searching Shopping Sharing Games Medicine 8/17/200912IS 2101/01---Fall 2009
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Education Providing materials and resources – Web pages – Grades Recordings of classes Communication 8/17/200913IS 2101/01---Fall 2009
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Legal Issues Intellectual property Crimes against computers – ‘Hacking’ Crimes using computers – Phishing 8/17/200914IS 2101/01---Fall 2009
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Challenges Increasingly sophisticated surveillance Privacy Accuracy 8/17/200915IS 2101/01---Fall 2009
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Summary Computer literate Knowledgeable Careers Taking advantage Challenges 8/17/200916IS 2101/01---Fall 2009
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HISTORY To the Personal Computer and Beyond 8/17/2009IS 2101/01---Fall 200917
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Early Days Mechanical calculators Jacquard Loom Babbage’s engines Hollerith tabulating machine The Turing machine Early electronic computers 8/17/200918IS 2101/01---Fall 2009
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Adventure and Zork Adventure – Early computer game – Available if you had terminal access to a mainframe – Demo Zork – A series – For personal computers 8/17/200919IS 2101/01---Fall 2009
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Personal Computers Home kits Consumer goods – Apple, Commodore, TRS Visicalc: the killer app Standardization: IBM PC Operating systems 8/17/200920IS 2101/01---Fall 2009
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Early News Service http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WCTn4FljUQ 8/17/200921IS 2101/01---Fall 2009
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Interfaces Command line Graphic User Interface – Xerox PARC – Lisa and Macintosh – Windows 8/17/200922IS 2101/01---Fall 2009
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