2. WHY COMPUTERS MATTER COMPUTER HISTORY

3. You have just decided to download a new program. Based on the system requirements should you download the program to your computer? Play a 3D ball bouncing game and save the world from the evil doctor. System Requirements: Windows® XP/Vista® (latest service packs)/Windows 7® 1 GB RAM (2 GB for Vista/7), 15 GB available HD space Intel Pentium® 4 2.2 GHz or AMD Athlon XP 1500+ Broadband Internet connection Race Driver: GRID arcade/tarmac racing simulator with 43 cars Recommended Sys Req: Intel Core 2 Duo @ 2.66Ghz or Athlon X2 3800+ GeForce FX/ATI or Radeon 9600 or better; 2 GB RAM; 12.5 GB Hard Drive Space; Windows 7/XP/Vista. (If running Windows Vista, SP1 is recommended ) What is this stuff? 2

4. OUTLINE Why Study Computers History Future Our Course Assessment

6. COURSE OVERVIEW

7. Avoid Protect Understand Use Maintain Make Integrate the latest technology BEING A FLUENT COMPUTER – LIFE IMPROVING Understanding capabilities and limitations of computers Knowing how to use computers safely and efficiently

8. COMPUTER LITERATE UNDERSTANDING CAPABILITIES AND LIMITATIONS OF COMPUTERS KNOWING HOW TO USE COMPUTERS SAFELY AND EFFICIENTLY

9. COMPUTERS IN YOUR CAREER? SEVEN FASTEST-GROWING OCCUPATIONS ARE COMPUTER RELATED  Business  Retail  Shipping  Arts  Education Law Enforcement Legal System Agriculture Medicine Sciences

10. COMPUTER HISTORY

11. Ada Byron, Countess of Lovelace Analytical Engine, 1833, add, subtract, repeat, compare #s

12. COMPUTER HISTORY

13. FIRST GENERATION: Vacuum Tube “switch”

14. 1956 Hard Drive

15. SECOND GENERATION Transistors

16. THIRD GENERATION Integrated Circuits

17. FOURTH GENERATION Microprocessor

18. FIFTH GENERATION

19. 1GB TODAY AND 20 YEARS AGO

20. PC HISTORY IPAD mini Altair (1975)

21. 20 INTERNET EXPLOSION Part of our daily lives Four factors  Standard protocols  Ability to link from site to site  Graphical browser  Growth of PCs and networks

22. FUTURE

23. GROUP DISCUSSION – THE FUTURE HTTP://WWW.COMPUTER.ORG/PORTAL/WEB/MEMBERSHIP/TOP-10-TECH-TRENDS-IN-2014HTTP://WWW.COMPUTER.ORG/PORTAL/WEB/MEMBERSHIP/TOP-10-TECH-TRENDS-IN-2014 Self-driving cars use precision sensors to see 360 degrees. They navigate on their own with no human driver or remote control. The car uses roof-mounted laser rangefinders, radars, cameras, and a GPS (Global Positioning System) receiver to sense its environment and maneuver in traffic. It is now legal in CA & Nevada to put a self-driving car on the highway.360 degrees 3-D printers use digital blueprints to create physical objects. About the size of a microwave, a few years ago, 3-D printers were as big as industrial refrigerators and cost hundreds of thousands of dollars. Researchers and early adopters have made everything from cute figurines and jewelry to working bicycles. A lot of iPhone cases are being custom-made on 3-D printers.About the size of a microwave, Group Discussion: 1. Who is legally responsible for (a self-driving car, or for the devices you create)? 2. Should minors be allowed (to travel alone in self-driving cars; unlimited access to 3-D printers)? 3. What are the cons/dangers associated with self-driving cars and 3-D printing?

24. REMEMBER Being Computer Fluent will save you money, make you more productive, help you protect your identity, and your computer Charles Babbage, Ada Lovelace, Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, Tim Berners-Lee, Marc Andreessen, Bill Gates a few of those that created our computer history ENIAC, Altair, Mosaic - some firsts in computer history 5 Generations, 4 switches in computer history The Military, Apple, Microsoft, the Internet helped change our daily lives Computers of today are tomorrow’s history

25. OUR COURSE

26. COURSE SPECIFICS http://faculty.winthrop.edu/garrisonc Syllabus  Available at my website  Read prior to next class Class distribution test message Class objective is computer fluency

27. COURSE SPECIFICS Read the Chapters Weekly quizzes Help Desk Exercises Homework MyITLab and Blackboard

28. NEXT CLASS Computers: The Inside The language

29. ASSESSMENT NEXT WEEK: QUIZ, HELPDESK, COMPUTER INSIDE & LANGUAGE

31. REVIEW 1. Before the advent of electronic digital computers, a computer was a. a profession b. a slide ruler c. dream d. a calculator 2. The fundamental requirement for building a computer is a a. vacuum tube b. processor c. transistor d. switch 3. The first person to try to build a computer was a. Charles Babbage b. Bill Gates c. Steve Jobs d. Alan Turing 4. The first computer programmer was a woman. a. True b. False Named? a. Charles Babbage b. Bill Gates c. Steve Jobs d. Ada Lovelace 6. Computers of the 1950's a. were very large b. often broken c. were based on vacuum tube technology d. used lots of power e. all of the above 7. In the 1940's, computers were used primarily by a. industry b. consumers c. business d. government 8. Apple Computer was started by a. IBM b. Bill Gates c. Michael Dell d. Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs 9. Bill Gates wrote a good part of this language, originally marketed by Microsoft. A. BASIC B. Altair C. DOS D. QDOS