1. Fluency with Information Technology 2012-03-09Katherine Deibel, Fluency in Information Technology 1 INFO100 and CSE100 Katherine Deibel

2. FIT100 teaches you to be Fluent with IT What does that mean for you?  Using IT freely and easily  Making technology your friend  Recovering from bugs, errors, or unexpected situations  Being in control and confident… now and in the future 2012-03-09Katherine Deibel, Fluency in Information Technology2

3.  Make you better users today  Prepare you to learn more IT as you need it throughout your life  Make you a better reasoner, problem solver, trouble-shooter, etc. 2012-03-09Katherine Deibel, Fluency in Information Technology3

4.  Digital representation—using bits  Computer basics and Silicon technology  Algorithms—sorting with CDs  Programming ideas—Mad Libs  Building a GUI in HTML/JavaScript  Functions—biggest idea in software  Iteration—looping over & over & over &  Forms and JavaScript Katherine Deibel, Fluency in Information Technology42012-03-09

5.  Digital Media—colorizing, binary, MP3,  Database basics, operations on tables  Logical Databases—views and queries  DB design chalk talk—Student Athletes  Netiquette, viruses, worms, email  Privacy —opt-in/opt-out, you decide  Encryption—hiding secrets from everyone  Algorithms, efficiency, limits of computing Katherine Deibel, Fluency in Information Technology52012-03-09

6.  Accessibility and technology  Digital divide  E-waste  Productivity and technology  Computer graphics and animation  Educational technologies  So much more in spreadsheets  More computer history 2012-03-09Katherine Deibel, Fluency in Information Technology6

7.  Being fluent in information technology means different things for each of you  Depends on your major  Depends on your career goals  Depends on your interests  There are 149 of you (≈120 in lecture  )  149 different interests and goals  Hopefully you had chances to learn from each other (while respecting academic conduct) 2012-03-09Katherine Deibel, Fluency in Information Technology7

8.  FIT100 aimed to help you to become Fluent by learning  Skills  Concepts  Capabilities 2012-03-09Katherine Deibel, Fluency in Information Technology8

9.  Skills are the ability to use computers today to solve your problems  You have learned new applications … FTP, GIMP, Spreadheets, Access, …  Even better, you learned how to learn applications: “Click Around,” “Blaze Away”  Be an aggressive, confident user  Could you learn your next application on your own? 2012-03-09Katherine Deibel, Fluency in Information Technology9

10.  Concepts are foundation for future learning  How the Internet’s TCP/IP works (postcards)  how a computer works (F/E cycle),  how JavaScript can make dynamic Web pages  And privacy, netiquette, DB queries, etc,  What is the future of technology?  We don't know, but  it will be familiar to you  You will see common concepts in the new tech 2012-03-09Katherine Deibel, Fluency in Information Technology10

11.  The most ambitious goal of this class is to expand your thinking  Reasoning, finding information, debugging, designing pages or databases, problem solving, expecting the unexpected,…  It’s not easy to learn these things …  Was debugging ever fun???  All capabilities useful beyond computing! 2012-03-09Katherine Deibel, Fluency in Information Technology11

12.  In the coming years you will apply knowledge from this class  Perhaps it will be programming  Perhaps it will be talking with a tech person at work or at school  Perhaps it will be figuring out why your computer is being a total  @*  !! 2012-03-09Katherine Deibel, Fluency in Information Technology12

13.  This course might have inspired some interest in information technologies  If it did not, remember this  This is a digital society now  Using technologies well is an expected competency, especially for younger folks Katherine Deibel, Fluency in Information Technology132012-03-09

14.  Lots to choose from Katherine Deibel, Fluency in Information Technology14 DepartmentsFocus Computer Science and Engineering -Programming -Animation -Robotics -Computer Engineering -Networks iSchool-Human-Computer Interaction -Web Design (user experience) -Library Science -Social aspects of computing DXarts-Web Design (visual) -Digital art Human-Centered Design and Engineering -Web Design (content) -Software documentation -User studies -Human-Computer Interaction 2012-03-09

15. Due dates, grading, extra credit, evaluations, etc. 2012-03-09Katherine Deibel, Fluency in Information Technology15

16.  This course is not curved (classically)  No lowering your grade relative to others  All students may be adjusted up  My first time teaching this course  I will be adjusting percentages, points, weightings, etc.  Any changes will be net positives 2012-03-09Katherine Deibel, Fluency in Information Technology16

17.  If you turn in 3B early, you can earn the following extra credit  By Monday, 10pm earn 5pts  By Sunday, 10pm earn 8pts  By Saturday, 10pm earn 11pts  By Friday, 10pm earn 14pts  This requires both your dropbox files and your quiz submission to meet the deadlines 2012-03-09Katherine Deibel, Fluency in Information Technology17

18.  0.5 late lecture for today  Admitting my faults  Lab 8 went up late  Project 3A and 3B went up late  Worth 10pts to you all 2012-03-09Katherine Deibel, Fluency in Information Technology18

19.  Here's the deal  The following question has 8 answers  Each has a hidden point value  Four are 1s  Two are 3s  One is a 5  One is a 10  You earn extra credit based on the distribution of your clicker answers 2012-03-09Katherine Deibel, Fluency in Information Technology19

20. 2012-03-09Katherine Deibel, Fluency in Information Technology20 A.Choice One B.Choice Two C.Choice Three D.Choice Four E.Choice Five F.Choice Six G.Choice Seven H.Choice Eight

21. 2012-03-09Katherine Deibel, Fluency in Information Technology21 A.1 B.1 C.3 D.1 E.5 F.10 G.1 H.3 7.21% ╳ 1=0.0721 2.70% ╳ 1=0.0270 27.93% ╳ 3=0.8379 17.12% ╳ 1=0.1712 8.11% ╳ 5=0.4055 11.71% ╳ 10=1.1710 17.12% ╳ 1=0.1712 8.11% ╳ 3=0.2433 Total:3.0992

22.  June Lee  Tristan Huber  Hannah Sherwood  Rajesh Subramanian 2012-03-09Katherine Deibel, Fluency in Information Technology22

23.  You were my first class  There were mistakes  You accepted them and worked with me  Just two last questions for you 2012-03-09Katherine Deibel, Fluency in Information Technology23 Thank you for being nice to my mama

24.  You get two sheets  Bubble in answers on white sheet  Write on the yellow sheet things that will improve this class  I will read these, so please be honest and write something  I'm particularly interested in opinions on labs and topics we covered  Return pencils to box in front  Give forms to TA 2012-03-09Katherine Deibel, Fluency in Information Technology24