Week
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Assignments
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Syllabus, Text
- Post a short introduction of yourself to the Cyber Café and respond to 2 other students’ posts.
- Read the text Chapter 1, Pages 1-45 and the following Special Feature
- Ideal Computer Page 42: Techno Literacy: Research and Writing—Question 1
- How do/would you use a computer?
- Post your paragraph to the Week 1 Discussion Board-Techno Question
- Page 43—Mining Data: Internet Research and Reporting—Question 1
Submit a 1 page report and cite your references.
- Page W1-W13—Windows Tutorials 1-5— Post your progress, questions and problems to the Discussion Board Week 1 Tutorial Progress.
- Begin Research, Final Project Ideal Computer
- Check out these sites Listed in Course Documents Week 1
- List the hardware components and how much it will cost.
- Cite all your sources.
- Keep this information for use in final project.
- See Rubric in Blackboard. Course Documents.
- Post your response to this Week's Questions on the Blackboard Discussion Board.
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- Read text Chapters 2 and 3 pages 46-150 including the two Special Features
- Ideal Computer- research and describes the input and output devices you would attach to your computer. Are these included or purchased separately?
- Page 96, Techno Literacy Question 4. Post your paragraph to the Week 2 Discussion Board-Techno Question.
- Page149, Techno Literacy Question 4. Please submit your report via email attachment, include your references
- Choose one Mining Data project from Chapters 2 or 3. Please submit your report via email attachment, include your references
- Windows Tutorial 5-10 p W14-W27—Post your progress, questions and problems to the Discussion Board Week 2 Tutorial Progress.
- Post your response to this Week's Questions on the Blackboard Discussion Board.
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3 |
- Read text Chapters 4 and 5, pages 151-254 including the two Special Features
- Ideal Computer -- Research and describe the software you would load on your computer. Create a table with program names, cost, and how you would use it.
- Page 203, Mining Data Question 1. Post your paragraph to the Week 3 Discussion Board-Techno Question.
- Research the History of the Internet—create your own (do not copy from a web page—this will earn a grade of F) Timeline of 20 important dates in the development of the Internet. List the date and in one or two sentences the importance of the event, who, where, and what. Include your references. See the list of links in Course Documents--Week 3. If you use other links, please cite them.
- Windows Tutorial 11-15 p W28-W40—Post your progress, questions and problems to the Discussion Board Week 3 Tutorial Progress.
- Post your response to this Week's Questions on the Blackboard Discussion Board.
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4 |
- Complete your Final Project—either Scavenger Hunt or the Ideal Computer.
- Ideal Computer Project using Word or PowerPoint. Compile all the information you have developed to describe the computer system, hardware and software, including utility programs, virus and malware protection programs. Include at least one graphic and your list of references. Submit the completed project by email attachment.
- Internet Tutorial 1-7 p T1-16—Post your progress, questions and problems to the Discussion Board Week 4 Tutorial Progress.
- Post your response to this Week's Questions on the Blackboard Discussion Board.
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- Scavenger Hunt
- Post your response to this Week's Questions on the Blackboard Discussion Board.
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| 6 |
- Presentation of your final project.
- Post your reflective response on the learning you mastered during this course on the Final Discussion Board.
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