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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. Today’s Goals. 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.

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  1. Welcome to… CGS2060 C o m p u t e r L i t e r a c y withyour hostMr. Ken Baldauf CGS2060 Computer Literacy

  2. Today’s Goals • 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 CGS2060 Computer Literacy

  3. Your CGS2060 Teacher Mr. Justin Fincher CGS2060 Computer Literacy

  4. What is Computer Literacy?

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

  6. Computers in Contemporary Society

  7. Yesterday’s PC CGS2060 Computer Literacy

  8. Today’s PC CGS2060 Computer Literacy

  9. Today’s PC The iMac CGS2060 Computer Literacy

  10. Today’s PC The Macbook - #1 selling PC for 2006 holiday season CGS2060 Computer Literacy

  11. Today’s PC Dell’s Latest 18 lb Notebook CGS2060 Computer Literacy

  12. Today’s PC Tablet PC, Convertible and Slate Designs CGS2060 Computer Literacy

  13. Today’s PC Blackjack, Blackberry, Treo CGS2060 Computer Literacy

  14. Today’s PC iPods and Zune CGS2060 Computer Literacy

  15. Today’s PC CGS2060 Computer Literacy

  16. Today’s PC RFID: Giving material objects memory and a voice. CGS2060 Computer Literacy

  17. From Howard Rheingold’s “Smart Mobs” 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. CGS2060 Computer Literacy

  18. 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 • http://oxygen.lcs.mit.edu/ • http://www.ubiq.com/hypertext/weiser/UbiHome.html • http://www.cc.gatech.edu/classes/cs6751_97_fall/projects/closet2000+/FinalEssays/rhonda/ubifra.html CGS2060 Computer Literacy

  19. The State of techology… …has dramatically changed over the past 10 years. And is impacting our society more strongly than anyone ever anticipated. CGS2060 Computer Literacy

  20. Basic Assumptions • 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. CGS2060 Computer Literacy

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

  22. 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 Email Web Research Word Processing Spreadsheets Presentation Software Database Management Application Integration Web Page Dev and Pub Digital Graphics & Photo Intro to Web Programming Computer Literacy CGS2060 Computer Literacy

  23. 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 Email Web Research Word Processing Spreadsheets Presentation Software Database Management Application Integration Web Page Dev and Pub Digital Graphics & Photo Intro to Web Programming Comp Lit I Comp Lit II Computer Literacy CGS2060 Computer Literacy

  24. 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 Email Web Research Word Processing Spreadsheets Presentation Software Database Management Application Integration Web Page Dev and Pub Digital Graphics & Photo Intro to Web Programming Comp Lit I Comp Lit II Computer Literacy CGS2060 Computer Literacy

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

  26. Our Website • http://campus.fsu.edu • Login with garnet username/password • Choose course from list • Let’s go there now! CGS2060 Computer Literacy

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