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Course Conclusions We're all fluent now, right?

INFO100 and CSE100. Fluency with Information Technology. Course Conclusions We're all fluent now, right?. Katherine Deibel. Fluency with IT?. FIT100 teaches you to be Fluent with IT What does that mean for you? Using IT freely and easily Making technology your friend

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Course Conclusions We're all fluent now, right?

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  1. INFO100 and CSE100 Fluency with Information Technology Course ConclusionsWe're all fluent now, right? Katherine Deibel Katherine Deibel, Fluency in Information Technology

  2. Fluency with IT? 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 Katherine Deibel, Fluency in Information Technology

  3. Goals of FIT100 • 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. Katherine Deibel, Fluency in Information Technology

  4. The Topic List ... • 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 Technology

  5. The Topic List ... • 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 Technology

  6. What we did not cover • Accessibility and technology • Digital divide • E-waste • Productivity and technology • Computer graphics and animation • Educational technologies • So much more in spreadsheets • More computer history Katherine Deibel, Fluency in Information Technology

  7. The Challenge—Your Diversity • 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) Katherine Deibel, Fluency in Information Technology

  8. What we aimed for instead • FIT100 aimed to help you to become Fluent by learning • Skills • Concepts • Capabilities Katherine Deibel, Fluency in Information Technology

  9. Skills • 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? Katherine Deibel, Fluency in Information Technology

  10. Concepts • 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 Katherine Deibel, Fluency in Information Technology

  11. Capabilities • 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! Katherine Deibel, Fluency in Information Technology

  12. Applying Fluency • 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 @*!! Katherine Deibel, Fluency in Information Technology

  13. What's next? • 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 Technology

  14. Technology Majors at UW • Lots to choose from Katherine Deibel, Fluency in Information Technology

  15. Some last details Due dates, grading, extra credit, evaluations, etc. Katherine Deibel, Fluency in Information Technology

  16. Regarding Grading • 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 Katherine Deibel, Fluency in Information Technology

  17. Extra Credits • 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 Katherine Deibel, Fluency in Information Technology

  18. More extra credit • 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 Katherine Deibel, Fluency in Information Technology

  19. Do you want to gamble? • 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 Katherine Deibel, Fluency in Information Technology

  20. Please make your selection. • Choice One • Choice Two • Choice Three • Choice Four • Choice Five • Choice Six • Choice Seven • Choice Eight Katherine Deibel, Fluency in Information Technology

  21. Please make your selection. • 1 • 1 • 3 • 1 • 5 • 10 • 1 • 3 Katherine Deibel, Fluency in Information Technology

  22. Recognize your Awesome TAs • June Lee • Tristan Huber • Hannah Sherwood • Rajesh Subramanian Katherine Deibel, Fluency in Information Technology

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

  24. Course Evaluation • 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 Katherine Deibel, Fluency in Information Technology

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