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IS 2101---Fall 2009

IS 2101---Fall 2009. Introduction and Chapter 1 8/17/2009. Course Mechanics. Web Sites. WebCT -Vista Pointer to home Grades Please do not use WebCT -Vista e-mail Home site Other ways to get to the home site. Syllabus. Resources Instructor Office hours E-mail Evaluation Policies

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IS 2101---Fall 2009

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  1. IS 2101---Fall 2009 Introduction and Chapter 1 8/17/2009

  2. Course Mechanics IS 2101/01---Fall 2009

  3. Web Sites • WebCT-Vista • Pointer to home • Grades • Please do not useWebCT-Vista e-mail • Home site • Other ways to get to the home site IS 2101/01---Fall 2009

  4. Syllabus • Resources • Instructor • Office hours • E-mail • Evaluation • Policies • Academic policies IS 2101/01---Fall 2009

  5. Class • Lecture-Demonstration-Discussion • Notes will be posted beforehand • Though minor changes may get made until the last minute • Class is usually recorded: voice and screen capture • Usually posted by the next day • Quizzes will not be announced IS 2101/01---Fall 2009

  6. Becoming Computer Literate Why Computers Matter to You IS 2101/01---Fall 2009

  7. Objectives • Computer Literate • Savvy computer user and consumer • Career help • Take advantage of future technologies • Challenges • Digital society • How to deal with the challenges IS 2101/01---Fall 2009

  8. Let’s List Computers • The goal here is to list all the computers we can recognize in the classroom • Some of these may be embedded systems, specific to a particular device IS 2101/01---Fall 2009

  9. Why be Computer Literate? • Computers are ubiquitous • Opportunities in computer use • Positive impact on your life • Set yourself apart • Problems in computer use • Security IS 2101/01---Fall 2009

  10. Savvy User and Consumer • Using computers efficiently • Getting the most for your money • Getting what you really need IS 2101/01---Fall 2009

  11. Prepared for Your Career • Employer expectations • Setting yourself apart IS 2101/01---Fall 2009

  12. Computers Today • Searching • Shopping • Sharing • Games • Medicine IS 2101/01---Fall 2009

  13. Education • Providing materials and resources • Web pages • Grades • Recordings of classes • Communication IS 2101/01---Fall 2009

  14. Legal Issues • Intellectual property • Crimes against computers • ‘Hacking’ • Crimes using computers • Phishing IS 2101/01---Fall 2009

  15. Challenges • Increasingly sophisticated surveillance • Privacy • Accuracy IS 2101/01---Fall 2009

  16. Summary • Computer literate • Knowledgeable • Careers • Taking advantage • Challenges IS 2101/01---Fall 2009

  17. To the Personal Computer and Beyond History IS 2101/01---Fall 2009

  18. Early Days • Mechanical calculators • Jacquard Loom • Babbage’s engines • Hollerith tabulating machine • The Turing machine • Early electronic computers IS 2101/01---Fall 2009

  19. Adventure and Zork • Adventure • Early computer game • Available if you had terminal access to a mainframe • Demo • Zork • A series • For personal computers IS 2101/01---Fall 2009

  20. Personal Computers • Home kits • Consumer goods • Apple, Commodore, TRS • Visicalc: the killer app • Standardization: IBM PC • Operating systems IS 2101/01---Fall 2009

  21. Early News Service http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WCTn4FljUQ IS 2101/01---Fall 2009

  22. Interfaces • Command line • Graphic User Interface • Xerox PARC • Lisa and Macintosh • Windows IS 2101/01---Fall 2009

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