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COMP 101 Fluency in Technology

COMP 101 Fluency in Technology. 13 January 2011. Agenda. Introductions Who am I? Who are you? Logistics What is technology fluency and why should you care? Browsers, servers, software. Logistics. The source of all information: http://wwwx.cs.unc.edu/Courses/comp101-s11/ Important:

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COMP 101 Fluency in Technology

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  1. COMP 101Fluency in Technology 13 January 2011

  2. Agenda • Introductions • Who am I? • Who are you? • Logistics • What is technology fluency and why should you care? • Browsers, servers, software

  3. Logistics • The source of all information: http://wwwx.cs.unc.edu/Courses/comp101-s11/ • Important: • Laptops everyday • Keep up with the little things • OFFICE HOURS • Software • Open source • Microsoft Office • NO TEXT

  4. Grading Policy • Late Policy • 3 free days • Extra credit if left at end • Redos • 7 days from grade return

  5. What this course is about • How to communicate data and information in today’s technologies • To be comfortable with the underlying principles • To learn to think quantitatively

  6. Course Goals • Demystify computers Fear is the main source of superstition … To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom. - Bertrand Russell (1872 – 1970) • Skills to use computers and especially • Web pages • Spreadsheets

  7. Want to create • Artifacts usable by people as well as computers • Working isn’t enough! • Solutions to complex problems • More than one step

  8. Why you should care • Challenge: • Name a field that has not been or will not be impacted by technology • Reality: • Future leaders will be those with the vision to embrace and harness technology. • Do you want to lead, follow or get left behind?

  9. Course Methodology • Just do it! • As you learn new skills, we’ll delve deeper • Don’t do things that you don’t understand! • New tools … that you can always use

  10. What is the Internet? • The machines • The connections • The content

  11. The Internet in 1980

  12. The Internet Circa 1998

  13. Two Types of Computers • Servers: contain information to share • Clients: machine with a web browser to access that information Server Client Web Server Pages Browser

  14. The Browser BROWSER: Web page processor (software program) BROWSER software on your machine (client) > interprets instructions to display a web page > usually retrieves web page from server Instructions Text

  15. Web Pages • Text file that says what to display • Web pages use HTML (HyperText Markup Language) • a little history • Two types of information • Instructions on how or what to display • Text (the data) • Instructions are in the form of tags • < command > • Do NOT need any special tools to build • BUT tools can make it easier

  16. General Structure: HTML Page <html> <! --- most important item in head is the title --- > <head> <title>Put your title here</title> </head> <! --- body is where the “good stuff” is --- > <body> What will appear on the page <br /> Here … and there </body> </html> WARNING: This is not a complete page.

  17. Anatomy of a URL • Protocol: server-name/file-to-display HOWWHEREWHAT • Protocol: usually http • Have you ever seen others? https? telnet? ftp? • Server-name • The computer’s name • Usually begins with www • Usually ends with 3 characters that define the kind of site • However, there are no rules: as long as its registered, you can get there • File-to-display • Can be a whole path (just like Windows)

  18. Choosing Tools • Very fancy tools exist • Ease of building vs. Control • Cost • We will use an editor that help you get it right • We will NOT use tools that hide what you are doing • We will use Komodo Editor

  19. Why Learn HTML? • Mainly, to demystify • But more than that -- even if using a package • Sometimes you … • can’t figure out how to make it do what you want • can’t figure out what is wrong • just want to make some minor changes • If you understand how it works, YOU are in control

  20. Sharing Web Pages • Using Komodo Editor creates a web page on your machine • You can use the browser to look at it • But who else can see it? • NOBODY • Want it to be on a SERVER • UNC provides: ISIS

  21. UNC Site • UNC website • Everything that is going to be available on the web must be in your public_html folder • Treats index.html as your home page • Default is “This page is blank” • Creating WWW Pages at UNC-CH • http://help.unc.edu/?id=108

  22. How to Transfer • UNC discusses sftp (Windows) and fetch (Mac) • We will use Filezilla • Why? • Simpler interface • Cross platform

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