Fluency With Information Technology

CS 1000

Tentative Lecture Schedule

 

Summer I 2008

 

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Week

Dates

Readings/Topic

1

May 5

Course Outline, Textbooks, Glossaries, Expectations

Read: Technology In Focus 1-Careers In IT

1

May 7

Read: Technology In Action-Chapter 1

Microsoft Office 2007-Pages 183-195

 

2

May 12

Read: Technology In Action-Chapter 3

Technology In Focus 5-History of the PC

Microsoft Office 2007-Pages 224-229

 

2

May 14

Read: Technology In Action-Chapter 5

Technology In Focus 3-System Alternatives

 

3

May 19

Read: Technology In Action-Chapter 4

Technology In Focus 3-Application Alternatives

Microsoft Office 2007-Pages 208-217

 

3

May 21

Read: Technology In Focus 2-Digital Entertainment

Midterm Review

 

4

May 26

Memorial Day

4

May 28

Midterm Exam

Chapters 1, 3, 5, 4, Focus 5, 1, 3, 2

WMU Mail, WestCat, Internet Explorer, Netscape, Windows XP, Word

(Bring your ID to your scheduled lecture class for the exam.)

 

5

June 2

Read: Technology In Action-Chapter 2

Microsoft Office 2007-Pages 195-208

 

5

June 4

Read: Technology In Action-Chapter 6

 

6

June 9

Read: Technology In Action-Chapter 9

Technology In Focus 3-Hardware Alternatives

 

6

June 11

Read: Technology In Focus 4-Protect and Back Up Data

 

7

June 16

Read: Technology In Action-Chapter 7

Microsoft Office 2007-Pages 218-224

 

7

June 18

Read: Technology In Action-Chapter 8

 

8

June 23

Topic: Emerging Technologies

Final Exam Review

 

8

June 25

Final Exam

Technology In Action-Chapters 2, 6, 9, 7, 8, Focus 3, 4

Excel, Access, PowerPoint, Integration

(Bring your ID to your scheduled lecture class for the exam.)