Fluency With Information Technology

CS 1000

Tentative Lecture Schedule

 

Summer II 2008

 

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Week

Dates

Readings/Topic

2

June 30

Course Outline, Textbooks, Glossaries, Expectations

Read: Technology In Focus 1-Careers In IT

 

2

July 2

Read: Technology In Action-Chapter 1

Microsoft Office 2007-Pages 183-195

 

2

July 4

Independence Day

 

3

July 7

Read: Technology In Action-Chapter 3

Technology In Focus 1-History of the PC

Microsoft Office 2007-Pages 224-229

 

3

July 9

Read: Technology In Action-Chapter 5

Technology In Focus 3-System Alternatives

 

3

July 14

Read: Technology In Action-Chapter 4

Technology In Focus 3-Application Alternatives

Microsoft Office 2007-Pages 208-217

 

4

July 16

Read: Technology In Focus 2-Digital Entertainment

Midterm Review

 

4

July 21

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.)

 

Read: Technology In Action-Chapter 2

Microsoft Office 2007-Pages 195-208

 

5

July 23

Read: Technology In Action-Chapter 6

 

5

July 28

Read: Technology In Action-Chapter 9

Technology In Focus 3-Hardware Alternatives

 

6

July 30

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

 

6

August 4

Read: Technology In Action-Chapter 7

Microsoft Office 2007-Pages 218-224

 

7

August 6

Read: Technology In Action-Chapter 8

 

7

August 11

Topic: Emerging Technologies

Final Exam Review

 

8

August 13

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.)