CSC 101 Introduction to Computers

Spring 2005

Lecture Week Two

Computers in Our Lives
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Syllabus

Assignments - Monday Class

Assignments - Tues/Thurs Class
  • Information Technology Literacy - integration of computer technology and information processing
    • Being conversant in the language of computers and computer technology
    • Feeling comfortable using and operating a computer system
    • Being comfortable in cyberspace
    • Understanding the impact of computers on society, now and in the future
    • Being an intelligent consumer of computers and computer products
  • The Virtual Frontier
    • The Information Superhighway and the Wild West
    • A permanent change in our lives - Industrial to Information Society
    • A lifelong learning process
  • Computers in Our Lives - Past, Present, and Future
    • Computers in the 60's to Computers Today
    • Computers at Work
    • Computers at School
    • Computers at Home
    • Digital Convergence
    • E-Commerce and Online Shopping
    • Telecommuting
    • National Database
      • SciFi - GATTACA and Minority Report
  • Global Village
    • The internet allows for global connections
    • Individual as publisher and promoter
    • Download - Upload
    • World Wide Web - the Web

Computers; Information Technology in Perspective - Chapter 1, Sections 1 - 4 - pgs. 19 - 39

Links for Further Study

What is a Blog - http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&safe=off&oi=defmore&q=define:Blog+--+(weB+LOG)

Cybernauts in the Electronic Frontier: Pets on a Leash - http://www.december.com/cmc/mag/1994/nov/last.html

E-Commerce, The Newest Business Frontier: It's Time To Get Connected - http://www.onlinewbc.gov/docs/techno/Ecommerce.html

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Last Updated: 1/31/05