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| Assignments are due in one week unless otherwise stated.
I may add some things during the week, so double check the schedule
each week! Note that the I will load the most recent week at the top so assignment #1 will appear at the bottom of the page. |
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| Notes and assignments #15 | Final Exam (html version) Final Exam (word version) The final exam is due on Monday, December 18th. (Note I made a mistake and initially had the 16th). There is a required status sheet: Required status sheet Note that the status sheet is required - I do not correct the final unless I have a status sheet. Please remember that the final is an individual project - you may not discuss it with anyone else. Please mail a copy of the final to the usual site and also to pgrocer@bristol.mass.edu. |
| Notes and assignments #14 | If you have gone back into writely/google documents and made changes I need you to
email me and tell me the name of the assignment as it appears and that I should
relook at it - once I have marked it corrected I do not go back and look - you can
also send your changes to me at my email account. The ethical use of the Internet is something we all need to consider. Please read the following articles: Ten Commandments of Computer Ethics Code of Ethics Bloggers code of ethics Ethical and Medical Informatics Assignments to turn in: I have posted a series of questions at the class blog that I want you to answer after having done some research on ethics and the Internet. In answering the questions, I want you to reference information that you found in doing your research. Check back as always! |
| Notes and assignments #13 | This assignment focuses on the chapter on operating system which I have already
asked you to read - remember, I want you to read up through chapter #12 in the old
book and chapter #13 in the new book, so schedule your reading to finish up next week. Please read some information on how operating systems work. I would suggest sources like: How Operating Systems Work Operating system (Wikipedia) I also want you to read about how to make a PowerPoint presentation. You can find information for that at: PowerPoint Assignments to turn in: Putting this all together, I want you to create a PowerPoint presentation for a class explaining the basics of how operating systems work. |
| Notes and assignments #12 | You should have read chapter #9, please move on to chapter #10. By the end of the
semester you should have read up through chapter #13 in the new book or through chapter #12. More help with Excel 2003 is available in Microsoft's quick courses: Excel courses Assignments to turn in: Excel spreadsheet |
| Notes and assignments #11 | Please read chapter #13 in the text if you have the new edition. If you do not, you can find information
at the website or web tutorials on Excel. For example:
Spreadsheet Help Information is available at the publishers web site: Basic Spreadsheet Lab I have added some more information about binary and hex in week #8 Microsoft on Excel Under this there is a session on office security - please listen to it. Please read chapter #9 in the text. Assignments to turn in: Please post a site that gives you information about HTML or XHTML (Old Colony students) at the class blog. You should have posted two sites - one this week and one last week. Spreadsheet Security session from Microsoft Based on the session on office security above, write a set of guidelines for your office staff. |
| Notes and assignments #10 | I have added some more information about binary and hex in week #8 This week I would like you to read these articles: Information sources I found this article about relative and absolute paths - I put it in down on week #6 but thought I would add it here so I would be sure everyone saw it. Please read it through if you are not comfortable with the concepts related to paths: information on relative and absolute paths You should keep working with Excel, we will return to that soon. I am giving you a little time to get comfortable because some of you know Excel well and some do not. Assignments to turn in: This week I want you to create an student account at www.brinkster.com, upload multiple web pages and images. The pages should link to each other. You can upload the assignment you have already done. Send me the address when it is working. If you have access to another host for free, you can use that - the important thing is to get a site up and running. Send me the address when it is working. Let me know if you are having problems with the upload and I can send you additional information. Please post a site that gives you information about HTML or XHTML (Old Colony students) at the class blog. For Old Colony students if you did not get your page to validate in the week #5 assignment, I want you to find a website that goes over XHTML, look at my PowerPoints and examples and get your pages to validate. Here are the four lines of code that I would use at the top, they will help you get a clean validation. Code with first 4 lines of XHTML Separate 4 lines of code in text file |
| Notes and assignments #9 | If you are doing one set of notes and assignments per week (this approach will keep you on schedule), you should be doing this
during week 9 in the semester. Week 9 is the last week of October and the beginning of November. We are now going to start working with Excel. If you are not comfortable with Excel you should start looking for some tutorials - I can lend you a book if you let me know you need one. There is information on Excel on the web and at the publishers web site. Also be sure to look at my presentation on Excel especially if you are not comfortable with the package. Assignments to turn in: Assignment #1: After looking at the presentation on introduction to Excel, I want you to create the spreadsheet that I created. Assignment #2: Spreadsheet assignment |
| Notes and assignments #8 | I am away at a conference from Friday (10/20) through Wednesday (10/25) so no email help available and no correcting!
Please read chapter #8 in the text. You should also read the handout about numbering systems and codes under Notes and handouts. (Please note that this handout deals with 7 bit ASCII and you are going to deal with 8 bit ASCII as described in your text). You can also find other sites to reference under your site links. Be sure to look up information on 8 bit ASCII. Binary conversion Hexadecimal information Assignments to turn in: Numbering systems and codes Due in two weeks Quiz on material in chapter #6 (open note and open book but an individual project) |
| Notes and assignments #7 | Be sure you read: types of sources Keep reading from the fluency site at del.icio.us. Please also read chapter #7 in your text book. Assignments to pass in: Using writely, I want you to do the following assignment: Assignment on evaluating resources I want you to go to the wiki (address below) and work in your assigned group to either correct an HTML page (inexperience HTML students) or convert an HTML page to XHTML and have it pass validation (Old Colony students). I want each of you doing correction - I will give you three weeks to work on this assignment. wiki address Validator for use by Old Colony students |
| Notes and assignments #6 | I want everyone to have read through the first section of the book (through
chapter #6). These are the chapters that deal with introductory material,
HTML and searching. Please go to del.icio.us/fluency for some resources for doing effective searches on the web. information on relative and absolute paths Assignments to pass in: Web and search assignment I want students to go to http://del.icio.us and set up an online bookmark page. Students from Old Colony should consult with Mrs. Machamer about whether this should be a group project one a designated computer or whether she wants you to do it individually. Once you have set up the site, I want you to research sites that tell you how to evaluate the results of a search. I want three locations per student. If the students at Old Colony only use one computer, they should include their name as one of the tags. You need to send me the address of the page you set up. |
| Notes and assignments #5 | Read chapters #5 and #6 in Fluency with Information Technology. I am going to give different assignments for those who are comfortable with HTML and those who do not know it. I am assuming that students at Old Colony fall in the comfortable with HTML catagory. There are a couple of sites on my list of links that provide lots of information in a wide variety of areas. Read to supplement what you read in the book and follow your interests. Be sure to check out some of the HTML Tutorials under links. Students experienced with HTML should read at least one article on the conversion from HTML to XHTML. If you are new to HTML or want a review, please look at the HTML presentations (Getting started with Web Pages and Getting started with HTML) and the HTML examples that can be found at: Notes, examples and presentations Assignments to pass in: Students need to post the address of a tutorial they like (HTML or XHTML depending on your experience level) at the class blog. Invitations to the blog have been sent to your BCC address. Assignment for students who are not familiar with HTML XHTML assignment with validation requirements for students from Old Colony and others experienced in HTML |
| Notes and assignments #4 | Read chapter #4 in Fluency with Information Technology. Assignments to pass in: Do some research on the web and find a site that gives a clear and understandable explanation of the following: 1. Synchronous and asynchronous communication 2. How IP addresses work including how a domain name gets converted to an IP address 3. TCP/IP protocol 4. Networking computers on a Local Area Network 5. The difference between the Internet and the World Wide Web 6. File structure Explain why you decided on the sites you selected. Please give me a basic definition based on the site. Wiki: I have sent the invitation to the wiki to your Bristol Community College account. If you do not receive the invitation let me know. The assignment is posted there under Buy Computer. The address is Wiki address The assignment is to figure out a good computer to buy for a variety of prices. Read about how a wiki works - you can make changes to what others have written and change what you think should be ordered. I want to see the results of your choices, but I also want to see your use of the wiki. |
| Notes and assignments #3 | Please read chapter #3 in the text. Please also read: Internet infrastructure If you are looking for an interesting, but basic, explanation of how the Internet works, I suggest going through the short lessons at Intel. The address is: Intel lessons on Internet Assignments to pass in: Please do the short answer questions on page 95 of the text: Fluency second edition. If you have the wrong edition of the text, you can do the set on page 87 of the text. I want you to set up a blog at Blogger At the blog, I want you to write a little about careers you considering - you should include web references to at least three sites that give you information about those careers. You need to send me the address. |
| Notes and assignments #2 | Read chapter #2 in Fluency with Information Technology. This week we are going to dig deeper into using word processing and use the online application that supports document collaboration and publishing, writely. Writely on line Assignments to pass in: Directions on changes to make to the document Word document to upload and manipulate Please check back as always! |
| Notes and assignments #1 | If you are in the Healthcare Information degree, then I am going to ask you to focus on
that as you do the assignments throughout the course. In other words, when I ask you to
do searches, please make anything that is open apply to your field of study. This will
help to make this course even more relevant to what you are studying. The Fluency with Information Technology text is required. There is an optional Office XP bundle that should be purchased if you are not comfortable with Word, Excel, Access and PowerPoint. Please read the pages under About This Course which include Read Me First, Introduction to CIT11 and the Syllabus. Please read chapter #1 in Fluency with Information Technology. I will assign chapter 2 in the next set of Notes and Assignments but you may find it helpful to read it before doing this assignment. If you do not have the book yet, you can still do the other assignments at the site. Read several articles about the history of computers - you can find links for these articles under Links & Tutorials. This week we will focus on working with a word processor. I an guessing you have experience in this area (if not, please contact me). Information about open source word processors, Word and WordPerfect are available at the web site under links. Because I think most of you are comfortable with Word at the introductory level, I am going to use this chance to introduce you to an online word processor - Writely. It has a tour in its help section that you can use to familiarize yourself with its capability. Assignments to pass in: Software, history and word processing assignment The topic for this paper is: Why do we need software and how has software evolved over time with the advances of hardware. I would like students in Healthcare Information to look at this from the perspective of the health care industry. As an example, you might include a discussion of hand-held computers in healthcare. The paper you write for this assignment should be at an introductory level - I want you to start your exploration of the topic! Always check back to see if anything has been added! |