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Week
Begins Monday
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Topics Covered
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Assignments
Due Before Class on Thursdays
Short Presentations as assigned to teams and individuals
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8/24
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Syllabus, Class Protocol, homework submission
What is 'Problem Solving'?
What is 'Computing'? The ultimate computer....
Components of our Digital World
Communication (voice, documents, music, movies, ...)
How are they 'stored', transmitted
History to current and beyond
Algorithms and 'Instructions'
Recipe1, Recipe 2
Circular Reference Example
Watch in class - Changing the World and discussion 12 minutes |
Readings: Computational Thinking
Homework 1 Due (submit as lastFhomework1.txt)
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8/31 |
Components of our Digital World
Network Link 1
Network Link 2
Components of a 'computer'
I/O
'computing' - CPU, Main memory, secondary memory
arithmetic/logic unit -- logical expressions
History to current and beyond
Flowchart Symbols
Flowchart Example
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Readings:
Homework 2 Due
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9/7
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Components of our Digital World
Data Storage - how is all this 'information' stored
Digital storage
number systems, binary numbers
text representation - ASCII, UNICODE
ASCII Sheet
History to current and beyond
Watch in class - Security of Online Information and discussion 19 minutes
What is attenuation?
What is a repeater? |
Readings:
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Communication medium
b) ascii and unicode
c) What is unicode?
Homework 3 Due |
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9/14
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Digital Storage pictures, sound, movies
pixels, sampling,
Review
Watch in class - Pixels Everywhere! and discussion 22 minutes |
Homework 4: Due before class on Tuesday. 10 questions that I could ask on the exam. T/F, vocabulary, pictures
Exam 1 |
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9/21
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Components of our Digital World
Transferring these things
Networks - components, medium, speed, capacity, seccurity
Server, client, node,
History to current and beyond
Watch in class - The Magic of the "Cloud" Supercomputers for Everybody and discussion 18 min
Searching
Search Engines - how do they work?
Validity of information
Watch in class - Why we're able to Google? and discussion 19 min
Symmetric Encryption
Asymmetric Encryption |
Readings: Computational Thinking
Homework 5 Due |
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9/28
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Safety in A Networked World
Safety of data/information on your computer system
Safety of data communication
Safety of company information (your health records, bank)
History to current and beyond
Password security
Phishing |
Readings: Password Strength test and Strong Passwords
Note: DO NOT test YOUR password. Use one similar Why?
Homework 6 Due
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10/5 |
Encryption in storage and data communication
Theory and components
Encryption algorithms *(&^f 7 a*^^(
History to current and beyond
ASCII Collating Sequence
Some Excel Notes
October is National Cyber Security Awareness Month.
Phishing scammers send fraudulent e-mails to trick recipients into giving out personal and financial information.
- Don't give your password to anyone!
- Never reply to suspicious e-mails, or click on links within the message.
- Do not open e-mail attachments from unknown people.
- If you reply to a phishing message, phishers will take control of your e-mail and send 50,000 - 100,000 spam e-mails, impacting everyone on campus. Replying to a phishing attempt will immediately result in your SEU account being disabled.
More information online
Info: Computer Help Desk , 512-448-8443
phishing note
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Presentation Topic: How CAs are used in your major. Discuss specific applications/hardware. Give examples of results or using.
About 15 minute presentation with 5 questions at the end that I can use on an exam.
Readings: http://www.onguardonline.gov/
Homework 7 Due |
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10/12 |
Computer Programming
Design - pseudocode, flowcharts.
Instructions for calculator.java
Sample calculator.java
Excel Example |
Readings: Note on Websites
Homework 8 Due
Note Computer Competencies due 10/15
Note: flash Drive for class |
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10/19
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Web Pages
Role of browser, server, URL, ip address, DNS, ISP
Design of web pages and web sites
Review |
Homework 9: Due before class on Tuesday. 10 questions that I could ask on the exam. T/F, vocabulary, pictures
Exam 2 |
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10/26
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Programming continued. NOTE: calculator Flowchart due Tuesday.
We will be writing our java program in class on Tuesday.
Computer Programming
Design - pseudocode, flowcharts.
Instructions for calculator.java
Sample calculator.java
CLI hints
Secure login clients secureCRT putty
secureCRT from St. Edwards
Watch in class - Human Computation and discussion 12 minutes |
Presentation Topic: How CAs are used in your major. Discuss specific applications/hardware. Give examples of results or using.
About 15 minute presentation with 5 questions at the end that I can use on an exam. Use any tools you want for your presentation. GIve plenty of examples.
Thursday Presentations: Noah, Bianca, Brooke S.
Readings:
Homework 10 Due |
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11/2 |
Web Pages Sample Berlin
Web Pages Help
Publishing a Web Page
W3C Schools - tutorials and help
html elements Reference
W3C Validator
Our Tutorial - We will go through this together in class. ***
Images
Construction
Devil
Hacker
ProductOverview
Holocaust Memorial
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Tuesday Presentations: Karina, Brooke H.
Thursday Presentations: Matt, Madeline, Miriam
Readings:
Homework 11 Due
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11/9
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Web Pages continued
colors
Fonts
Emailing, Texting, Instant Messaging, "Facebooking" ,Communication Tools (Inbound/Outbound)
Social Networking (Facebook, Myspace, LinkedIn
(Inbound) Portals, RSS feeds, Podcasts, Collaboration Tools, wikis, google docs
Ethics for the Anonymous [Social Factors] Ethics in software, information age
Reference for Web WYSIWYGs and Tools
** << a good site |
Tuesday Presentations: Walter, Alex, Brian
Thursday Presentations: Elizabeth, Roxy, Preston
Readings:
Homework 12 Due
Web Questions (a start)
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11/16
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Power Grid cyberwarfare
digital photograph files article
encryption.java
Web Page work
Reminder - send your presentations
Review Exam 3
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Homework 13: Due before class on Tuesday.
a. 10 questions that I could ask on the exam. T/F, vocabulary, pictures - submit electronically
b. Updated lastF1301.xls with Grades worksheet up to date.
Thursday Exam 3 Extra credit |
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11/23
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Tuesday: Install Google maps on web page
Thanksgiving - no class Thursday |
Readings:
Homework 14 Due |
| 11/30 |
Database Management Systems
Review |
Readings:
Homework 15 Due |
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12/7
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Final Exam Week
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Final Exam Schedule |
