Download Recognizing How you Learn

Making the Most of
Technology
COL 103
Chapter 10
Professor Jackie Kroening
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Computer Basics
Hardware – The physical part of a
computer – Metal, glass, plastic,
and other substances that can be
seen.
•Mouse
•Display Screen (Monitor)
•Keyboard
•Central Processing Unit (CPU)
Hardware
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Three basic parts:
Processor Unit (CPU)
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Control Unit
Arithmetic Unit
Floating Point Unit
Memory
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CPU memory
Main Memory
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Random Access
Read Only
Input/Output (I/O)
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Keyboard
Mouse
Display Screen (Monitor)
Software
Operating System
Tell the computer what operations it
needs to carry out.
 Operating System – provides the
ground rules by which a computer
operates.
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Microsoft Windows
Macintosh
Linux
Unix
Software
Application Programs
Used to perform specific kinds of
functions
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Word-Processing Software
Games
Finical Processing
Three main types of applications
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Word-processing
Presentation software
Spreadsheets
Software Operating System (OS)
Word-Processing
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Word processing program can:
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Insert and delete text
Moving and copying text
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cut and paste
Change appearance of text
Style and size (fonts and points)
Auto footnotes or endnotes
Spell Checker
Grammar Checker
Not so good at:
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complete calculations with accuracy.
Using animation.
Spreadsheet Programs
Used for:
 Budgeting
 Financial projections
 Accounting
 Math problem solving
 Perform calculations with complete
accuracy
Presentation Programs
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Used to create professional-looking
visual material for view graphs or
projection like:
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Charts, maps, animations, and other
graphical elements.
Presentation Programs
Tips
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Include graphics – a graphic can improve
the look and feel of your information.
Less is more
Unity (flow) – individual slides should have
similar look. (same font and point size)
Check for spelling errors
Use animation with projector to highlight a
main subject or point of view
Internet
World Wide Web
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Internet – network connecting millions of
computers together
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Electronic mail (Email) – people can send and
receive messages
Newsgroups – read and post messages relevant
to a particular topic
Listservs – subscription service that automatically
Emails messages on general topics of shared
interest
World Wide Web ( WWW) – Highly graphical
interface between users and the internet that
permits user to transmit and receive not only text,
but pictorials, video, and auto information.
Telnet – Character-based system
Email messages
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Most widely used feature of the Internet.
Each person using Email has an address
consisting of these elements
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Mailbox name (user name) – assigned to your
account on an Email system
@ the “at” sign
Domain name – organization that hosts the Email
“post office” to which the user subscribes
Example: [email protected]
Netiquette
Email messages
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Don’t write anything in a Email that
you will regret seeing in public domain
or in court
Be careful of the tone you convey
Don’t use all capital letters (shows
anger)
Never send an Email when you are
angry.
Distance Learning
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Form of education in which students
participate via the WWW or other
kinds of technology such as
teleconferencing, fax or express mail.
Can take a Web-based distance
learning course anywhere that you
have access to the Web.
Distance learning classes are more
flexible than traditional classes.
Distance Learning
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Gives you the flexibility to set your own
schedule
Have more contact with instructor
You can take classes that are not offered at
your college
To get the most out of Distance Learning:
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check in frequently
make copies of everything
have a plan in case you cannot use your
computer
find a cyber buddy
Classes Without Walls
PREPARE
Identify distance learning course
possibilities
ORGANIZE
Obtain access to technology
WORK
Participate in a distance learning class
EVALUATE
Consider your “classroom” performance
RETHINK
Reflect on what and how you have learned
Finding Facts
Libraries
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Periodicals – Magazines, specialized journals
for professionals in a field, newspapers
 Indexes to Periodicals and other information
sources – index by title, author, and subject.
Also provide short summary (abstract)
 Many periodicals are stored in microform
(microfiche or microfilm)
Encyclopedias
Government documents
Musical scores
Movies and audio tapes
Reserve collections – heavily-used items that
instructors assign for class. Limited access
Locating Information
Libraries
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Call number – unique classification number
assigned to every book in the library which
provides a key to locating it.
Stacks – shelves on which books and other
materials are stored
Recall – way to request library materials
from another user who has them
Interlibrary loan – system that libraries share
resources making them available to patrons
of different libraries
Locating Information
World Wide Web
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Browser
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Uniform Resource Locator (URL)
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A program that provides a way of
navigating around the information on the
WWW
Identifies a unique location on the Web, a
website or a webpage
Web address
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www.[domain_name].[XXX]
Example: www.lifetour.com
Locating Information
World Wide Web
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Web pages
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Link
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A location on the WWW housing
information from a single source
A means of “jumping” automatically from
one Web page to another
Search engines
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A computerized index of information on
the Web. (most browsers have search
engines)
Evaluating the Information
Found on the Web
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Who authoritative is the information
How current is the information
How well are the claims documented
Is anything missing