Netiva Caftori CS-109 Fall 2010

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Tentative Course Schedule

CS-109	Tuesday	Thursday	Notes and Readings assignments
1	Aug. 31st, 2010 - Introduction Transition from HS to college	9/2/09 Surfing the Internet Introduction to Word Read in the core book: College Success strategies.	Change of registration until 9/13/10 ? Ch1. pages 1-12
2	9/7/2010 - Turn in your weekly summary of readings (Ch1). Visit to the gym: Team building.	9/9/10 Rosh Hashana meeting online on Blackboard.	May drop course till Nov. 12th ? or apply for pass/fail option till Sept. 13th ? Ch2. HC+LS pg 13-23
3	9/14/10 Scavenger hunt is due Yvonne Gulli, special guest from the advising office. Talk on Strategies for success	9/16/10 Strategies for success: active learners.	Teams work on their own. Ch.3 LS pg 24-33
4	9/21/10 - Learning Styles. Visit by Katherine Gleiss-Monar.	9/23/10 - Introduction to Excel. Prepare semester/week/ day calendar. Time management	Work on managing your time. Ch. 6 TM 57-69
5	9/28/2010 - Learn the conditional statement in EXCEL. Show your progress on the scavenger hunt	9/30 - Assignment 2 due. Team work.	ch.4 HC pg 34-45 (optional). Ch1 in computer book
6	10/5/10 - Visit to the Adler Planetarium. Bus leaving at 11 am and returning at 3 pm. Reading summary on ch1 of the Computer Continuum book is due	10/7/2010 Turn in your semester schedule.	Ch. 5 CT 46-56
7	10/12/10 - Visit by a librarian (Jill) Critical thinking	10/14/10 - Visit by Borislava from the writing lab. Start discussing web page creation. Assignment 3 is due.	Ch. 2 in computer book.
8	10/19/10 - Discuss note taking. Visit by Kim from the McNair scholars office. PowerPoint tutorial	10/21/10 - Recap and talk about what a good web page is.	Check Math and computer science database and General information technology guides More on Ch. 2
9	10/26/2010 - Create a web page using html Medecine team presentation	10/28/2010 - Your web page assig. 4 is due	Teams work together Ch. 9 optional. Ch. 10. AC 109-123
10	11/2/10 - . Examples of good and bad sites. Ch. 2. Usability	11/4/10 - Women in computing	Share your team work with the class. Ch. 11 AC 124-142.
11	11/09 - Prepare a table of your friends directory or classes, or CDs for your Access assig. Exam	11/11 - Schools team presentation Catch up on reading and blogging . Start work on Assignment 5, Access db.	Work on your team presentation:) Last day to drop a course is Nov. 13th Ch. 12 optional
12	11/16/10 - database creation using Access Ch. 3 CS team presentation	11/18/10 - Business team presentation	What's a good presentation? Ch.3 in computer book
13	11/23/2010 - Automotive team presentations Your Access assig. 5 is due	11/25/10 Thanksgiving holiday. No class.	..Enjoy the turkey and the rest:) Optional readings from any of ch. 13-15 Ch. 16 AC pg 205-216
14	11/30 - choosing a career or major.	12/2/10 - Work on Assignment 5	Special guest on Tuesday from the Career Counseling office Ch. 17 pp
15	12/7/2010 - Last Team presentations evaluations due. Assignments 6 &/or 7 due.	12/9/10 - Optional assignment 8 is due Last class day:)	This is -our- last week
16	12/14/09 - No finals for this class:)	12/16/09 - have a nice holiday season...	No final exam--No more meetings. Grades are due by Dec. 20th ?

Where FYE Component*: HC = Transition from high school to college
LS = Learning styles
AC = Academic skills
TM = Time management
CT = Critical thinking

Cs-109 meets in Fine Art FA 108 on Tues.-Thurs. at 12:15-1:30 am.

8 Assignments will count for 40% of your grade. 1 or 2 exam/s will count for 10-20% of your grade. Journaling and final paper will count for 10% Class presentation will count for 10% Participation in class will count for 10% group discussion will count for 10%.

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Textbooks

1. The computer continuum by Kurt F. Lauckner, a custom edition.
   See class syllabus in there.
2. Santrock, J. W., Gordon, V. N., Gardner, J. N., Dillon, A., & Loeb, P. R. (2008). NEIU FYE, Mason, OH: Thomson Wadsworth. textbook.
3. Tutorials: (on Word, Excel, Access, and PowerPoint) on the web at by Bernard Poole or if you choose to download
4. Alice by Gary B. Shelly and Tom J. Cashman (optional)

Team presentations

• All members of the team should present from 2 to 5 minutes
• Besides PowerPoint other tools may be used
• First slide should include title and names of presenters
• Last slide should have references
• For each presenter there should be a slide or more
• Each slide should have an outline only
• Images are encouraged
• Talk about your readings, field trip, thoughts, conclusions
• look in people's eyes. Ask questions.
• Practice among you so you feel confident.

Lab Hours

All open labs are open

• 8am to 10 pm Mon through Thur;
• 8am to 6pm on Fri,
• 8am to 1pm on Sat, and
• 1pm to 5pm on Sun in Library 4th floor lab only.

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Last updated on 10/10/10