Netiva Caftori CS-109 Spring 2010

Welcome to First Year Experience!

Tentative Course Schedule

CS-109	Tuesday	Thursday	Notes
1	Jan. 2010 - Introduction	1//09 Read in the core book: College Makes the Difference.	Readings. Change of registration 1/7-11; 14-15
2	1/2010 - Turn in summary of readings (Raoul's story). Introduction to Word	1/22/09 Learning Styles.	May drop course till April 3rd or apply for pass/fail option till Jan. 26th
3	1/27/09 Scavenger hunt is due Talk on Strategies for success	1/29/09 Ivonne Gulli, special guest. Learning styles.	Teams work on their own on Thur. after Ms. Gulli's visit
4	Feb. 3rd - Visit by Borislava from the writing lab. Strategies for success. Introduction to Excel.	2/5/09 - Prepare semester/week/ day calendar. Time management	Work on managing your time.
5	2/10/2009 - Team building at the gym	2/12/09 - Assignment 2 due. Team work.	Skills for Academic Success readings.
6	2/17/09 - Show your progress on the scavenger hunt and learn the conditional statement in EXCEL. Discuss note taking. Turn in your semester schedule.	2/19/2009 Critical thinking PowerPoint	Critical Thinking readings.
7	2/24/09 - Kris talks about teams, learning styles, and leadership	2/26/09 - Assignment 3 is almost due.	Time Management readings
8	March 3rd - Field trip plans Reading summary on ch1 of thin book is due	3/5/09 - Special guest: Jill Althage from the library	Check Math and computer science database and General information technology guides
9	3/10/2009 - Create a web page using html	3/12/09 - Work on your web page	Teams work together
10	3/17/09 - Green day. Examples of good and bad sites. Ch. 2. Usability	3/19 - Women in computing	Share your team work with the class.
11	3/24 - Spring break	3/26 - Rest. catch up on reading and blogging . Work on Assignment 4.	No class this week:) Last day to drop a course is April 3rd
12	3/31/09 - database creation using Access Ch. 3	April 2nd - team presentations	What's a good presentation?
13	4/7/2009 - team presentations	4/9 Exam based on your questions.	..Work on your part of the presentation
14	4/14 - David Helfand will present on choosing a career or major.	4/16 - Work on Assignment 5	Special guest on Tuesday from the Career Counseling office
15	4/21, 2009 - Last Team presentations. Assignments 6 &/or 7 due.	4/23/09 - Optional assignment 8 is due	This is -our- last week
16	4/28 - No finals for this class:)	4/30 - have a nice holiday season...	No final exam--No more meetings. Grades are due by Dec. 15th

Cs-109 meets in Fine Art FA 104 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. College Success Strategies by S.L. Nist-Olejnik and J.P. Holschuh. 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 1/7/08