CS-100 Introduction to Personal computing
Taught by Netiva Caftori
Office: CLS 3025; tel: 773 442-4718
Welcome to computing!
Check also our blackboard| Week | CS-100 Contents: Tues. - Thur. |
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| 1 | Jan. 13th-15th, 2009 -- Introduction. -- The Internet. -- Windows. -- Help those who know less than you. |
| 2 | 1/20/09-1/22/09 Chapter 1. -- Word. -- Listen to the news, maybe 91.5 FM, WBEZ. |
| 3 | 1/27-1/29 Assignement 1 due--Scavenger Hunt. review for Quiz 1 on Chap. 1. Start Chapter 2 Work in teams. |
| 4 | Feb 3rd-2/5/09 Word Assignment 2 due. More on WORD. Quiz 1. Binary numbering |
| 5 | 2/10-2/12/09 - Chapter 2. Lincoln's birthdayOutside of class: Work in teams on your PowerPoint presentation |
| 6 | 2/17-2/19 Assignment 3 due. -- Quiz 2. -- Start on Chap. 3 -- Come prepared with news items. |
| 7 | 2/24-2/26 Spreadsheets-EXCEL. Review for Quiz 3 on Chap. 3. |
| 8 | March 3rd 2009 - 3/5/09 Assignement 4 due. Quiz 3 on Chap. 3. On Thur. work in teams. |
| 9 | March 10th-12th Assignment 5due. Go over Chap. 4 |
| 10 | 3/17-19 Green day:) Data-base--MicroSoft Access. ~ Women in Computing |
| 11 | 3/24-26 Spring Break Have a rest. Catch up on readings. Work on your presentation. Have some fun:) |
| 12 | 3/31st-April 2nd Oops...missed fool's day:( Review for quiz 4 on ch. 4. ~ April 3rd: Last day to drop class. |
| 13 | April 7th-9th Student presentations. |
| 14 | 4/14-16
Access Assignment 6 is almost due. PowerPoint (assig. 8) and presentations. |
| 15 | 4/21-23 Assignement 7 (web page) due. Student Presentations. |
| 16 | 4/28-30/08 Have a nice summer.
Our class ends a week earlier.
Turn in any late assignments and student evaluation of peer presentations the week before last. No final exam. Have a great break! |
Grading philosophy
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There will be 8 or 9 assignments. Will drop off lowest grade. There will be about 4 quizzes. Participation in class discussions will count for 10%. |
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