Homework 12 week section

Note - In this class we use Word 2010 (not Word 2003 or 2007).

Also, we use Windows 7 (not Windows XP or Windows Vista).

Once you are enrolled, do not send email to hurley_daniel@smc.edu!!

The threaded discussion at ecollege is for communication with your classmates and me in this class. I will respond to your questions there within 24 hours. For correspondence of a personal nature, use the email system within ecollege.

Note that you will be dropped from the class if by the end of the 6th week:

1. you do not turn in any homework or

2. if you do not take the midterm.

Also, for all exams in the course you may use the internet to find answers to any questions that you are not able to find in the book.

Note for all of the assignments: If the book states to print something, send it to a file and submit it as an attachment with your homework assignment.

If you need a PowerPoint Viewer see:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=048dc840-14e1-467d-8dca-19d2a8fd7485&displaylang=en

Week 1

3-5 --> 3-11

Homework is due by Sunday at 11:59pm and should be submitted to the ecollege dropbox as specified below.

Turn your homework in on time - this represents your asynchronous attendance in the class.
Check the eCollege gradebook regularly. Homework turned in by Sunday night will be graded by Monday night each week. Each assignment is worth 14 points. There is a 50% per week deduction for late homework, and there is a 50% deduction for homework uploaded to the wrong dropbox at eCollege.

To turn in a homework item to the ecollege dropbox:

1. Click the dropbox tab near the top of the ecollege screen.

2. Click the 'Submit Assignment' hyperlink.

3. Click the dropdown menu and choose the basket for the particular homework that you want to turn in.

4. Either insert the text you are to turn in or add all of your attachments as specified in the assignment.

5. Click the 'Submit Assignment' button.

Upload to the ecollege dropbox for "Homework week 1 - autobiography" 1 page (a minimum of 300 words) telling me about yourself, why you are taking this course, and why online. Also, I would like to know how you found out about cis 1 online before you signed up for it at the beginning of the semester. Note that I am concentrating on content rather than grammar! Insert the text into the dropbox dialog - place the assignment in the textbox of the eCollege dropbox, do not send it as an attachment. Make the font size 12 point.

Videos to consider for the threaded discussion at eCollege:

Steve Jobs http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1R-jKKp3NA

Video ==>> Make the Future - A Career in Computer Science.mp4

If you need an mp4 player to watch this video ==>> mp4PlayerSetup.exe

http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/alan_kay_shares_a_powerful_idea_about_ideas.html

http://www.ted.com/talks/ray_kurzweil_announces_singularity_university.html

Contribute to the threaded discussion at ecollege

Week 2

3-12 --> 3-18

Homework is due by Sunday at 11:59pm and should be submitted to the ecollege dropbox as specified below.

To turn in a homework item to the ecollege dropbox:

1. Click the dropbox tab near the top of the ecollege screen.

2. Click the 'Submit Assignment' hyperlink.

3. Click the dropdown menu and choose the basket for the particular homework that you want to turn in.

4. Either insert the text you are to turn in or add all of your attachments as specified in the assignment.

5. Click the 'Submit Assignment' button.

Videos to consider for the threaded discussion at eCollege:

Videos/HRP-4C.mp4

http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/david_pogue_says_simplicity_sells.html

Windows 7:

PowerPoint ==>> Slide 1 for chapter 1

Read and Do Chapter 1 in Windows 7 .
Do "In the Lab 1, In the Lab 2, and In the Lab 3" at the end of Chapter 1

Upload any files generated to the ecollege dropbox titled "Homework week 2- Windows Project 1". Note that any files that are specified as files to print or email should be saved and uploaded as attachments to the eCollege dropbox.

Take any exams that are available this week at ecollege.

To take a test: Click the appropriate exam button in ecollege for this week. If you are not already logged in at ecollege, you may do so at ==>> http://smconline.org (To see what you have missed on an exam at ecollege, click on the grade in the ecollege gradebook and it will show you your graded exam. )

Contribute to the threaded discussion at ecollege

Week 3

3-19 --> 3-25

Homework is due by Sunday at 11:59pm and should be submitted to the ecollege dropbox as specified below.

To turn in a homework item to the ecollege dropbox:

1. Click the dropbox tab near the top of the ecollege screen.

2. Click the 'Submit Assignment' hyperlink.

3. Click the dropdown menu and choose the basket for the particular homework that you want to turn in.

4. Either insert the text you are to turn in or add all of your attachments as specified in the assignment.

5. Click the 'Submit Assignment' button.

Videos to consider for the threaded discussion at eCollege:

Videos/Ray Kurzweil about Singularity.mp4

http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/kwabena_boahen_on_a_computer_that_works_like_the_brain.html

Windows 7:

PowerPoint ==>> Slide 1 for chapter 2

Read and Do Chapter 2 in Windows 7 .
Do "In the Lab 1, In the Lab 2, and In the Lab 3" at the end of Chapter 2

Upload any files generated to the ecollege dropbox titled "Homework week 3- Windows Project 2". Note that any files that are specified as files to print or email should be saved and uploaded as attachments to the eCollege dropbox. Also upload the answers to any questions in the "In the Lab" at the end of the chapter.

Take any exams that are available this week at ecollege.

Contribute to the threaded discussion at ecollege

Week 4

3-26 --> 4-1

Homework is due by Sunday at 11:59pm and should be submitted to the ecollege dropbox as specified below.

To turn in a homework item to the ecollege dropbox:

1. Click the dropbox tab near the top of the ecollege screen.

2. Click the 'Submit Assignment' hyperlink.

3. Click the dropdown menu and choose the basket for the particular homework that you want to turn in.

4. Either insert the text you are to turn in or add all of your attachments as specified in the assignment.

5. Click the 'Submit Assignment' button.

Videos to consider for the threaded discussion at eCollege:

Videos/1984 Apple's Macintosh Commercial.mp4

http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/nicholas_negroponte_takes_olpc_to_colombia.html

Windows 7:

PowerPoint ==>> Slide 1 for chapter 3

Read and Do Chapter 3 in Windows 7 .
Do "In the Lab 1, In the Lab 2, and In the Lab 3" at the end of Chapter 3

Upload any files generated to the ecollege dropbox titled "Homework week 4- Windows Project 3". Note that any files that are specified as files to print or email should be saved and uploaded as attachments to the eCollege dropbox.

Take any exams that are available this week at ecollege.

Contribute to the threaded discussion at ecollege

Week 5

4-2 --> 4-8

Homework is due by Sunday at 11:59pm and should be submitted to the ecollege dropbox as specified below.

To turn in a homework item to the ecollege dropbox:

1. Click the dropbox tab near the top of the ecollege screen.

2. Click the 'Submit Assignment' hyperlink.

3. Click the dropdown menu and choose the basket for the particular homework that you want to turn in.

4. Either insert the text you are to turn in or add all of your attachments as specified in the assignment.

5. Click the 'Submit Assignment' button.

Videos to consider for the threaded discussion at eCollege:

http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/david_merrill_demos_siftables_the_smart_blocks.html

http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/the_inspiration_of_second_life.html

Word 2010:

Download and unzip these files for use in the Word assignments ==>>

CIS1/WordChapter_01.zip

PowerPoint ==>> CIS1/Win7Word Chapter 01.pptx

Read and Do Chapter 1 'In the Lab' - Lab 1 in Word 2010 by Shelly, and Vermaat.

Upload any files generated to the ecollege dropbox titled "Homework week 5- Word Project 1". Note that any files that are specified as files to print or email should be saved and uploaded as attachments to the eCollege dropbox. Also upload the answers to any questions in the "In the Lab" at the end of the chapter.

Take any exams that are available this week at ecollege.

Contribute to the threaded discussion at ecollege

Spring Break 4-9 ==>> 4-15

Week 6

4-16 --> 4-22

Homework is due by Sunday at 11:59pm and should be submitted to the ecollege dropbox as specified below.

To turn in a homework item to the ecollege dropbox:

1. Click the dropbox tab near the top of the ecollege screen.

2. Click the 'Submit Assignment' hyperlink.

3. Click the dropdown menu and choose the basket for the particular homework that you want to turn in.

4. Either insert the text you are to turn in or add all of your attachments as specified in the assignment.

5. Click the 'Submit Assignment' button.

Videos to consider for the threaded discussion at eCollege:

Ray Kurzweil: How technology's accelerating power will transform us ==>> http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/ray_kurzweil_on_how_technology_will_transform_us.html

http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/george_dyson_at_the_birth_of_the_computer.html

Word 2010:

PowerPoint ==>> CIS1/Win7Word Chapter 02.pptx

Download and unzip these files for use in the Word assignments ==>>

CIS1/WordChapter_02.zip

Read and Do Chapter 2 'In the Lab' - Lab 1 in Word 2010 by Shelly, and Vermaat.

Upload any files generated to the ecollege dropbox titled "Homework week 6- Word Project 2". Note that any files that are specified as files to print or email should be saved and uploaded as attachments to the eCollege dropbox. Also upload the answers to any questions in the "In the Lab" at the end of the chapter.

Read Chapter 1 in Computer Concepts by Parsons and Oja.

PowerPoint ==>> Slide 1

Instructor Notes ==>> Chapter 1

Take any practice exams that are available this week at ecollege.

To take the test: Click the appropriate exam button in ecollege for this week. If you are not already logged in at ecollege, you may do so at ==>> http://smconline.org (To see what you have missed on an exam at ecollege, click on the grade in the ecollege gradebook and it will show you your graded exam. )

Contribute to the threaded discussion at ecollege.

Note that you will be dropped from the class if by the end of the 6th week:

1. you do not turn in any homework or

2. if you do not take the midterm.

Also, for all exams in the course you may use the internet to find answers to any questions that you are not able to find in the book.

Week 7

4-23 --> 4-29

Homework is due by Sunday at 11:59pm and should be submitted to the ecollege dropbox as specified below.

To turn in a homework item to the ecollege dropbox:

1. Click the dropbox tab near the top of the ecollege screen.

2. Click the 'Submit Assignment' hyperlink.

3. Click the dropdown menu and choose the basket for the particular homework that you want to turn in.

4. Either insert the text you are to turn in or add all of your attachments as specified in the assignment.

5. Click the 'Submit Assignment' button.

Videos to consider for the threaded discussion at eCollege:

http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/john_maeda_on_design.html

Read Chapter 2 in Computer Concepts by Parsons and Oja.

PowerPoint ==>> Slide 1

Instructor Notes ==>> cis1auxiliary/NP10_IM_Chapter02.doc

Word:

PowerPoint ==>> CIS1/Win7Word Chapter 03.pptx

Download and unzip these files for use in the Word assignments ==>>

CIS1/WordChapter_03.zip

Read and Do Chapter 3 'In the Lab' - Lab 3 in Word by Shelly, and Vermaat.

Upload any files generated to the ecollege dropbox titled "Homework week 7 - Word Project 3". Note that any files that are specified as files to print or email should be saved and uploaded as attachments to the eCollege dropbox. Also upload the answers to any questions in the "In the Lab" at the end of the chapter.

Take any exams that are available this week at ecollege.

Contribute to the threaded discussion at ecollege

Week 8

4-30 --> 5-6

Homework is due by Sunday at 11:59pm and should be submitted to the ecollege dropbox as specified below.

To turn in a homework item to the ecollege dropbox:

1. Click the dropbox tab near the top of the ecollege screen.

2. Click the 'Submit Assignment' hyperlink.

3. Click the dropdown menu and choose the basket for the particular homework that you want to turn in.

4. Either insert the text you are to turn in or add all of your attachments as specified in the assignment.

5. Click the 'Submit Assignment' button.

Videos to consider for the threaded discussion at eCollege:

http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/michael_merzenich_on_the_elastic_brain.html

Read Chapter 3 in Computer Concepts by Parsons and Oja.

PowerPoint ==>> Slide 1

Instructor Notes ==>> cis1auxiliary/NP10_IM_Chapter03.doc

PowerPoint ==>> cis1auxiliary/Chapter 1.pptx

Instructor Notes ==>> cis1auxiliary/Chapter 1ie.doc

Read and Do Chapter 1 'In the Lab 1' in Internet Explorer by Shelly.

Upload any files generated to the ecollege dropbox titled ""Homework week 8 - Internet Explorer Project 1". Note that any files that are specified as files to print or email should be saved and uploaded as attachments to the eCollege dropbox. Also upload the answers to any questions in the "In the Lab" at the end of the chapter.

Insert the text into the dropbox dialog

Also, insert the text into the dropbox dialogl:

Visit five Internet sites that you find interesting enough to write about. Provide the following information for each site:

Web address, e.g. www.smc.edu
Name of the site as displayed in the title line of your browser.
Your comments – at least two sentences – about the site. Include what the site contains and why you found it interesting.

Take any exams that are available this week at ecollege.

Contribute to the threaded discussion at ecollege

Week 9

5-7 --> 5-13

Homework is due by Sunday at 11:59pm and should be submitted to the ecollege dropbox as specified below.

To turn in a homework item to the ecollege dropbox:

1. Click the dropbox tab near the top of the ecollege screen.

2. Click the 'Submit Assignment' hyperlink.

3. Click the dropdown menu and choose the basket for the particular homework that you want to turn in.

4. Either insert the text you are to turn in or add all of your attachments as specified in the assignment.

5. Click the 'Submit Assignment' button.

Videos to consider for the threaded discussion at eCollege:

http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/neil_gershenfeld_on_fab_labs.html

Read Chapter 4 in Computer Concepts by Parsons and Oja.
PowerPoint ==>> Slide 1

Instructor Notes ==>> cis1auxiliary/NP10_IM_Chapter04.doc

PowerPoint ==>> cis1auxiliary/Chapter 2.pptx

Instructor Notes ==>> Chapter 2: Web Research Techniques and Search Engines

Read and Do Chapter 2 'In the Lab 2' 'In the Lab' in Internet Explorer by Shelly.

Upload any files generated to the ecollege dropbox titled ""Homework week 9 - Internet Explorer Project 2". Note that any files that are specified as files to print or email should be saved and uploaded as attachments to the eCollege dropbox. Also upload the answers to any questions in the "In the Lab" at the end of the chapter.

Take any exams that are available this week at ecollege.

Contribute to the threaded discussion at ecollege

Week 10

5-14 --> 5-20

Homework is due by Sunday at 11:59pm and should be submitted to the ecollege dropbox as specified below.

To turn in a homework item to the ecollege dropbox:

1. Click the dropbox tab near the top of the ecollege screen.

2. Click the 'Submit Assignment' hyperlink.

3. Click the dropdown menu and choose the basket for the particular homework that you want to turn in.

4. Either insert the text you are to turn in or add all of your attachments as specified in the assignment.

5. Click the 'Submit Assignment' button.

Videos to consider for the threaded discussion at eCollege:

http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/paul_rothemund_casts_a_spell_with_dna.html

http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/bill_joy_muses_on_what_s_next.html

Read the article "Why the future doesn't need us" by Bill Joy. To see the article, click this hyperlink==>> "Why the future doesn't need us"
Upload to the ecollege dropbox "Homework week 10 - Thoughts on 'Why the future doesn't need us' " - 1 page (a minimum of 300 words) a summary of your reactions to the article. Insert the text into the dropbox dialog - place the assignment in the textbox of the eCollege dropbox, do not send it as an attachment. Make the font size 12 point.

Read Chapter 5 in Computer Concepts by Parsons and Oja.
PowerPoint ==>> Slide 1

Instructor Notes ==>> Chapter 5

Internet Explorer Project 3

You can review Chapter 3, if you have Outlook Express. There is no assignment for this Project.

Take any exams that are available this week at ecollege.

Contribute to the threaded discussion at ecollege

Week 11

5-21 --> 5-27

Homework is due by Sunday at 11:59pm and should be submitted to the ecollege dropbox as specified below.

To turn in a homework item to the ecollege dropbox:

1. Click the dropbox tab near the top of the ecollege screen.

2. Click the 'Submit Assignment' hyperlink.

3. Click the dropdown menu and choose the basket for the particular homework that you want to turn in.

4. Either insert the text you are to turn in or add all of your attachments as specified in the assignment.

5. Click the 'Submit Assignment' button.

Videos to consider for the threaded discussion at eCollege:

http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/the_inspiration_of_second_life.html

Try talking with a robot! Click this link ==>> ALICE
Upload to the ecollege dropbox "Homework week 11 - conversation with ALICE." the results of your 'conversation'. Copy and paste 10 questions and answers from your conversation with ALICE. Insert the text into the dropbox dialog - place the assignment in the textbox of the eCollege dropbox, do not send it as an attachment. Make the font size 12 point.

Read Chapter 6 in Computer Concepts by Parsons and Oja.
PowerPoint ==>> Slide 1

Instructor Notes ==>> cis1auxiliary/NP10_IM_Chapter06.doc

Take any exams that are available this week at ecollege.

Contribute to the threaded discussion at ecollege

Week 12

5-28 --> 6-3

Homework is due by Sunday at 11:59pm and should be submitted to the ecollege dropbox as specified below.

To turn in a homework item to the ecollege dropbox:

1. Click the dropbox tab near the top of the ecollege screen.

2. Click the 'Submit Assignment' hyperlink.

3. Click the dropdown menu and choose the basket for the particular homework that you want to turn in.

4. Either insert the text you are to turn in or add all of your attachments as specified in the assignment.

5. Click the 'Submit Assignment' button.

Videos to consider for the threaded discussion at eCollege:

http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/scott_mccloud_on_comics.html

pale blue dot http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p86BPM1GV8M

Rent and watch the movie 2001: A Space Odyssey

or see

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qgx4nsYgV44&feature=PlayList&p=0F0ED023A5DA82AD&index=120 ).
Focus on the second part of the movie (parts 5 through 11 on youtube) entitled the Jupiter Mission. It starts approximately one hour into the movie, comes after the moon scene, and is about one hour in duration. You may, of course, watch the entire movie which has interesting philosophic implications about the origin and destiny of humans. The Jupiter Mission portion which we are focusing on deals with artificial intelligence.
Upload to the ecollege dropbox "Homework week 12 - thoughts on HAL" a summary of your reactions to HAL - 1 page (a minimum of 300 words). Note that I am concentrating on content rather than grammar in your summary. Insert the text into the dropbox dialog - place the assignment in the textbox of the eCollege dropbox, do not send it as an attachment. Make the font size 12 point.

Read Chapter 7 in Computer Concepts by Parsons and Oja.
PowerPoint ==>> Slide 1

Instructor Notes ==>> cis1auxiliary/NP10_IM_Chapter07.doc

Take any exams that are available this week at ecollege.

Contribute to the threaded discussion at ecollege

Homework and exams will not be accepted after the final day of the class and there is no 'extra credit' in the course.

Final letter grades will be posted at Santa Monica College one week after the final date of the class.

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More Ted Talks on technology topics -- ==>> http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/tags/id/101