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1 What is this class about? Who are you? Who am I? How does the class work?

2 Thomas Kurtz John Kemeny We will cover skills and concepts needed for success as a student and after graduation as a citizen and a professional. What is this class about?

3 Internet applications and technology and their implications for individuals, organizations and society Let’s look at each of these terms, starting with applications. First the concepts (The tagline from our class blog our class blog)our class blog

4 Internet applications and technology and their implications for individuals, organizations and society A general function people use computers for A specific activity To name a specific application program or “app” What is the application program? The specific application? The function? “Microsoft Word is a word processing program” – the application is word processing. “Microsoft Word is used for screen writing” – the application is screen writing.

5 Internet applications and technology and their implications for individuals, organizations and society Communication Storage Memory Processing The computer I used for my dissertation research Is the improvement slowing down?

6 Internet applications and technology and their implications for individuals, organizations and society What has changed because of the Internet? What will change because of the Internet? How had the Internet changed your life? Of an organization you can think of? Of society?

7 Application development Content creation User skills Which skills?

8 Skill -- application development Batch processing and time sharing Personal computer Internet Application development keeps getting easier.

9 Skill – content creation What are the four data types we will work with?

10 Video Image Text Audio Skill – content creation

11 Skill – user skills Students teaching students new skills

12 Do you remember the next question we are asking today?

13 Who are you? How will this variety affect our class? Freshmen13 Junior13 Senior14 Sophomore2

14 Bus Ad:Information Systems3Com: Advertising and P.R.1 Bus Ad:Pre-Maj:Gen Business7Computer Science1 Bus QQ1Computer Tech: Homeland Sec2 Bus Ad: Info Sys Sec Premaj5Criminal Justice Admin6 Bus Ad: Info Sys Securit2DMA: Audio Recording Option1 Bus Ad: Pre-major: Ent2Pre Major: Global Log & Supply1 Bus Ad:Gen Business6Public Adm:Administrative Mgt1 Bus Ad:Marketing1Spanish:Language & Literature1 Bus Ad:Sports,Ent&Hosp mgt1Undeclared1 Child Development1 Who are you? How will this variety affect our class?

15 Do you remember the next question we are asking today?

16 Who am I? My Google Plus profile

17 Computer Usage CorporationIBM CorporationBeatrice Foods Corporation NASA GoddardLos Angeles City SchoolsLos Angeles Library Mount St. Mary's CollegeRexon Business MachinesPerfect Data Corporation IMS InternationalTexas InstrumentsSanta Monica College Philips, AustriaSony CorporationNational Bureau of Standards John Wiley and SonsLehman Brothers Kuhn LoebMicroPro International Apple ComputerSoHaR, Inc.Rome Air Development Center Surpass Software SystemsSCOPUS TecnologiaVan Nostrand Reinhold Software TechnologyClancy AssociatesEIES SoftelCalifornia State UniversityRAND UN Development ProgrammeDepartment of DefenseToyota of America Giga Information ServicesColson, Hicks, Edison, et alMatrix.Net (was MIDS) Int’l Telecommunication UnionHyundai Motors of AmericaLantronix UNCTADDemocracy CouncilCalifornia State University Who am I?

18 Then Now

19 Who am I?

20 Do you remember the next question we are asking today?

21 How does the class work? Assignments 40%Midterm & final 50%Quizzes 10%

22 How does the class work? Full credit half credit no credit Assignment format and ground rules

23 How does the class work? Midterm 15% final (cumulative) 35%

24 How does the class work? Quiz questions online Help to focus studies Collectively, you know all the answers

25 The grade curve Blog post: curve relative to the highest score

26 Anonymous study habit survey What grade do you expect to get in this class? (A-F)

27 How does the class work? 2013 Sloan-Merlot award for information technology teaching material Our electronic text A topic moduleThe corresponding assignment

28 How does the class work? The class Web site


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