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Title: CSE 101 Introduction to Computers and Information Technology
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CSE 101Introduction to Computers and
Information Technology

Introduction

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Who am I?

Richard McKenna

E-mail richard_at_cs.sunysb.edu

Work phone 631-632-9564

Office Location CS Room 1436

Fall 2007 Office hours

MWF 1130 am 1230 pm,

and by appointment

Personal Link http//www.cs.sunysb.edu/richard

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Course Homepages

http//www.cs.sunysb.edu/cse101

announcements

syllabus

schedule (lecture slides, hw, etc )

etc.

http//blackboard.stonybrook.edu

message board

grades

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Why computer science?

Do what you love

There are lots of jobs

Computers can change the world

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What do these things all have in common?
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What is this course about?

Department says

An introduction to the basics of personal

computing and information technologies intended
primarily for students majoring in humanities,
social and behavioral sciences, or business
management.

Topics include

principles of personal (single-user) computer

systems

office automation

information in a modern, networked (multi-user)

computing environment.

Emphasis is on conceptual understanding of

personal computing rather than use of specific

hardware or software. Required participation in

computer laboratories.

May not be taken for credit in addition to EST

100 or after any CSE or ISE course.

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Course Topics

A Brief History of Computing

Basic Computing

PC Components

Software vs. Hardware

Productivity Software

Digital Multimedia

Internet Technologies

Computer Security

Gaming Technologies

Virtual Reality

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What book do you need?

Exploring the Digital Domain - An Introduction to

Computers and Information Fluency, 2nd Editionby
Kenneth Abernethy J. Thomas AllenISBN
0534407072

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What course work is involved?

Lab Exercises

Exercises given at start of each lab session

to be completed during lab time

to be completed at home, due following Thursday

_at_ 1159pm

post work to your projects Web page (more on this

later)

Surprise Quizzes

Given in random lectures on material covered that

day

Midterm Exam

first half material

Final Exam

second half material (not cumulative)

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How are grades computed?

10/11 Lab Exercises 40

Midterm Exam 30

Final Exam 30

100

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What do you need to get started?

Sparky account

http//www.sinc.sunysb.edu/Help/email.html

Unix operating system

Sparky Web space

more on this in a minute

Blackboard account

http//blackboard.stonybrook.edu/

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AN IMPORTANT NOTE ON ACADEMIC DISHONESTY

All work you submit for labs, projects, or exams

MUST be your own work.

If you cheat or aid someone in cheating, you will

automatically fail this course and be brought up
on charges of academic dishonesty without
warning.

NO EXCEPTIONS WILL BE MADE!

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Lab Facilities

We will use the Computer Associates Transaction

Processing Lab (Trans Lab)

http//www.translab.cs.sunysb.edu/

CS 2114 2126

Login

all registered students have accounts

http//www.translab.cs.sunysb.edu/

Room combo

soon to follow

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Lab Accounts

Transaction Lab

everyone account gets disk space on U drive

http//www.translab.cs.sunysb.edu/studentAcct.html

Have account problems?

contact Ajay Gupta

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Help!

If you need help, visit me or the TA at our

office hours, email us, or refer to the SINC site
Help Desk

http//www.sinc.sunysb.edu/helpdesk/

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Disabilities

If you have a physical, psychiatric/emotional,

medical or learning disability that may impact on
your ability to carry out assigned course work,
you are strongly urged to contact DSS.

Disabled Students Services (DSS) office,

Humanities 133 (phone 633-6748/TDD).

DSS will review your concerns and determine, with

you, what accommodations are necessary and
appropriate. All information and documentation of
disability is confidential.

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Can your remember?

Your first use of a personal computer?

What type of computer was it?

What operating system did it use?

What programs did you use?

What games did you play?

Did you find it user-friendly?

Did you find it maddening?

How do you feel about computers now?

Group question Why are you here?

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Why is CSE 101 relevant?

Computers and technology

are a part of everything we do

will continue to play an even greater role in the

future

help make many work tasks easier

The more you know about computers the more

valuable you are to an employer

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Questions to consider?

How many computers do you have in your home?

How long could you survive without a computer?

How long could you survive without an Internet

connection?

How long could you survive without a high-speed

Internet connection?

When was the last time you wrote a letter?

How many computers do you come into contact with

on an average day?

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Looking back a few years
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Today

Over half the work force produces information.

Every 10 hours, more computers are sold than

existed in the entire world 30 years ago.

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Looking back a few years

Computers 30 years ago

Controlled by computer specialists.

Users related information needs to specialists.

Slow to respond to a problem.

Computers today

Information is more timely.

Systems are interactive.

Systems are user-friendly

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The Technology Revolution Today

At Work

The mobile worker (airplane, beach, etc)

Improved Productivity

Instant Communication

Paperless Environment?

At Home

Telecommuting

Personal correspondence

Homework

Google it

At Play

Visiting pointless sites (Does anyone really need

an Orc screensaver?)

Gaming

Speak with strangers on the other side of the

globe

View strangers doing strange things on the other

side of the globe

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The Technology Revolution Tomorrow

In the years to come, technology will become more

important, more pervasive, and more complex.

What technology do you expect to see in your

lifetime?

Will virtual reality become commonplace?

Are supermarket cashiers, gas station attendants,

bank tellers endangered species?

What other jobs may soon disappear?

Stock Broker? (www.etrade.com)

Newscaster? (www.ananova.com/video)

Real estate agent? (www.mlslirealtor.com/search.cf

m)

Car salesman? (www.carsdirect.com)

University Professor? (www.university-of-phoenix.o

rg)

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Cyberphobia anyone?

In todays workplace, IT competency is not just

valuable, it is required

Make intelligent, informed decisions

Learn how to learn to use new software

Keep up with the lingo (buzzwords)

Real or fake IT buzzwords?

Describes software that anticipates and prevents

bugs.

Robust?

Software has too many over-lapping dialog boxes.

Lasagna Syndrome?

Cleaning up" the data for marketing purposes.

Data Hygiene?

Competitors working together.

Co-Opetition?

Software that uses too much disk space and RAM

Bloatware?

Location in Tolkiens Lord of the Rings

Helms Deep?

Legal French word for email.

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Courrier lectronique

English Technobabble is the real Esperanto

Is it your obligation to society to be IT

proficient?

Do techno-dummies hold up lines at the

supermarket?

Information Awareness Office

Internet sales tax

Plan on having kids?

Whats going on at your local library?

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Exercise for Today

Login to Lab computers

Login cse101

Password cse101_rc

IC WebMail

Requesting Sparky Web Space

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WebMail

All students are entitled to an email account,

issued by Instructional Computing

Open a Web Browser

Go To http//www.sinc.sunysb.edu/

click on EMAIL FOR STUDENTS on left

If you have used WebMail before, click on

Checking Your Email

Then Click on https//webmail.ic.sunysb.edu/

Else, click on Getting an Email Account and

follow the instructions there

You may have to check SOLAR

NOTE most student accounts are automatically

created, but some of you will have to go to the
Library to have it setup

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Sparky Web Accounts

All students are entitled to Web space on Sparky

to post your own Web pages

http//www.sinc.sunysb.edu/helpdesk/web.shtml

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Requesting Web Space

Once you have a Sparky email account, send an

email from your Sparky account to

webmaster_at_ic.sunysb.edu

In the Subject area, type Request Web Space

The Message Content should include Your Sparky

username

For example If your username is jdoe , you would

simply put jdoe in the message area