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Class Introduction
Teacher: Hello. Your teacher is Dan Craig, but don't call him Mr. Craig. He's much too young. Please call him 'Dan'. You can reach Dan very easily by sending an e-mail to dacraig@uiuc.edu. I check my e-mail often. If you have something more urgent to ask/tell me, you can call me at 373-1438. This probably won't be necessary since I'm going to see you almost everyday for the next month.
When and Where: We are meeting from 1-3 pm Monday thru Friday this week.
Next week and for the rest of this program we will meet from 9-11 am Monday
thru Friday unless otherwise stated. Most days we will meet in G27 (the Lingua
Lab) in the Foreign Languages Building (FLB) basement.
See Syllabus
Attendance: You must come to class on time. I know you would like to sleep late after staying up all night studying English, but our schedule is busy and I cannot wait for late students or explain what you have missed. If you are late, you must get notes from someone else in class and finish all the work you have missed.
Assignments: There will not be too many assignments outside of class. For those that I do assign, you must turn them in on time. Late assignments will NOT be accepted and you will not receive any credit for late assignments.
Group Projects: Group projects are an important part of the computer section of this program. These assignments will require group members to contribute equally to achieve a finished project. That means that you will be graded on your specific job, not the whole project.
Grading: This class will be 20% of your total grade in this program. I will grade you on the following.
Forum (Message Board) 10% Assignments (Presentations, reading, etc...) 30% Personal Web page 10% Group Project (Graded individually) 30% Participation 20%
Introductory Computer Class
Needs Analysis: Since different people have different needs, especially when it come to computers, you are going to fill out a questionnaire. This will let me know your experience with different kinds of technologies, your opinion of them, and your level of comfort in using English with these. (Instructor will hand these out in class)
Your E-Mail Accounts: You must have AND use an e-mail account in this class. You are responsible for checking this e-mail everyday. Many of you will probably use e-mail to communicate with friends and family in Japan during this program. I don't care whether you use one that you have in Japan or a Web account that we can create today. No matter which one you use, I need to know your address by the end of the class today. (Accounts will be set up and explained by instructor now).
Hotmail, Web-based E-Mail Accounts - (http://www.hotmail.com) This is a Web-based e-mail service, which is owned and operated by Microsoft Corporation. It is reliable and works well with Microsoft Windows operating systems and Office programs. This is not the only Web-based e-mail service available, but it is the only one that I'm going to go over in class. Once you are signed-up for and logged into Hotmail, you can use the "Help" link if you have questions. Some other services are Yahoo (http://www.yahoo.com), Altavista (http://www.altavista.com), etc... There are too many to list.
Other - If you have an e-mail account that can be accessed from here, you are welcomed to use it. I will help you as much as I can, but I cannot guarantee that I can help you with every system.
We will divide into three groups, if necessary. Each group will be responsible for doing the following tasks: (1) Logon to your e-mail account. (2) Make sure you have a "signature" that will/can be send with your messages. (3)Open any messages you might have. (4) Compose a message to dacraig@uiuc.edu. (5) Attach you "signature" if your program doesn't do it automatically. (6) Attach a file to the message. (7) Send the message. If you finish quickly, either play with the options on your account or assist those around you who are having trouble.
I will use your e-mail accounts to send you any class information. Using a class list I can do that quickly and efficiently, which is what makes e-mail perfect for this purpose.
CCSO Labs - These are the University computer labs. We can't always use the computer lab in G52 and the computer lab in G8 will be closed after the first week. This means that you will have to use one of the other computer labs on campus. As you can see below, some of the sites have scanners and/or audio visual stations. There are a good mix of PCs and Macs, whichever you like.
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Site |
Day of Week |
Hours Open |
Desktops |
Scanner |
Audio Visual Stations |
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Illini Hall |
Sunday
|
12p -12a |
9-Pentium II 350's 31-iMacs |
yes |
no |
|
Illini Union |
Sunday
|
12p - 12a
|
55-iMacs |
no |
no |
|
Lincoln Hall |
Sunday
|
12p - 10p
|
25-iMacs |
yes |
yes |
|
1203 1/2 W. Nevada |
Sunday
|
12p - 12a
|
20-Pentium II 350's 43-Mac G3's |
yes |
yes |
|
901 W. Oregon |
Sunday
|
opens at 12p |
32-Pentium II 350's 32-iMac's |
yes |
yes |
|
Undergraduate Library |
Sunday
|
1p -1a
|
35-Pentium 200's 22-iMacs |
yes |
yes |
Vocabulary: Most of the vocabulary that we will learn in this course will be introduced on the day of the lesson. Today we will review some basic terms that we will refer to throughout our time together. Many of these terms should seem easy to you, but I just wanted to present these, because this vocabulary will be used throughout our time together.
| Computer: | Monitor: | |
| Everyone knows what a computer is, so I won't bother you with it, but we will discuss a couple of things that are inside computers that makes them work. | The monitor is similar to a television, but it has a much better picture. The monitor is what allows you to see what the computer is doing. | |
| Mouse: | Keyboard: | |
| The mouse is used to control the position of the cursor. Both Macintosh and PC computers use mice, but they are a little different. The average Mac mouse has one button and the average PC mouse has two. | A keyboard plugs into the computer and enables the user to interact with it. This is what you use to type with. | |
| Scanner: | Printer: | |
| A scanner allows the user to copy a picture or a typed page into a computer. The process is called digitizing. The scanner takes your picture and turns it into a group of numbers that the computer can understand and use. | Just like it sounds. It prints graphics and text onto paper. | |
| Processor: | Memory: | |
| A processor is the "brain" of a computer. Processor speeds are measured in Megahertz (Mhz) these days, but will soon be measured in Gigahertz (Ghz). The faster the processor, the faster the computer can "think". | Memory, also referred to as RAM, enables you to open programs and files quickly. Memory is like a desk, the more memory you have, the more the desk can hold and the easier it is to get to the things on your desk. | |
| Storage: | Server: | |
| Storage is often measured in Megabytes (Mb) or more often these days, Gigabytes (Gb). The more storage room a computer has, the more stuff (programs & files) it can hold. | A server is a computer that can be used by other computers or connected to a network or the Internet. Your e-mail and all Web pages are stored on a server. | |
| Network: | Internet: | |
| A network is a group of connected computers. These connected computers are often used in schools and businesses to connect many people together. | The internet is the HUGE world wide network of computers. These computers are just about everywhere in the world and allow for someone in Papua New Guinea to e-mail, chat, or view another person's Web pages in New York, for example. | |
| World Wide Web: | Hypertext Transfer Protocol (http): | |
| The World Wide Web (www) is on the Internet and can be used with browsers (Netscape, Microsoft Internet Explorer, etc...). | This is the official name for the method of transfering files on the World Wide Web. | |
| Web Pages: | Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) | |
| Web Pages are what most people think of as the Internet and World Wide Web these days. Web pages can be viewed through browsers and they are written in Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) or other variations of markup languages. | HTML is the special code that must be used to make Web pages. These days most people use computer programs that make Web pages just like you would type a paper in a word processor. In fact most word processors will save your work in html (or htm) formats. |
Class Web Page: Our class Web page is located at http://iei.lang.uiuc.edu/senshu2000/index.htm. We will use this Web page just about every day. The page contains our class schedule, the class forum (you will have assignments on this weekly), student's personal Web pages, staff Web pages, and much much more.
IMPORTANT NOTE: To use the Forum you must use the password: "senshu". I make this site password protected to protect you. There are some people on the Web who are not nice and thus I don't want them to be able to join our conversations.
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