August+Class+Workspace

=August 2011= toc

August 8, 2011
Welcome and introduction. Review of lab rules, logging onto the system. Miss Hines will assign you a wikispaces account.

Find your way to the wiki and find this page. Then click on My Account at the top of the page. Change your password!

Click on the Course Outline on the left hand side. Read the course outline so that you have an idea of what the course is all about.

Fill out the survey: https://spreadsheets.google.com/a/logoscambodia.org/spreadsheet/viewform?hl=en_US&formkey=dEpsbFFHTlNQMmpjempBOGtrNDIwZGc6MQ#gid=0

Then, create a profile for yourself on the wiki. Step 1: You need create a new page with your name as the title. Step 2: Add information about yourself. Remember to keep it appropriate. Please include your name, grade, nationality and favourite hobbies on the profile page. Step 3: Link your page from the appropriate Class Profiles page on the left hand side. You will need to figure out how to do this! (Hint: Look for an EDIT button.) Make sure you don't delete anyone else's profile link! Step 4: Add a picture that represents you, but does not have you in it. You may draw the picture on Paint or find it on the internet.

August 10, 2011
Before the next class, you need to have completed these items: > @http://www.typingtest.com/ > You may pick any topic you choose, but you should set the time to 3 minutes. Please record your result here: > @https://spreadsheets.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dHRZUExsU1hEeVdBczNVWDFyRjhCRGc6MQ
 * Ensure that you have completed the survey (above).
 * Create a profile page for yourself on the wiki. (see steps below)
 * Take this typing test:

If you finish all of these items, you need to work on You may work on this with a partner, but by the time you are done, you both need a copy of it. When you download the file, make sure it is saved in your file space. Make a folder for Computers and a folder inside that folder called Unit 1.

Step 1: You need create a new page with your name as the title. Step 2: Add information about yourself. Remember to keep it appropriate. Please include your name, grade, nationality and favourite hobbies on the profile page. Press Save. Step 3: Go to the appropriate Class Profiles page on the left hand side of the wiki. Link your page from the appropriate Class Profiles page. You will need to figure out how to do this! (Hint: Look for an EDIT button.) Make sure you don't delete anyone else's profile link! Step 4: (optional) Go back to your page. Add a picture that represents you, but does not have you in it. You may draw the picture on Paint or find it on the internet.
 * Steps to add a profile page to the wiki:**

August 12, 2011
You will need to download What's In the Lab (see August 10), if you have not yet done so. You may work on this with a partner, but by the time you are done, you both need a copy of it. When you download the file, make sure it is saved to you file space. Make a folder for Computers and a folder inside that folder called Unit 1.

When you have finished What's in the Lab, you need to pick a significant concept/person from the history of computers. Your job is to research this concept/person to find the following information: What is the concept/person? Why is this concept/person significant to the history of computers? What are the important dates related to this concept/person? Give one additional interesting fact about your concept/person.

Once you have done this, you need to make a poster displaying this information on an A4 piece of paper. You must use the computer to do this - you may use Word or any other program to do it, but your poster must be A4 sized when you are done. Do not print your poster - you will transfer it to Miss Hines on the due date. Your poster will be marked out of 7 as follows: 5 marks for answering the questions above 2 marks for presentation (Would you want to read this poster?) We will be using the posters to make a giant timeline of computing in and around the computer labs. Please put your name and grade somewhere on your poster.

August 16, 2011
You have a few minutes to work on What's in the Lab? Answer as many questions as you are able, we will take it up together and it will appear on a quiz, coming soon to a class near you! After you have finished What's in the Lab, you may work on your Computer History poster. This is due on August 22 (next Monday). If, and when you finish your poster, come and speak to Miss Hines about what to do next.

August 18, 2011
We will take up What's in the Lab? and you will have the rest of the class to work on your computer history poster. It is now due August 24, which is the same day as the quiz on What's in the Lab?

August 22, 2011
If you are not finished your Computer History Poster, you need to work on that. Note the items that I am looking for (look above). If you are finished your computer history poster, you need to practice typing. Pick an appropriate level for your typing @http://www.typingweb.com/tutor/ to practice your typing. (You DO NOT need an account to use this site).

By September 15, you need to be typing at a minimum of 20 WPM. More details will follow about expectations around typing for this year. If you have not recorded your typing time (see August 10), you must to this ASAP to get any credit for the first typing session.

August 24, 2011
Before you leave today, you must have completed the following items: When you have finished your quiz and handed in your poster, you may practice typing until your classmates are finished. Remember that you must have recorded your typing time to get credit (from the first day). A minimum of 20 WPM adjusted speed is required by September 15.
 * Write your quiz!
 * Hand in your Computer History poster by one of the following methods: Transfer it to the T: drive (MSIT>Computer History Posters), give it to Miss Hines on her USB stick. Your file name should have your name in it.

August 26, 2011
We will finish up Unit 1 and start looking at the Internet (Unit 2) today by watching some videos. []

Internet [] [] Be prepared to answer the following questions: 1. What did computer users do before the internet, when they needed to run large files? 2. What is data-sharing? 3. What was DARPA? 4. What is the ARPANET? 5. What is the purpose of the IMP? 6. Why was the decentralized network created? 7. What year was the ARPANET hardware removed?

1. What is used to translate between code and humans? 2. How does code move from computer to computer? 3. What is the name of a computer that stores websites?

We will also discuss some other concepts related to the internet.

August 30, 2011
We will finish watching the movies about the history of the internet. You need to be able to answer the following questions: 1. What did computer users do before the internet, when they needed to run large files? 2. What is data-sharing? 3. What was DARPA? 4. What is the ARPANET? 5. What is the purpose of the IMP? 6. Why was the decentralized network created? 7. What year was the ARPANET hardware removed?

We will also discuss a few other terms related to the internet.

Then, we will look at data storage and transmission.