CLASS 1

Introduction to Computers

Course Outline

This course will introduce: Computers - what they are and how they work How to use the internet to find useful information How to use online software How to use social networks and protect your privacy

After taking this course, you should be able to: Show a basic understanding of how computers work Find information quickly and effectively Use online software to collect information Use different kinds of social networks appropriately

Some of what we’ll cover:

Google - how it works, and how to use it for searching

Chat acronymsMemesYouTube and video translationblogs, forums, podcastsFacebook, Twitter, Google+Slideshare, GoolgeDocs

Grading

Your grades will be determined as follows:Lectures and assignments - 55%Quizzes - 10%Mid-term exam - 15%Final project - 20%

For attendance - do NOT miss more than 3 classes.

Come on time.Turn off your cell phones.Please don’t talk during the lectures.Have fun - I want you to enjoy using computers.

Contact Info

lesdavyteacher@gmail.comtwitter.com/lesdavyteacherfacebook: fldavy

Assignments should be sent to my email address.

Let’s get started!

Chat acronymsWhat do these mean?LOLCUL8RAFAIKb4AFKBCNUBRBBTW

Let’s get started!

Chat acronymsWhat do these mean?LOL - Laugh Out LoudCUL8R - See You LaterAFAIK - As Far As I Knowb4 - BeforeAFK - Away From the KeyboardBCNU - Be seeing youBRB - Be Right BackBTW - By The Way

Graphic User Interfaces

Graphic User Interfaces (GUIs) help users interact with their computers.

If you use a mouse to click on something, it’s probably a GUI

Take a look at the following GUI items:

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1. window 2. icon 3. menu 4. system tray 5. taskbar 6. submenu 7. desktop 8. scrollbar 9. button 10. Start button

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1. window - d 2. icon - c 3. menu - a 4. system tray - f 5. taskbar - g

6. submenu - h 7. desktop - e 8. scrollbar - i 9. button - b 10. Start button - j

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A Site You Can Use

Do you ever hear a word in a movie or a song that you’re not sure about?

Have you heard a word that might be some kind of slang, or something you might be embarrassed to ask a teacher about?

English changes very quickly - new words are being created all the time. This makes it difficult to study.

Dictionaries are slow to explain the meaning of words.

A Site You Can Use

One of the best sites to find new words is the urban dictionary - www.urbandictionary.com

The dictionary is “wiki style” - anyone can add words to it, and different people will discuss what they thing the words mean.

Let’s try: Go to urbandictionary.com and look up the following words: toothsweaters caraoke dish envy

one upper cankles hand me up muffin top chick flick social notworking

Meme of the Day

• Ideas can spread very quickly. Things can become very

popular in a very short time.

• For example, viral videos – in a very short time, millions of people will have hear of and seen a certain video online.

• This sudden popularity online is called a meme.

Memes and their cycles

• Memes almost always have phases, or time periods.

• Introduction. The meme is introduced, and becomes popular.

• Overexposure – the meme becomes too popular, and people start to get tired of it.

• Parody – people will make fun of the meme, usually by changing or “remixing” it.

• Equilibrium – finally, the meme calms down, and is only occasionally used, or it goes away.

Review

How can you contact the teacher?What are you going to learn in this class?How many classes can you miss?What are the following:

window icon menu system tray taskbar submenu desktop scrollbar button Start button

LOL CUL8R AFAIK b4 AFK BCNU BRB BTW

What are the 4 phases of a meme?