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CGS2060 Computer Literacy

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CGS2060C o m p u t e r L i t e r a c y

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Mr. Justin FincherYour CGS2060 Teacher

What is Computer Literacy?


Computer Literacy

A working understanding of a Desktop PC and fundamental PC software: Microsoft Office

The Traditional View (circa 1996):

Does this reflect the use of computers in

today’s world?

Computers in Contemporary Society


Yesterday’s PC


Today’s PC


Today’s PC

The iMac


Today’s PC

The Macbook - #1 selling PC for 2006 holiday season


Today’s PC

Dell’s Latest 18 lb Notebook


Today’s PC

Tablet PC, Convertible and Slate Designs


Today’s PC

Blackjack, Blackberry, Treo


Today’s PC

iPods and Zune


Today’s PC


RFID: Giving material objects memory and a voice.

Today’s PC


Sentient Things

Information and communications technologies are starting to invade the physical world. Shards of sentient silicon will be inside boxtops and dashboards, pens, street corners, bus stops, money, most things manufactured or built, within the next 10 years. A shirt label will gain the power to disclose what airplanes, trucks, and ships carried it, what substances compose it, and the URL of the webcam in the factory where the shirt was manufactured.

From Howard Rheingold’s

“Smart Mobs”


Trends

Pervasive computing: The Trend toward numerous, casually accessible, often invisible computing devices, frequently mobile or imbedded in the environment, connected to an increasingly ubiquitous network structure

Ubiquitous computing: or the age of calm technology, when technology recedes into the background of our lives.

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The State of techology…

…has dramatically changed over the past 10 years.

And is impacting our society more strongly than anyone ever anticipated.


Digital technologies play a significant role in our professional and personal lives.

To harness technology, you must understand the underlying principles, learn the current skills, and be able to apply your understanding and skills to real life scenarios.

Basic Assumptions


Computer Literacy Today

A working understanding of digital technologies as they relate to:

• Information management

• Communications

• Computation

• Automation

• Art & Entertainment


Computer Literacy

Concepts Digital Data Representation Hardware Software Networking Internet Technologies Societal and Ethical Issues Multimedia Database Systems Information Systems E-Commerce Systems Development

Skills Operating Systems Email Web Research Word Processing Spreadsheets Presentation Software Database Management Application Integration Web Page Dev and Pub Digital Graphics & Photo Intro to Web Programming


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Computer Literacy

Concepts Digital Data Representation Hardware Software Networking Internet Technologies Societal and Ethical Issues Multimedia Database Systems Information Systems E-Commerce Systems Development

Skills Operating Systems Email Web Research Word Processing Spreadsheets Presentation Software Database Management Application Integration Web Page Dev and Pub Digital Graphics & Photo Intro to Web Programming


This class could change your life!WARNING!

If you actively participate!

Computer Literacy


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