Hello again IT 102-50 students.
Tonight we will organize a bit and dig deep into some of the fundamentals of computer literacy. We will go over the syllabus plus several of the questions I posed to you in the first email this morning. We'll take a look at the resources available to this class online, including our blog, our website, the MU web page, and talk about where you can get good leads for your weekly articles which will be due every tuesday.
Please be sure to check the class blog frequently at http://infotechbuzz.blogspot.com/
Our classes official web site at MU is: http://zorak.monmouth.edu/~posten
Also be sure to log in to see the details and drop-boxes at: http://ecampus.monmouth.edu
Your syllabus notes that you will need to purchase a USB key drive, iPod or other storage device to all classes. If you haven't purchased one yet let me know what your budget is and I can make some recommendations. You can get one for under $10! You do NOT need to buy a $200 iPod tho of course many of you may have them already!
My email should you need to get me fastest is: sposten@gmail.com
You can also send it to posten@monmouth.edu I do not check that one as often as the gmail one because I work at a government facility that does not have access to some websites, and Google is available while Monmouth U might not be!
PLEASE make sure that all emails to me have a valid and descriptive Subject: line. My email systems will often remove messages without subjects as spam! Emails with informative subject lines are likely to be given high priority and emails with no subject lines are subject to deletion or being ignored.
Make sure you have the following bookmarked:
http://www.engadget.com
http://slashdot.org
http://www.digg.com
http://www.wired.com
http://infotechbuzz.blogspot.com
http://zorak.monmouth.edu/~posten
http://ecampus.monmouth.edu
http://www.gizmodo.com
http://www.techmeme.com
If you know of other good technology related web sites that have interesting articles that the class should discuss, bring that URL with you to class.
Besides the ones I asked you about earlier, the question you should be thinking about when you enter class tonight is this: "What is a computer". I know what your BOOK says it is, what do YOU think of a computer as being and doing?
Continue thinking about what you hope to learn from this class! We have a wide variety of experience with Computers every semester, and it is my goal to help ALL of you grow and be ready for more in the IT minor program should you choose to continue down that route. Other than this being a required class, why do you want to learn more about computers, what do you currently use computers for, and what is stopping you from learning how to better use computers in all of the other things you are REALLY interested in studying?
Let me know if you have any questions!
Sam
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