CS 107 Computers and Their Applications

Spring 2007

Section 1 - Wednesday & Friday - 11:30AM to 12:50PM

Lecture: Buckman Hall 120

Lab: Buckman Hall 239

Instructor: Susan E Traudt
Sue@ttsw.com / Sue@ox.ttsw.com

UNH Home Page Contact Instructor

Extra Credit - Search Engine Scavenger Hunt

Class Schedule for the rest of the semester

Wednesday, April 25, 2007 - Forms and reports in Access; Hackers, security, & privacy threats.

Friday, April 27, 2007 - Look-up tables and queries in Access; Powerpoint, Review for test #3. First Draft of term paper due.

Wednesday, May 2, 2007 - Test #3 - covering SAM Access and Lectures #8 - #11

Friday, May 4, 2007 - Powerpoint, AI, Open Source, Trends in Computer Science

Wednesday, May 9, 2007 - Powerpoint presentations

Friday, May 11, 2007 - Review for Final - Term Paper Due - Notebooks can be taken

Tuesday, May 22, 2007 - 11 am - Final Exam

Reading for class

Some Information on Powerpoint Presentations

A good example of what NOT to do
Gettysburg Address via Powerpoint - http://www.norvig.com/Gettysburg/

and - Powerpoint is Evil - http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/11.09/ppt2.html

How to give a good PowerPoint presentation - http://everything2.com/index.pl?node_id=1134342

Worst Powerpoint Slide Ever - http://sethgodin.typepad.com/.shared/image.html?/photos/uncategorized/2007/04/17/worstpptever.jpg

MLA Style sheet (to be used for citations in your term paper - http://www.docstyles.com/archive/mlacrib.pdf

Proofreading - http://owl.english.purdue.edu/workshops/hypertext/ResearchW/proofread.html

Revision - http://owl.english.purdue.edu/workshops/hypertext/ResearchW/revise.html

The First Draft - http://owl.english.purdue.edu/workshops/hypertext/ResearchW/1draft.html

Writing a Research Paper - http://owl.english.purdue.edu/workshops/hypertext/ResearchW/

Thinking Critically - http://www.coun.uvic.ca/learn/crit.html

How Not to Plagiarize - http://www.utoronto.ca/writing/plagsep.html

Planning (Invention): Thought Starters (Asking the Right Questions) - http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/general/gl_plan3.html

How to Narrow or Broaden Your Topic - http://wwwtest.library.ucla.edu/libraries/college/help/topic/index.htm

Developing a Research Question - http://www.esc.edu/htmlpages/writerold/menus.htm

How to Conduct Research on the Internet - http://www.tbchad.com/resrch.html

Evaluating Sources of Information - http://owl.english.purdue.edu/workshops/hypertext/EvalSrcW/index.html

Note-take effectively - http://owl.english.purdue.edu/workshops/hypertext/ResearchW/notes.html

Assignments for class this week

Power Point Lectures:

April 25 - Lecture 11 April 13 - Lecture 10
April 6 - Lecture 9 March 21 - Lecture 8
March 7 - Lecture 7 March 2 - Lecture 6
Februay 21 - Lecture 5 February 16 - Lecture 4
February 7 - Lecture 3 February 2 - Lecture 2
January 26 - Lecture 1 SAM Log-on Presentation

Course Description

CS 107 Computers and Their Applications

Concepts underlying modern application of computer systems. Windows, word processing, spread sheets, databases. Not to be taken for credit by computer science majors. 3 credit hours.

Useful Course Links

Search Engines

Computer Technology News

Stumped??

Please remember that I am available 24/7 via e-mail - Sue@ttsw.com

If you wish to talk to me directly, please e-mail me your phone number and the times you may be reached and I will call you. I will be available for face-to-face meetings at the main campus before or after class. Other times can also be scheduled to meet. Please e-mail or see me in class to schedule a meeting.

Last Updated: 5/11/07