Lessons

Introduction

Week 1

• Defining Information Technology, with discussion questions, Snyder, Chapter 1
• Human-Computer Interfaces, with discussion questions, chapter 2

Internet, WWW, HTML, and Debugging

Weeks 2–3

• HTML 1, Snyder, chapter 4.
• Lab 1: Web Authoring — Basic HTML
• Problem Solving and Debugging, chapter 6.
• WWW Search, ch. 5
  • Beamer PDF slides: WWW Search
• HTML 2 and CSS, chapter 4.
• Lab 2: Web Authoring — Images and Style
• Networking, ch. 3.
  • Beamer PDF slides: Networking

Information Representation

Week 4

• Representing Information, Snyder, chapters 7–8
  • Slides 1
  • Exercise 1
  • Slides 2
  • Exercise 2

Spreadsheets

Weeks 5–6

• Spreadsheets 1
• Lab 3: Basic Spreadsheets
• Spreadsheets 2
• Resources: see “Free Software” (Alternative “Office” Applications) and “‘Office’ Software Training”.

Midterm Review and Exam

Week 7

• Review
  • Review discussion questions

Databases and XML

Weeks 8–9

• Database notes
• Lab: Khan Academy SQL Mission (details in Canvas Assignments)
• XML notes
  • Beamer PDF slides: XML

Computer Operations, Algorithms, and Programming Concepts

Weeks 10–12

• Computer operations notes, Snyder, ch. 9
  • Beamer PDF slides: Computer operations
• The Hour of Code
  • Introduction to the Hour of Code
    • Beamer PDF slides: Hour of Code
  • Lab: Hour of Code
• Scratch Programming
  • Lesson 1
  • Lesson 2
  • Lesson 3
  • Lesson 4
• Alternate programming lessons using MIT App Inventor (DRAFT)
  • App Inventor
• Algorithms notes
  • Beamer PDF slides: Algorithms

• Software Development

• JavaScript
  • Introduction to JavaScript
  • Summary of JavaScript
• Lab Assignments
  • Lab: Scratch Or JavaScript Project Proposal
  • Scratch lab
  • Lab: JavaScript 1
  • Lab: JavaScript 2

Social, Privacy, Security Aspects of Information Technology

Week 13

• Social Aspects
• Privacy and Security
  • Beamer PDF slides: Privacy and Security

Limits of Computing

Week 14

• Limits of computing
  • Beamer PDF slides: Limits of Computing
• Closing Remarks

Final Review and Exam

Week 15

• Review