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Computing Degrees & Careers - Assigned on April 28, 2008
Click on the following link to access the Computing  Degrees and Careers brochure.
<A href="http://www.acm.org/membership/careernews/extras/careercolor.pdf">Computing Degrees and Careers</A>
After reading through the brochure, you will follow the directions on the following link to create a PowerPoint Presentation. Follow the instructions one by one. Make sure you inlcude all elements of creating a PowerPoint Presentation you've previously learned, such as slide designs, slide transitions, animation schemes, etc.
<A href="http://www.babich.info/computers/degrees.html">PowerPoint Presentation Instructions</A>
You are not to copy the information on the available degrees and careers verbatim (word for word), but should briefly summarize each one. Use Internet search engines such as Google or Yahoo to look for salary information for each career to include in your presentation.

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POWERPOINT PRESENTATIONS
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<LI>Roses are Red Poem (12/06/07)</LI>
<LI>Create your own poem (12/07/07)</LI>
<LI>The Day I Was Born Project (Assigned on 12/10/07) </LI></OL>
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Click on the following link to accress the website to complete <A href="http://www.dayiwasborn.net/templates/System/details.asp?id=40333&PID=491093&Style=">"The Day I Was Born" Project</A>.
 Each hyperlink should be an individual slide. Be sure to include slide designs, slide transitions, animation schemes, images, sound effects, WordArt, etc. Your presentation should also be set to run automatically allowing enough time for each slide to be read. You should have at least one image on every slide in your presentation.
For each of the following hyperlinked items, do the following:
How Old are You?: Tell how old you are in days, hours, minutes, and seconds.
The Man in the Moon and You: Name the phase of the moon on the day you were born and include an image of it.
Famous People the Share My Birthday: List at least four people that share your birthday and their occupation.
What Else is New/s?: List all of the prices from the year you were born.
Rock & Roll Baby: Name the popular songs from the year you were born.
On this Day - - New York Times: List the events that happenend on your birthday from the N.Y. Times.
The History Channel--Technology on Your Day!: List a minimum of five events that happened on the day you were born.
The TV Channel: List several popular television shows.
Your Toys: Name the most popular toys from that time.
At the Movies: Name the popular movies from that time.
Whats in a Name?: Find out the meaning of your name.
If You Were a Viking Baby: Copy your name in Viking runes.</BLOCKQUOTE>
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 Intel's Internet Lessons Assignment: September 26, 2007
Use the following website to complete the questions below. You may use Microsoft Word to type the questions and answer them in your own words.
<A href="http://www97.intel.com/discover/JourneyInside/TJI_Internet/default.aspx">http://www97.intel.com/discover/JourneyInside/TJI_Internet/default.aspx</A> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Internet Introduction
1. What is Internet? 2. What is computer network? 3. What is the largest computer network in the world? 4. What is at Internet's heart? 5. What is the most remarkable thing about Internet? 6. What does ISP stand for and what is it?   Lesson 1: The World Wide Web
1. What is the World Wide Web? 2. What is HTML and what does it stand for? 3. What is a hypertext and what is a link? 4. What is the difference between old-fashioned Internet and today's      Web? 
Lesson 2: What is a URL?
1. Why web pages need unique addresses? 2. What is a web address? 3. What does URL stand for and what is it? 4. What is http and what does it stand for? 5. What is www in the address <A href="http://www.nasa.gov/">www.nasa.gov</A> and what is a server? 6. What does gov represents in the address <A href="http://www.nasa.gov/">www.nasa.gov</A>? 7. What is domain name? 
 Lesson 3: How Information Travels on the Internet
1. What is hosting? 2. Is there a fixed connection between your computer and a Web server?     Explain. 3. What are the routers? 
Lesson 4: Breaking Messages into Packets
1. Do pages on the Internet arrive in one piece? (Explain) 2. What are packets? 3. Why are messages chopped into packets? 4. Explain the 4 parts of the packet? 5. What do routers prevent? 
Lesson 4 - Activity 1: Packing a message
1. In your own words, in a step-by-step way, explain the process of    sending a message(page)over the Web. 
Lesson 5: Bigger is Better
1. Identify 3 possible reasons for slow download of web pages? 2. What is bandwidth? 3. What does it mean to have a faster bandwidth? 
Lesson 6: How Computer Speeds are Measured?
1. How is bandwidth measured? 
Lesson 7: Information on the Internet
1. Identify some of the things you can do on the Internet? 2. Is all information on the Internet trustworthy? Explain. 3. Why do you have to be careful when accessing information on the    Internet? 4. What is the problem with the search engines? 5. What can you do to be a savvy Web user? Give example. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
August 21, 2007 By now, you all should have at least heard of Intel, our company that created the world's first microprocessor back in 1971. Intel offers seven educational lessons that briefly introduce the history of computers, as well as computer architecture. 
After in-class discussion on the presented topic, you will be asked to answer the questions presented below. For your convenience, I have grouped individual questions according to the lessons that they correspond to. You can always use Intel's website to find the appropriate answers to individual questions as I do not expect you to remember every little detail from our discussion. Lessons can be found on Intel's Website - Introduction to Computers. Be sure to read the instructions presented on the first page - they will help you to navigate the website with ease and you will answer the questions faster and better. Every underlined word allows you to click on it to access further information related to the particular word - so don't be afraid to do exactly that.   You will use the following website: <A href="http://www97.intel.com/discover/JourneyInside/TJI_Intro/default.aspx">http://www97.intel.com/discover/JourneyInside/TJI_Intro/default.aspx</A> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Directions: On a separate sheet of paper, answer the following questions in your own words. If you have your USB you may use Microsoft Word to complete the assignment. You are to use the Intel's Website - Introduction to Computers to help you with your answers. First, copy or type the questions onto your paper. Only then access the Intel's website, and make sure you note the correct lesson number, otherwise you won't be able to answer the questions.   Questions
Lesson 1: History of Computers
1. What was the earliest calculating machine and how long ago was it          created? 2. Who was the first to create the true ancestor of the first computer? 3. What are the four components essential to modern computing? 4. Define each component separately - what do we mean when we say input,     storage, and so on? 5. Explain the difference between mechanical components and electronic     components. Explain why are electronic components better?   
Lesson 2: Four Components of a Computer
1. What are the similarities between a computer and a toaster? 2. What are the differences between a computer and a toaster? 3. What do we mean when we say hardware? 4. What is software? Does toaster have software? 5. In several sentences describe the meaning of the microprocessor and what      is it for?
Lesson 3: How Computers Get Input 
1. Define information processing? 2. What are input devices? 3. List four different input devices and describe how they enable us to       input information?   Lesson 4: How Computers Store Information
1. Give a simple example of a device storing information. 2. What two kinds of storage computer use? 3. What is temporary storage and what is RAM? 4. What is long-term storage and what is ROM? 5. List four different devices used for storing information.
Lesson 5: How Computers Process Information
1. What is embedded processor? 2. What is difference between embedded processors and microprocessors? 3. What part of the computer processes information?   Lesson 6: How Computers Deliver Information
1. List four different devices used for delivering information (getting     output). 2. Why processing information wouldn't really matter if you couldn't get      output? 3. Define word download.   Lesson 7: Which is Smarter - Human Brain or Computer
1. Who processes information faster - human brain or computer? 2. Who has better memory - human brain or computer? 3. Who is able to make well-reasoned decisions - human brain or computer? 4. Who has the ability to think original thoughts - human brain or computer? 5. What is artificial intelligence?
                             INTEL ACTIVITIES
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Now that we are familiar with computer basics, we are ready to test our gained knowledge through Intel interactive activities. Again, I have grouped individual activity questions according to the activities they correspond to. Answer the questions presented bellow on a separate sheet of paper. Use Intel's activity pages to answer the questions bellow the horizontal line.
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Directions: On a separate sheet of paper, answer the following questions in your own words.
Questions:
Activity 1: Which does what?
For this activity you will describe the roles that each individual device plays in computer processing. Intel has created activity 1 page that allows you to click on individual device in order to find out its role in computer processing. Don't just blindly copy the answers - try guessing before you actually click on the device. Fill in the blanks bellow - is the part designed to do INPUT, STORAGE, PROCESSING, or OUTPUT. Be careful with the last question...
1.  Speakers are designed to do ______________. 2.  Microphone is designed to do ______________. 3.  Monitor is designed to do _______________. 4.  Keyboard is designed to do _______________. 5.  Mouse is designed to do _______________. 6.  PC camera is designed to do ______________. 7.  Scanner is designed to do ______________. 8.  Printer is designed to do ______________. 9.  CD-ROM drive is designed to do ______________. 10. Floppy drive is designed to do ______________. 11. Hard drive is designed to do ______________. 12. Microprocessor is designed to do ______________. 13. Random Access Memory (RAM) is designed to do ______________. 14. Read Only Memory (ROM) is designed to do ______________. 15. Motherboard is designed to do ______________.
  Activity 2: Different kinds of storage media.
For this activity you will explore 4 different computer storage media that we talked about in class. Those are floppy disks, CD-ROMs, DVDs, and hard drives. Intel has created activity 2 page that allows you to click on individual storage medium in order to find out how much information can it hold. Fill in the blanks bellow with corresponding numbers. Then, answer two last questions using the knowledge you've gained throughout the activity.
1.  Floppy disk can hold _____ MB (mega bytes) of information. 2.  Floppy disk can hold _____ text books of information. 3.  Floppy disk can hold _____ printed pages of information. 4.  CD-ROM can hold _____ MB (mega bytes) of information. 5.  CD-ROM can hold _____ floppy disks of information. 6.  CD-ROM can hold _____ text books of information. 7.  CD-ROM can hold _____ printed pages of information. 8.  DVD can hold _____ MB (mega bytes) of information. 9.  DVD can hold _____ floppy disks of information. 10. DVD can hold _____ text books of information. 11. DVD can hold _____ printed pages of information. 12. Hard drive can hold _____ MB (mega bytes) of information. 13. Hard drive can hold _____ floppy disks of information. 14. Hard drive can hold _____ text books of information. 15. Hard drive can hold _____ printed pages of information. 16. What computer medium stores the least amount of information? 17. What computer medium stores the largest amount of information? -----------------------------------------------------------------------------

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