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CIS 50 Introduction to Computers, Data Processing, and Applications

Winter 2012

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Contrabutions by RuthAnn and Jisungs

Final selections for the weekly ten topics of discussion

WEEK 1: Information and Introductions


1. VARK Questionnaire[2]–This is useful for students to increase the effectiveness of learning by knowing their learning styles.

2. Open textbooks[3]– This website provides a numerous online textbooks without any charge.

Week 2: Informationand Systems


[http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/facebook-tracking-scrutiny/story?id=14960711#.T2wC3tWJmSr 1. Facebook privacy issue ]

2. Online Security [9] – Even big companies like eBay and Amazon cannot fully protect their customers’private information.

Week 3: Hardware
1. Online Attack[11] – There are three types of online attacks in this era; 1) Criminals for money2) Activists for protest 3) Governments for controlling their citizens.

2. Operating System[13] – Different types ofoperating systems available today with the dates they were released, theplatforms they have been developed for and who developed them



Week 4: Control
                                                                                                                                                                  ' 1. Database[19] – A database software is a type of computer program that is designedto handle lot of data,but to

storethem in such a way that finding and retrieving any snippet of data is more efficient

2. Risk Analysis[20] – Types of risks in software projects

Week 6: Project management, research and collaboration
1. User Interface[17] – The coreconcept of future user interface design; providing an unobtrusive path forusers to operate their devices

2. Project Management-is the planning, organizing, and executing a specificproject[3]



Week 5: Systems Development Process
1. Cost-benefit analysis - This is a short YouTube video/lecture discussing aproblem solving technique regarding cost-benefit analysis. http://www.youtube.com/watch

2. IT Career[23 ]– advices for IT professionals to keep themselves competitive in the fast-growing industry

Week 6: Project Management, Research and Collaboration

 * 1) Collaboration[29]- This article gives information about project management collaboration in the modern era. It signifies the importance of collaboration software, not only enhancing communication among people but also      maximizing the efficiency of people involved.
 * 2) Connexions[26] – The information system that provides online textbooks, articles, and educational material



Week 7: Manangement Systems
1. Business Operations

2. SalesForce.com provides customer relations services http://www.salesforce.com

Week 8: Production Control
1. Warehouse Automation[37] – 4 ways to maximize warehouseautomation without adopting new advanced machines and equipments

2. Control system[40]– A production planning and control system covers all aspects of manufacturing,including materials, scheduling, machines, people,coordinating, suppliers, and customers.



Week 9: Anytime, Anywhere
1.Mobile learning

2. Geolocation

WEEK 10	Technology advances and trends
1. Digital Divide[50]– Division between haves and have not’s in the aspect of access to high-speed internet connections                   '''  2. '''The Social Media Revolution 2012



= Student Individual Selections =

Jisung's seclections
Week 1

Brain color – Knowing one’s brain color is important to find one’s talent and ability.

VARK Questionnaire – This is useful for students to increase the effectiveness

of learning by knowing their learning styles.

Open textbooks – This website provides a numerous online textbooks without any charge.

Cloud computing – The market for cloud computing grows larger and the large Spanish bank BBVA

is adopting Google Apps for its 110,000 employees worldwide by the end of 2012.

Smart TV – TVs are becoming more advanced with such features like Internet access, games, video

chat and so on. However, there are still technical problems in dealing with interface and recognition.

Week 2

Artificial Intelligence – General description about A.I. and basic FAQs on the subject

Audio File Format – Lists of audio file format and descriptions on them

Data Communication – basic information about data communication and its supplementary categories

such as transmission, data compression and etc

Online Security – Even big companies like eBay and Amazon cannot fully protect their customers

private information.

Global Positioning System – GPS works as it figures out the distances between satellites in Earth

orbit and the device itself and deduce its location.

Week 3

Online Attack – There are three types of online attacks in this era; 1) Criminals for money

2) Activists for protest 3) Governments for controlling their citizens.

Operating System – the definition of operating system and its function

Operating System – Different types of operating systems available today with the dates they were released,

the platforms they have been developed for and

who developed them

Semiconductor – a timeline of the silicon semiconductors in computers and how chips have grown in capabilities.

Student Data Management – A diagram about data management in a school system

Week 4

System Development Methodologies – Strategies to improve productivity and quality of systems development with

information about the different types of methodologies or process models and the type of situation they apply to

User Interface – The core concept of future user interface design; providing an unobtrusive path for users to

operate their devices

Creative Commons – The article about the previous 2008 presidential elections debates where Obama requested

the Democratic National Committee to allow recordings of debates to be available to the public.

Database – A database software is a type of computer program that is designed to handle lots of data, but to

store them in such a way that finding and retrieving any snippet of data is more efficient

Risk Analysis – Types of risks in software projects

Week 5

Alternate solution – 10 alternative operating systems besides a few numbers of popular and market-dominating

systems such as Windows and Mac

Cost and Benefit Analysis – The importance of cost and benefit analysis and its categories

IT Career – advices for IT professionals to keep themselves competitive in the fast-growing industry

Process and Methodology – Prototyping allows developers to create portions of the solution to demonstrate

functionality and make needed refinements

before developing the final solution. Process and Methodology – A guideline for how to prototype website

structure with easy-to-follow steps

Week 6

Connexions – The information system that provides online textbooks, articles and educational material

Engineering Process – Engineering design process with following steps and a diagram.

Milestone – How to make a timeline with milestone for projects, containing several steps to follow

Collaboration - This article gives information about project management collaboration in the modern era.It signifies the importance

of collaboration software not only enhancing communication among people but also maximizing the efficiency of people involved.

Analysis – 7 trends in business analysis and project management in 2012

Week 7

Customer service – 10 tips to improve customer service

Customer service – 40% of customer service emails could be answered by FAQ

Sales and Marketing – 101 best and most proven sales and marketing ideas

Transaction Processing Systems – A type of information system that collects, stores, modifies and retrieves the data

transactions of an enterprise. There is some information about features of TPS.

Business Operations – A brief introduction about business operations management degrees with types,

coursework, career paths and salary.

Week 8

Self Aware Robot – The speaker in the video, Hod Lipson, roboticist believes the evolution of robot.

As long as robot can perceive its image and adapt to different situations, They could evolve and function as human.

Warehouse Automation – 4 ways to maximize warehouse automation without adopting new advanced

machines and equipments

Autonomous spacecraft – Luna 16 was the first autonomous spacecraft to return an extraterrestrial sample.

It was launched in 1970 by Soviet Union. Also, it was the third

successful sample return mission ever, following Apollo 11 and Apollo 12.

Robotics - Roboticist Hod Lipson at Cornell University’s Computational Synthesis Laboratory said that the

greatest challenge for robots today is figuring out how to adapt to new situations. To overcome their challenge,

he advocated that they need to able to perceive self-image and also reflect their own thoughts in relatively much shorter period of

time and experience than now.

Control system – A production planning and control system covers all aspects of manufacturing, including materials,

scheduling machines and people, and coordinating

suppliers and customers.

Week 9

Mobile Technology – Technology that is portable; Benefits and drawbacks of the technology

Cyber Attack – Interpol website crashed briefly following its announcement of the arrest of 25 suspected

members of the hacking group.

Cyber Attack – US military officer said that the United States was vulnerable to cyber attacks and lost

enormous intellectual property rights. On the other hand, some says that it is overstating the threat to get people scared.

Entertainment – People spend 33 percent of their media time on the phone and only 25 percent watching television.

Geolocation – Geolocation apps can report your location to other users and they associate real-world locations to your location.

Week 10

Environment – General Electronic has developed more and more eco-friendly technologies. However, prominent

Republican presidential candidates are reluctant to the fact that

man actions are actually contributing to global warming. The company criticizes that those candidates should be more aware

of the need of these kinds of technologies.

Climate Change – Increasing demand for technology in agriculture industries, mostly focused on technologies

for predicting a climate change

Health Care – Nowadays, a lot of health care issues such as electronic health records, health information exchanges and accountable

care organizations are surfacing

Second Life – A virtual role playing game in which people create Avatars through which they can literally live a virual Second Life.

Digital Divide – Division between haves and have not’s in the aspect of access to high-speed internet connections

Ruthann's selections
 Week 1: Introductions and Personal Learning  This link is the best reference for this topic. It is the exact outline of what is to be covered for this topic[1] College Open Textbook- online is a good resource for not just this course but it has a wide variety of other subjects as well[2] Introduction to data and Information http://openlearn.open.ac.uk/mod/oucontent/view.php?id=3975 Vark a guide to learning http://www.vark-learn.com/english/page.asp?p=readwrite   

 Week 2: Information and Systems  Information and Systems What is Cloud Computing? Social Media Face book privacy issue Research Processing and Citing Sources

Week 3: Hardware Hardware TEDTalks Computer Hardware Operating Systems SourceForge - Open Source applications and software directory

Week 4: Control Control Project Management-is the planning, organizing, and executing a specific project[3] Software is the programs that give the instructions tell to the computer what do[4.]

User interface I chose this link because it gave me a cler picture of the meaning when it pertains to the

Information technology industry

It is the human interaction with the computers[5]. Week 5: Systems Development Process Systems Development Process Cost benefit analysis this is a short you tube video/lecture discussing a problem solving technique regarding cost-benefit analysis

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3LeV98kPKFk

It careers - This link is an article about 10 Recession- Proof It Careers[6] Systems Development Life-cycles[7]

Week 6: Project Management, Research and Collaboration Project Management, Research, and Collaboration                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Design Review  in the following link is a document that describes the Design Review Process Product Management in this link is well organized and informative

Week 7: Management Systems Management Systems Business Operations Customer Service and Understanding your Customers[8] Less Software provides services such as acquiring, managing and selling inventory, managing logistics and order fulfillment processes[9 ] SalesForce.com provides customer relations services http://www.salesforce.com  Week 8: Production Control  Production Control Introductions to control systems

Week 9: Anytime, Anywhere Anytime, Anywhere Mobillearning Geolocation

Week 10: Technology Advances and Trends Technology Advances and Trends Climate Change: In this article is about human caused climate change[10] Identity: This article is about online social identity from the Wikipedia[11 ] Wearable Computing: Google and Apple Developing wearable computing devices[12] TheSocial MediaRevolution 2012