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Fluency with Information Technology -- FIT for short -- is the
state-of-the-art IT class for non-techies |
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FIT is better than computer literacy |
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FITness concept from NSF/NRC study |
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FITness teaches how to use IT today |
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and how to learn IT throughout life |
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FIT100 teaches you to be Fluent with IT |
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What does that mean? |
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You will use IT freely and easily |
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Technology will not “be in the way” |
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You will be able to recover for bugs, errors or
unexpected situations |
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You will be in control and confident |
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… now and in the future |
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Becoming Fluent is no small feat! |
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FIT100 helps you become Fluent by teaching … |
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Skills, like email, word processing, … |
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Concepts, like how networks work, building Web
pages with HTML, … |
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Capabilities, like how to find accurate
information on the WWW, debugging, … |
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Integrates content by using projects |
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Why is lifelong learning emphasized? |
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Consider a college education as a “product” with
a 55 year “useful life” |
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What to teach the class of 1944? |
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Why is lifelong learning emphasized? |
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Consider a college education as a “product” with
a 55 year “useful life” |
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What to teach the class of 1944? |
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The first computer invented in 1946 |
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First packet sent on “Internet” in 1969 |
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PC as “Personal computer” used in ~1980 |
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WWW came “on the scene” in 1994 |
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Why is lifelong learning emphasized? |
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Consider a college education as a “product” with
a 55 year “useful life” |
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What to teach the class of 1944? |
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The first computer invented in 1946 |
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First packet sent on “Internet” in 1969 |
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PC as “Personal computer” used in ~1980 |
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WWW came “on the scene” in 1994 |
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FIT100 is offered by Computer Science &
Engineering Department (CSE100) and the Information School (Info100) |
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It doesn’t matter which you registered for |
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FIT100 has no prerequisites except being a
student at UW |
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FIT100 is for “non technical” students |
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If you are a “techie” e.g. plan to major in
science, engineering, architecture, … take CSE142 |
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Take FIT100 if you … |
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Want to learn science & application of IT |
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Want to prepare for a lifetime of expanding your
use of IT |
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Are willing to think and study intensively |
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Can attend all classes and labs |
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Can devote “5 credits” of study this term |
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Do not take FIT100 if |
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You only want to learn a few skills like word
processing, email, Web, etc. |
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www.washington.edu/computing/catalog/gen/Catalog.html |
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You don’t have time to attend class, lab |
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You want a good grade with little work… FIT100
doesn’t repeat classes you’ve had |
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You expect someone else to do the work |
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Looking at the numbers … |
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4.0-2.0 Students who passed with better than 2.0
came to all classes, prepared for quizzes, read book, came to all labs,
took all exams |
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1.9-0.0 Students who did poorly skipped classes
(and so missed quizzes), skipped labs, didn’t attempt parts of projects … |
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9 Students in Spring 2002 sent to Conduct
Committee and are on Academic Probation |
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Previous students said … |
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“FIT100 was very valuable, even though it
involved a lot of work (and I do mean LOT)” |
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“FIT100 expanded and brought precision to my
thinking” |
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If you can commit to FIT -- Welcome |
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If this isn’t the term, withdraw so some other
student can have a chance |
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Text Book |
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Fluency with Information Technology L.
Snyder, Addison-Wesley, Prelim Ed. 2002 |
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Grading |
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Labs and Assignments |
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3 Projects (each with 2 or more parts) |
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2 Midterms |
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Mini-quizzes: Unannounced, on readings |
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Comprehensive Final Exam |
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3 announcements that affect YOU |
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Lab sections changed |
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FIT100 Web site |
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Readings and assignment |
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Lab Sections AA and AB are now MW |
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Lab AA is Monday/Wednesday 12:30-1:20 |
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Lab AB is Monday/Wednesday 1:30-2:20 |
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FIT100 Has 4 Great TAs ... |
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Alice Lin |
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Tessa MacDuff |
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Sandy Macke |
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Valentin Rasmov |
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FIT100 maximizes computers & Internet |
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The class Web site ... |
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http://courses.washington.edu/fit100/wi03 |
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http://www.cs.washington.edu/100 |
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They both link to the same page |
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Everything you need to know will be on the site,
esp. announcements |
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Always check the Web page first |
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We will follow Fluency with Information
Technology (FIT) closely |
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Readings are assigned for each class |
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Reading the material before class will … |
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make the lectures much more useful |
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prepare you for the unannounced quizzes |
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What do you do if you don’t know what has been
assigned? |
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FIT100 is a serious class that requires effort,
but it delivers knowledge you can use now and throughout life |
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FIT100 is Skills, Concepts, Capabilities |
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Good study habits are key to success |
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Have no time? Want easy class? Skip FIT |
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Teaching staff is here to help you learn |
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Alice, Tessa, Sandy, Valentin and Larry |
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