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