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LBSC 690 - Information Technology
Fall 2008 - Section 0101
Syllabus


For each week this syllabus shows the top-level topics that we plan to cover. The reading titles are links to the reading list which describes the reading assignment for each week. The assignment titles are links to the assignment that is due at the beginning of that class. The slides link will take you to the Powerpoint slides and other materials that I plan to use in class that week, and the video links will take you to the RealVideo recording of that class.
Week Date Principal Method Topics Read
before class
Optional Shelly Chapters Assignment due at start of class Slides Video
1
Sep 8
Socratic
Computers,
Networks
Readings
4, 7
 
1
1
2
Sep 15
Practicum
Traceroute,
FTP,
Basic HTML
Readings
8, 9
H1
2
2
3
Sep 22
Socratic
Web characterization,
Web design
Readings
2
H2
3
 
4
Sep 29
Practicum
CSS,
XHTML,
Ajax
Readings
 
Take-home quiz
4
4
5
Oct 6
Socratic
Multimedia
Readings
6
H3
5
5
6
Oct 13
Practicum
Social software
Readings
5
 
6
6
7
Oct 20
Socratic
Relational databases
Readings
10
Take-home midterm exam
7
7
8
Oct 27
Practicum
Microsoft Access,
SQL
Readings
   
8
8
9
Nov 3
Socratic
Programming
Readings
13
H4
9
9a,9b
10
Nov 10
Practicum
Javascript,
PHP
Readings
   
10
10
11
Nov 17
Socratic
Search engines
Readings
 
H5
11
11
12
Nov 24
Practicum
Life cycle
Readings
12
 
12
12
13
Dec 1
Socratic
Policy
Readings
11
 
13
13
14
Dec 8 at 5:00 P.M.
Participatory
Team Presentations
   
Project Report (due Dec 10 at 11:00 PM)
14
14
15
Dec 15
Exam
In-class final exam
         

Doug Oard