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Topic |
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| 1 |
MT 01/14-15/08 |
Overview; Representation; Nomenclature; Intro to Numeral Systems |
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| 2 |
WTh 01/16-17/08 |
PBS Video: The Story of 1 |
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MT 01/21-22/08 |
Martin Luther King Day: No Class Monday or Tuesday |
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3
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WTh 01/23-24/08
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Conversion Between Bases; Two's Complement; Text; Text and Binary Editors
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| 4 |
MT 01/28-29/08 |
Computer Organization: The PIPPIN Stored-Program Machine Simulator |
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| 5 |
WTh 01/30-31/08 |
More on PIPPIN; The Command Line; Files and Folders; Basic HTML |
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| 6 |
MT 02/4-5/08 |
Digital Audio: Sound, Waves, Pulse Code Modulation,
Wave Files & the Binary Editor |
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7
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WTh 02/6-7/08
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Digital Audio: Working with Wave Files; MP3 Files;
Intro to Data Compression
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| 8 |
MT 02/11-12/08 |
Lossless Compression : Huffman Coding |
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| 9 |
WTh 02/13-14/08 |
Digital Images: Bitmaps and Grayscales in the Binary Editor |
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| 10 |
MT 02/18-19/08 |
Digital Images: Grayscales; 24-bit color bitmaps |
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11
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WTh 02/20-21/08
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Digital Images: 24-bit color bitmaps; JPEGS; Digital Video: MPEGS
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| 12 |
MT 02/25-26/08 |
An Introduction to Python |
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| 13 |
WTh 02/27-28/08 |
Midterm Exam |
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MT 03/3-4/08 |
Spring Break |
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WTh 03/5-6/08
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Spring Break
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| 14 |
MT 03/10-11/08 |
Python: Turtle Graphics; Stripes and Checks |
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| 15 |
WTh 03/12-13/08 |
Python: Simple Animation with Sliding Blocks
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| 16 |
MT 03/17-18/08 |
Python: Working with Lists
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17
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W 03/19/08
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Python: Linear and Binary Search
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Th 03/20/08
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Easter Break |
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M 03/24/08 |
Easter Break |
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| 17 |
T 03/25/08 |
Python: Linear and Binary Search
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| 18 |
WTh 03/26-27/08 |
Python: Wrapup
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| 19 |
MT 03/31-4/1/08 |
Communication: Background on Telegraphy, Radio, Telephony, Television
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20
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WTh 04/2-3/08
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Communication: Digital Radio; Error Detection and Correction
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| 21 |
MT 04/7-8/08 |
Python: Implementing Error Detection and Correction
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| 22 |
WTh 04/9-10/08 |
Communication: The Internet and the Web
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| 23 |
MT 4/14-15/08 |
Communication: The Wireless Digital World; Mobile Information Appliances
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24
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WTh 4/16-17/08
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Information Ownership & Security:
Copyright, Patents, Digital Rights Management
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MT 04/21-22/08 |
Patriot's Day, No class Monday or Tuesday
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| 25 |
WTh 04/23-24/08 |
Information Ownership & Security: Cryptography
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| 26 |
MT 4/28-29/08 |
Privacy in the Digital World: Convenience and Safety .vs. Intrusion;
Digital Surveillance; RFID
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27
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WTh 4/30-5/1/08
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Information Addiction; Review & Wrapup
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