Overview of STEP Curriculum Module-Summer 2005
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• This 8-day class will explore how computers, the internet, and contemporary technologies work. The course will begin with a brief history of computers and the Internet to insure that the students are conversant in the language of technology and have a basic perspective on where these innovations have come from. We will then use the New York Times on-line and other computer related web pages to explore these fundamentals in more detail. The students will be responsible for reading and summarizing articles each day and reporting their findings to the class. (A major component of the class will be to hone the students’ skills in learning and organizing information.) The primary source for these articles will be the website http://www.howstuffworks.com, which explains in detailed, but comprehensible language, how these items work. The specific articles may be seen in the syllabus below.At the end of the course, students will create a PowerPoint presentation on their research, including personal predictions based on the information garnered, on the future of technology and its potential impacts on our lives. It is hoped that this experience will direct many of the students to think seriously about careers in these fields (science, engineering, technology, computer science).
Module How Stuff Works - Lesson 1/ Day 1
Module - How Stuff Works - Lessons 2-14/ Days 2-8
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