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Mr. Ken Baldauf

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Today’s Goals

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Hometown: Chicago BA in Music MS Computer Science Ten years teaching Computer Literacy Charged with defining and teaching the

computer-related knowledge & skills necessary for FSU students to succeed in life.

Mr. Ken BaldaufYour Teacher

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Yesterday’s Computer

Yesterday’s Computer Literacy How PCs work Windows Word Processing Spreadsheets Presentation

Software

+ Email, Web Research, Databases

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Today’s PC

IBM Tablet PC

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Today’s PC

Gateway’s Gaming PC

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Today’s PC

Gateway’s Profile 5

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Today’s PC

Gateway’s Media PC

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Today’s PC

Apple Macbook

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Today’s PC

Palm Treo

Cingular 6125

RAZR

VerizonChocolate

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The Value of Connections

W-fi, Bluetooth & Ad-hoc Wireless Networks

Wireless connectivity makes it possible to access information from servers or individuals anywhere, anyplace, anytime.

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Today’s Computer

PalmOne’s Treo-600

Gizmondo

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Computing…

…has dramatically changed since 1996.

And is impacting our society more strongly than anyone ever anticipated.

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Sentient Things

RFID (Radio Frequency ID) provides material objects with memory and a voice.

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RFID and People

About the size of a grain of rice, the VeriChip is injected beneath the skin and transmits a unique 125-kilohertz radio frequency signal. Solusat, the Mexican distributor of the VeriChip, is marketing the device as an emergency ID tag under its new VeriKid program.

http://www.verichipcorp.com

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GPS

Whereify GPS Locator for Children

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Trends

Ubiquitous computing http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubiquitous_computing

Check out• http://oxygen.lcs.mit.edu/• http://www.ubiq.com/hypertext/weiser/UbiHome.html • http://www.cc.gatech.edu/classes/cs6751_97_fall/

projects/closet2000+/FinalEssays/rhonda/ubifra.html

Mark Weiser at Xerox Park

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Computer Literacy Today

A working understanding of digital technologies as they relate to:

• Information management

• Communications

• Computation

• Automation

• Art & Entertainment Media

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To truly harness the power of technology, you need to understand the underlying principles, learn the current skills, and be able to apply your understanding and skills to real life scenarios.

Computer Literacy Today

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Computer Literacy

Concepts Digital Data Representation Hardware Software Networking Internet Technologies Societal and Ethical Issues Multimedia Database Systems Information Systems E-Commerce Systems Development

Skills Operating Systems Email Web Research Word Processing Spreadsheets Presentation Software Database Management Application Integration Web Page Dev and Pub Digital Graphics & Photo Intro to Web Programming

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Computer Literacy

Concepts Digital Data Representation Hardware Software Networking Internet Technologies Societal and Ethical Issues Multimedia Database Systems Information Systems E-Commerce Systems Development

Skills Operating Systems Email Web Research Word Processing Spreadsheets Presentation Software Database Management Application Integration Web Page Dev and Pub Digital Graphics & Photo Intro to Web Programming

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