CSE 3 : Fluency With Information Technology Karina Kak C OMPUTATIONAL T HINKING This course helps...

CSE 3 : Fluency With Information Technology

Karina Kak

COMPUTATIONAL THINKING

This course helps students become more familiar with information technology and proficient with computer applications like Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, and Excel.

The class also involves learning basic web programming (HTML/XHTML/JavaScript (HTML/XHTML), and data analysis and presentation.

PRESENTATION OF INFORMATION WITH

MS POWERPOINTPowerPoint is useful in displaying information in a visually appealing way. Excel data can be placed on slides and accompanied with brief text descriptions to make communication simple. We used PowerPoint to visually display information about a stock portfolio.

DYNAMIC WEBPAGE PROGRAMMING WITH

JAVASCRIPTJavaScript is another scripting language that utilizes a more programming-oriented approach to allow muchmore customization and interaction between the user and the webpage. We used JavaScript to create a cell phone order calculator and an online black jack game.

VISUAL PROGRAMMING WITH ALICE

Alice is a program that makes it easy to create simple animations and shows visual representations of programming. In class we used it to create an animated movie as well as a ticking clock.

DESKTOP PUBLISHING WITH MS WORD

Microsoft Word can be used to design web pages. The application automatically converts the word processed document into HTML which can then be viewed in a browser. We used this functionality to create a career plan web page and a page about color systems.

MAKING INFORMATION AVAILABLE TO THE

WORLD WITH HTML AND WEB PAGES

HTML is a programming language that can be used to create web pages. Web pages are useful tools for publishing information on the internet that is available for anyone to access. We used HTML for a variety of web pages, including a homepage and a page about UCSD Tritons.

DATA ANALYSIS AND VISUALIZATION WITH MS

EXCELExcel is a powerful tool for managing, manipulating, and analyzing data. The application can create graphs and charts to make data easier to visualize. It can also compute equations. In class, we used Excel to manage a budget and a stock portfolio.