CIS 120 03 - Computer Sci for the Liberal Arts

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Welcome to CIS 120!
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  • General Information

    Name Description Status Source
    Practice for Alice test-solution Required Alice Practice test-solution.pdf Edit Practice for Alice test-solution Delete Practice for Alice test-solution
    Assignment-Alice Unit
    Updated November3
         		Required Assignment Calendar-Alice-02-nov3.pdf Edit Assignment-Alice Unit Delete Assignment-Alice Unit
    Data Representation Assignment
    Updated October 4
         		Required DataRepresentationCalendar-sect03.pdf Edit Data Representation Assignment Delete Data Representation Assignment
    Practice test-Alice unit Required Alice Practice test-f 10.pdf Edit Practice test-Alice unit Delete Practice test-Alice unit
    Alice Exercsie 18 solution (Joey Fence and tree) Required KangorooCode.html Edit Alice Exercsie 18 solution (Joey Fence and tree) Delete Alice Exercsie 18 solution (Joey Fence and tree)
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  • HCI

    Name Description Status Source
    Web Design
    Web design guidelines
         		Required HCI web design.pdf Edit Web Design Delete Web Design
    Web project Required HCI Project- fall 2010.pdf Edit Web project Delete Web project
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  • Alice Unit

    You will find here all material for the Alice unit of study.
    Name Description Status Source
    Alice Notes
    It contains the reading and exercises referred to in the assignment schedule.
    Updated October 26
         		Required Alice-fall10.pdf Edit Alice Notes Delete Alice Notes
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  • Alice Worlds

    In tis section you will find all the Worlds needed for your Alice class work or exercises.
    Name Description Status Source
    Snowwoman and penguin -set 2
    Complete World after section 2
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    AliceExercise6
    World for exercise 6
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    WizardHockeyGame world
    World for exercise 7 to 10
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    SnowwomanAndPenguin-sect 4
    Complete World after section 4
         		Required penguinAndSnowwoman-sect4.a2w Edit SnowwomanAndPenguin-sect 4 Delete SnowwomanAndPenguin-sect 4
    JoeyFenceAndTree
    World for exercise 18
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    SnowwomanAndPenguin-sect 5
    SnowwomanAndPenguin World at end of section 5
         		Required penguinAndSnowwoman-sect5.a2w Edit SnowwomanAndPenguin-sect 5 Delete SnowwomanAndPenguin-sect 5
    Interactive World
    World for Alice section 7
         		Required InteractiveInstrumentInitial.a2w Edit Interactive World Delete Interactive World
    Sound Files
    Sound files for Alice sections 7 & 8
         		Required Sound files.zip Edit Sound Files Delete Sound Files
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  • Notes

    Name Description Status Source
    Floating-Point Number worksheet Required FloatingPointNumbers.docx Edit Floating-Point Number worksheet Delete Floating-Point Number worksheet
    GraphicExplorer
    This zipped folder contains a program called GraphicExplorer and a folder of pictures. Download the folder to the computer. Then extract the files: navigate to where the folder is located, right-click on it, and select Extract all. Follow the instructions of the dialog box.
    A small demo of the program is on the tutorial/demo portlet. 
    		Required GraphicExplorer.zip Edit GraphicExplorer Delete GraphicExplorer
    Review for test on Data Representation Required CIS 109 Review for test-DataRep.pdf Edit Review for test on Data Representation Delete Review for test on Data Representation
    Solution to Bits and Bytes exercises on Numbers Required BitsAndBytesBinaryHexFloatExSolutions.pdf Edit Solution to Bits and Bytes exercises on Numbers Delete Solution to Bits and Bytes exercises on Numbers
    Practice on binary and hexadecimal numbers Required Binary numbers practice.pdf Edit Practice on binary and hexadecimal numbers Delete Practice on binary and hexadecimal numbers
    Solution to binary practice Required Binary numbers practice-solution.pdf Edit Solution to binary practice Delete Solution to binary practice
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  • Women in Computing

    Name Description Status Source
    Pioneering Women in Computer Science Required p175-gurer.pdf Edit Pioneering Women in Computer Science Delete Pioneering Women in Computer Science
    Reading Questions-Pioneering Women Required CIS 120 Pioneering Women in Computer Science Readi.docx Edit Reading Questions-Pioneering Women Delete Reading Questions-Pioneering Women
    Computing 2002: Democracy, Education, and the Future Required p13-borg.pdf Edit Computing 2002: Democracy, Education, and the Future Delete Computing 2002: Democracy, Education, and the Future
    The Increasing Scarcity of Women in Information Technology is a Social Justice Issue Required wardle.pdf Edit The Increasing Scarcity of Women in Information Technology is a Social Justice Issue Delete The Increasing Scarcity of Women in Information Technology is a Social Justice Issue
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  • Networks

    Name Description Status Source
    Notes on networks and Graph theory Required Networks-fall10.pdf Edit Notes on networks and Graph theory Delete Notes on networks and Graph theory
    GraphExample
    A graph in Sketchpad
         		Required GraphExample.gsp Edit GraphExample Delete GraphExample
    Review for Network Test
    The test on network is Thursday, September 9. The problems in this review and the homework exercises are good preparation for the test. It will be a short  test (about 30 min.)
    Solutions to the review will be posted on Wednesday at noon. It is very recommended to complete the problems BEFORE viewing the solutions. 
         		Required CIS 120 Review for Network Test.pdf Edit Review for Network Test Delete Review for Network Test
    Review for network test-solutions Required CIS 120 Review for Network Test-solution.pdf Edit Review for network test-solutions Delete Review for network test-solutions
    Project Graph v4.7 Required project Graph-4.7.gsp Edit Project Graph v4.7 Delete Project Graph v4.7
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    GraphicExplorer Demo
    Required
    GraphicExplorer2_demo.pdf
    GIMP-Change Picture
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    ChangePicture_demo.swf
    Introduction to Audacity
    This pdf file requires Adobe reader 9 ( available in our lab and in the math lab). You can download it for free be clicking here.
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    Introduction to Audacity.pdf
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  • Computing Careers

    NCWIT resource page
    Resources page of the Nationnal Center for Women and Information Technology
    This page has many links to find information about careers, women in IT, the "real life" of IT people, etc. 
    Required
    www.ncwit.org
    ACM Computing careers
    Computing careers website form the largest international computer science organization, the Association for Computing Machinery.
    Required
    computingcareers.acm.org
    Computing carreer site
    Sloan Career Corner Stone Center, another site to get information about computing careers
    Required
    www.careercornerstone.org
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  • Women in computing

    Women Entrepreneurs in IT
    Interviews of successful women entrpreneurs in IT companies, large and small, even non-profit.
    Required
    www.ncwit.org
    IBM WIT external links page
    IBM Women in Technology external links page. Provide links to a number of of website concerning women and technology.
    Required
    www-03.ibm.com
    IBM WIT Persona page
    Links to two pages full of interviews and portraits of women who made significant contributions at IBM.
    Required
    www-03.ibm.com
    Grace Hopper Celebration Awards Winner
    Short portraits of the awards winner of the 2009 Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing.
    Required
    gracehopper.org
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    Pair-programming
    Video introduction to pair-programming
    Required
    agile.csc.ncsu.edu
    Course survey
    Required
    www.surveymonkey.com
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