We looked at the module descriptor and discussed the assessments a bit.
We looked at bits and the ASCII table
Monday, January 30, 2012
SOFT6008 Class 01 Lab Typing & Sharing
Since this was our first class it was a bit strange having a lab when we never had a lecture. So it was mostly a typing exercise.
I gave out two JavaScript examples and asked students to type them up in notepad. That'll save time in the next class.
I asked students to set up dropbox folders for their class for this work and to share it with me (ideally read-only). This would allow me to monitor student progress continuously and to very quickly spot problems and offer help. It does raise some privacy issues too. Please name the folder with SOFT6008 followed by your myCIT user name (e.g SOFT6008-Dan.Murphy). Share it with colin.manning@cit.ie. Hopefully that won't screw up my quota. If you don't already use dropbox please sign-up here.
I will invite students taking this class to join Google+. I propose to see if Google+ can be of use in education. Google+ is very like Facebook except that it is much easier to control what one shares with whom. So use this feature wisely and don't over-share with me!
I have a circle for each class group, so I can post items relevant to individual classes.
To be honest I don't yet know what I will use Google+ for. It's an experiment.
As computing professionals in the making, students should probably join Google+ anyway just to know how it works.
These images required for Random Image example. But of course you can use any images as long as they have the correct names.
I gave out two JavaScript examples and asked students to type them up in notepad. That'll save time in the next class.
I asked students to set up dropbox folders for their class for this work and to share it with me (ideally read-only). This would allow me to monitor student progress continuously and to very quickly spot problems and offer help. It does raise some privacy issues too. Please name the folder with SOFT6008 followed by your myCIT user name (e.g SOFT6008-Dan.Murphy). Share it with colin.manning@cit.ie. Hopefully that won't screw up my quota. If you don't already use dropbox please sign-up here.
I will invite students taking this class to join Google+. I propose to see if Google+ can be of use in education. Google+ is very like Facebook except that it is much easier to control what one shares with whom. So use this feature wisely and don't over-share with me!
I have a circle for each class group, so I can post items relevant to individual classes.
To be honest I don't yet know what I will use Google+ for. It's an experiment.
As computing professionals in the making, students should probably join Google+ anyway just to know how it works.
These images required for Random Image example. But of course you can use any images as long as they have the correct names.
SOFT6007 COM1 Class 01
We looked at bits and how they can be assigned meaning. We looked at a system for transmitting text and the ASCII table.
Thursday, January 26, 2012
Google+ Invitations
I have invited all first year students to join Google+. I propose to see if Google+ can be of use in education. Google+ is very like Facebook except that it is much easier to control what one shares with whom. So use this feature wisely and don't over-share with me!
I have a circle for each class group, so I can post items relevant to individual classes.
To be honest I don't yet know what I will use Google+ for. It's an experiment.
As computing professionals in the making, students should probably join Google+ anyway just to know how it works.
One of these days I might try Blackboard. But don't look for me there just yet.
I have a circle for each class group, so I can post items relevant to individual classes.
To be honest I don't yet know what I will use Google+ for. It's an experiment.
As computing professionals in the making, students should probably join Google+ anyway just to know how it works.
One of these days I might try Blackboard. But don't look for me there just yet.
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
SOFT6007 Web Development Fundamentals
I am teaching two instances of this module in Semester 2. As with all first attempts at the timetable, there may be some changes. Clicking on the Google Calendar icon will allow you to add the class to your Calendar.
[update: this keeps changing. Only the Google Calendar links are up to date. Check the printed timetables in the C corridor or your online timetable for the latest info. Once you add the Google Calendar events, I will update them as they change.]
COM1
Mo 0900 room?
Tu 1700 B219
Th 1100 & 1200 IT1.3 COM1-B
Th 1500 & 1600 IT2.2 COM1-A
DCOM/ITS
We 1100 & 1200 Group A
We 1700 B217 (will probably move)
Fr 1100 B219
Fr 1400 & 1500 Group B
Group B = DCOM1
Group A = ITS1 unless the group is too large
[update: this keeps changing. Only the Google Calendar links are up to date. Check the printed timetables in the C corridor or your online timetable for the latest info. Once you add the Google Calendar events, I will update them as they change.]
COM1
Mo 0900 room?
Tu 1700 B219
Th 1100 & 1200 IT1.3 COM1-B
Th 1500 & 1600 IT2.2 COM1-A
DCOM/ITS
We 1100 & 1200 Group A
We 1700 B217 (will probably move)
Fr 1100 B219
Fr 1400 & 1500 Group B
Group B = DCOM1
Group A = ITS1 unless the group is too large
Monday, January 16, 2012
COMP6023 Web Publishing
Students taking COMP6023 will be expected to sign up for the Google Online Marketing Challenge. Students may wish to read about this and get thinking before the start of the semester.
IUT Lannion Lecture
I gave a class remotely at IUT Lannion this morning. It was quite a strange experience, sitting at my desk giving a lecture. I've recorded lectures for later use before. But giving one live felt a bit weird to me. This was compounded by not being able to see the audience, and not knowing what they were seeing.
The folks at IUT called to say it worked fine. It was certainly an interesting experience.
I meant to record it, but something went wrong. But that anything worked at all was impressive.
I guess it's a sign of things to come. Perhaps some day I'll be giving my lectures from a beach somewhere.
The folks at IUT called to say it worked fine. It was certainly an interesting experience.
I meant to record it, but something went wrong. But that anything worked at all was impressive.
I guess it's a sign of things to come. Perhaps some day I'll be giving my lectures from a beach somewhere.
Wednesday, January 11, 2012
Free Choice Modules Semester 2
The list of Free Choice modules offered by the department of computing has been finalized.
If you add questions as comments to this post I will do my best to answer them.
If you add questions as comments to this post I will do my best to answer them.
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