Texas A&M University-Commerce

Department of Secondary and Higher Education

ETEC 544 -Computer Operating Systems for Educators
Tentative Schedule

Instructor: Dr. Jason Lee Davis

Term: Spring, 2004 Section: 001
Day: Monday Time: 4:30pm – 7:10pm

DATE	ACTIVITIES	NOTES/ASSIGNMENTS DUE *
Jan 12	Introduction
Jan 19	MLK Jr. Holiday (no class)
Jan 26	Computer Hardware Components
Feb 2	Computers – “inside the case,” Chips, Firmware, etc.	Article Review #1 must be posted by 8:00pm, Wed. Feb 4
Feb 9	On-line Meeting 5:00 – On-line review discussion	Follow-up Response must be posted by 8:00pm, Wed. Feb 11
Feb 16	File Systems/Structure, FAT, IRQ, DMA
Feb 23	MS-DOS Command Line Operations	Article Review #2 must be posted by 8:00pm, Wed. Feb 25
Mar 1	On-line Meeting 5:00 – On-line review discussion	Follow-up Response must be posted by 8:00pm, Wed. Mar 3
Mar 8	MS Windows XP
Mar 15	Spring Break, Ides of March
Mar 22	Windows requirements/ installation/upgrade	Article Review #3 must be posted by 8:00pm, Wed. Mar 24
Mar 29	On-line Meeting 5:00 – On-line review discussion	Follow-up Response must be posted by 8:00pm, Wed. Mar 31
Apr 5	Macintosh – MAC OS-X
Apr 12	UNIX – telnet	Article Review #4 must be posted by 8:00pm, Wed. Apr 14
Apr 19	On-line Meeting 5:00 – On-line review discussion	Follow-up Response must be posted by 8:00pm, Wed. Apr 21
Apr 26	UNIX – FTP
May 3	Networking – Topologies & Cabling Wrap-up Final class meeting	Completed portfolio Tech notes to be e-mailed to instructor must be received by 8:00pm, Wed. May 5
May 8	Commencement	(Saturday)

* Assignments MUST be completed and submitted by due date. Full credit cannot be earned by late or incomplete assignments. 10 points will be deducted for each class day an assignment is late. Late materials may be rejected at the discretion of the instructor.

Rev. 05/03/2004