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