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, 2005             Section:  001
Day:  Monday            Time:  4:30pm – 7:10pm

 

DATE
ACTIVITIES
NOTES/ASSIGNMENTS DUE *
Jan 17

Dr. MLK Jr. Holiday (no class)

 
Jan 24

Introduction

 
Jan 31

Computer Hardware Components

 
Feb 7

Computers – “inside the case,”
 Chips, Firmware, etc.

Article Review #1
must be posted by 8:00pm, Wed. Feb 9
Feb 14

On-line group discussion of article #1 reviews
NO physical meeting

On-line group discussions re article #1 reviews
Feb 21

File Systems/Structure, FAT, IRQ, DMA

Designated group member responses to article review and discussion #1
Feb 28

Windows system clean-up,
application management, removal, & upgrade

Article Review #2
must be posted by 8:00pm, Wed. Mar 2
Mar 7
 On-line group discussion of article #2 reviews
NO physical meeting

On-line group discussions re article #2 reviews
Mar 14

*** Spring Break ***

*** Spring Break ***
Mar 21

MS Windows XP

Designated group member responses to article review and discussion #2
Mar 28

MS-DOS Command Line Operations
Windows requirements/installation/upgrade

 
Apr 4
 Macintosh – MAC OS-X (Mike)

Article Review #3
must be posted by 8:00pm, Wed. Apr 6
Apr 11

On-line group discussion of article #1 reviews
NO physical meeting

On-line group discussions re article #3 reviews
Apr 18

UNIX – telnet

 Designated group member responses to article review and discussion #3
Apr 25
 UNIX – FTP  
May 2

Networking – Topologies & Cabling
Wrap-up

Tech notes to be
e-mailed to instructor
must be received by 8:00pm, Wed. May 4
May 9

Final Exam - online

 
May 14

Commencement

Graduate School Ceremony - Saturday 2:30pm
 

* 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. 03/21/2005