Educational Technology Program  |  Department of Educational Leadership  |  Texas A&M University-Commerce

ETEC 544 -Computer Operating Systems for Educators
Tentative Schedule

 

Instructor:  Dr. Jason Lee Davis
Term:  Spring, 2007             Section:  001    CRN: 20044
Day:  Monday            Time:  7:20 - 10:00pm

 

DATE
ACTIVITIES
NOTES/ASSIGNMENTS DUE *
Jan 15

Dr. MLK Jr. Holiday (no class)

 
Jan 22

Introduction

 
Jan 29

Computer Hardware Components

 
Feb 5

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

Article Review #1
must be posted by 8:00pm, Wed. Feb 7
Feb 12

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

On-line group discussions re article #1 reviews
Feb 19

File Systems/Structure, FAT, IRQ, DMA

Designated group member responses to article review and discussion #1
Feb 26

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

Article Review #2
must be posted by 8:00pm, Wed. Feb 28
Mar 5 On-line group discussion of article #2 reviews
NO physical meeting

On-line group discussions re article #2 reviews
Mar 12

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

Designated group member responses to article review and discussion #2
Mar 19

*** Spring Break ***

*** Spring Break ***
Mar 26

NO physical meeting

SITE Conference in San Antonio
Apr 2 Networking – Topologies & Cabling

 
Apr 9

UNIX – telnet

Article Review #3
must be posted by 8:00pm, Wed. Apr 11
Apr 16

On-line group discussion of article #3 reviews
NO physical meeting

 On-line group discussions re article #3 reviews
Cotton Belt Symposium 10:00am-3:00pm
Apr 23 "Mike on Mac" - Macintosh – MAC OS-X Designated group member responses to article review and discussion #3
Apr 30

UNIX – FTP
Wrap-up

Tech notes to be
e-mailed to instructor
must be received by 8:00pm, Wed. May 2
May 7

Final Exam - online

 
May 12

Commencement

Graduate School Ceremony - 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. 04/09/2007