Project 1: Technology People and Timeline

This assignment is designed to get you more involved in learning about developments in computing. It is intended to also get you started in the process of doing research and learning ways to find information using the Internet and other resources.
You will research a topic/article of interest to you. The articles must be related to computers. You may decide if you want to read about privacy issues, computers in a specific career area, new applications, hardware, social implications or trends due to computers, etc. If you have any questions about the appropriateness of the article(s) you choose, talk with the instructor before proceeding.
Preferably, you will use the Internet as a resource. You may access the Internet from home, a public library, or the PCC Library/Labs. Alternatively, the college library has electronic search capabilities to assist you in finding articles of interest to you. Librarians will be happy to assist you.
You may also use magazine and newspaper articles. Make a copy of the article or save it from the newspaper for turn-in.

Format

Use the format listed below for your typed report. Write complete sentences and check your spelling. Please limit the size of your summary section to 500 words or less. Be brief, but complete. A summary means that you describe what you have read in your own words. At the same time, submit the first page of the original article (a photocopy or the web page itself). If you print from the Web, go to File - Print - Pages and specify page 1. This will save much paper. Use 12 point or 14 point font size. The absence of your source document results in no points earned. Plagiarism results in an automatic zero. Summarize, don't copy and paste.
Be prepared to present your article in class. Sharing the information in class will allow others to benefit from your research. When you make your oral presentation, you will spend up to 5 minutes summarizing what you have read. Perhaps you will also give your opinion about what you have read. Identify any questions or concerns raised by what you read. Be prepared for possible questions from class members. The following information needs to be included:

• Name of Author(s) (Last, First, Middle Initial)
• Name of Article in quotations ("Title of Article")
• Name of Magazine and Date (Title of Magazine)
• Summary of Article (Include in this summary why you selected the article, what were the main points, how did the article expand your knowledge about computers or issues surrounding computers.)
• Include the URL, i.e., the Web address, e.g., http://hepg.awl.com/office97/blueribbon/computer.htm if you got your article from the Internet
• Save your document as lastname_info.doc but replace the "lastname" with your last name.

Grading

• 40 points for in class presentation (Any reasonable effort will result in full credit.  I know how hard it is to speak in front of people.)
• 10 points for neatness
• 50 points for content:
  • Summary
  • Complete sentences
  • Organization
  • Source credited and copy of article first page

You must be prepared (written portion of project is complete) to give your oral presentation, when called upon, or lose your opportunity.

Step 2. Computing Timeline

1. The purpose of this assignment is to look at the history of computing and do some basic research on the Web. Pick an item of computing history to write a short report, by doing research on the Web. You do not need to do more than a couple of paragraphs. You should also include an image relevant to the topic that you have downloaded from the Web. Your report should be written in MS Word. It is preferred that the image be in GIF, JPG or PNG format.
2. Useful links. You will want to pick one topic from one of the following sites (once you pick a topic from here, do additional search on that topic)

• IEEE Computer Society Timeline http://www.computer.org/computer/timeline/
• History of Computing Project (http://www.thocp.net/)
• Computer History Museum (http://www.computerhistory.org/)

3. This report should look something like the following:

Your Name Project 1 CIS120 Section XXXXX IBM PC 1981 The first IBM PC ran on a 4.77 MHz Intel 8088 microprocessor. The PC came equipped with 16 kilobytes of memory, expandable to 256k. The PC came with one or two 160k floppy disk drives and an optional color monitor. The price tag started at $1,565, which would be nearly $4,000 today. What really made the IBM PC different from previous IBM computers was that it was the first one built from off the shelf parts (called open architecture) and marketed by outside distributors (Sears & Roebucks and Computerland). The Intel chip was chosen because IBM had already obtained the rights to manufacture the Intel chips. IBM had used the Intel 8086 for use in its Displaywriter Intelligent Typewriter in exchange for giving Intel the rights to IBM's bubble memory technology. Found at http://inventors.about.com/library/weekly/aa031599.htm Found at http://www.frankston.com/public/ESSAYS/ThePCFrom1981To.asp

4. Your document should be formatted nicely and should have correct spelling and grammar.
5. Save your document as lastname_history.doc but replace the "lastname" with your last name.

Step 3. Logon to Student Web Server via FTP

This step is critical to your successful completion of the other assignments in this course. If you can't successfully complete this step, you will have a hard time passing the class. The purpose of this step is to verify that you can logon to your folder on the web server. Be sure you understand and remember how to complete the SWS FTP login. You will use it in almost all future assignment or projects.

1. Use the IE File Transfer Protocol to logon to the PCC web server.
   1. You will need a User name and Password to do this :
      1. Go to: http://sws.pcc.edu/
      2. Read the information on the page
      3. Click the "I AGREE" link when you are done, if you agree.
      4. Read the information on the page and enter your information into the fields of the blue box.
      5. Click the Calculate User Name button.
      6. Write down the User Name that is given to you. This will be your login name for the Student Web Server (SWS)
      7. Your password is your entire PCC ID G# (This includes the G and it must be capitalized)
   2. Review the IE FTP Primer for information on connecting to your student folder in FTP mode.
   
   
2. Access your student folder in FTP mode. (NOTE: You must be using Internet Explorer and not another browser to do this process.)
   1. Open the student web server CASCADE Class or SYLVANIA Class and open your directory by clicking on your login name. Your directory will open. However, you will only be viewing it from the Internet.
   
   
   
   2. Go to the browser address bar and replace the http: in the address with ftp: and hit enter. A login dialog box will appear.
   
   
   
   3. Type your login name where it says user name and enter your password (your entire PCC G# ID including the capital G).
   
   
   
   4. Hit enter to complete logging-in.
   
   
   
   5. Go to Page on the icon bar at the top of the browser and choose Open FTP site in Windows Explorer.
   
   
   
   6. You will have to login again. Type your login name where it says user name, if it is not already there, and enter your password (your entire PCC G# ID including the capital G).
   
   
   
   7. You should now have either a broswer window (for IE 6) or Windows Explorer window (IE 7) that looks similar to the following:
      
      
   
   
   
   8. It is this window that you want to take a Screen Shot of.
      1. Click the following link for additional information on taking Screen Shots: Print Screen
      2. Press the Alt + PrintScreen keys simultaneously. A copy of the screen image will be placed on the computers clipboard.
         1. Open MS Paint
            1. Click the Start Button
            2. Click All Programs
            3. Click Accessories
            4. Click Paint
         2. Click Edit on the Menu Bar and select Paste -- the contents of your clipboard should be pasted into the Paint work area.
            
            
         3. Save the File as a GIF file.
            
            
            
            
            1. Click File on the Menu Bar and select Save As.
            2. In the Save in field, click on the arrow to open the folders. Select the ftp_elms folder in the project_1 folder on your USB drive in which you want to save your file.
            3. In the Filename field, type in the name lastname_FTP but replace the "lastname" with your last name.
            4. Click the arrow to the right of the Save as type field
            5. Select GIF (*.GIF).
            6. Click the Save button to save it. Click yes when asked about the color issues.
               

   Step 4 -- Verify that you can logon to the MSDN ELMS site.

   In this step, you will verify that you received your logon name and password and that you can logon to the ELMS site.

   1. Check your PCC Email for your ELMS Logon Name and Password.
      1. To check your PCC Email, in your web browser, enter the address: my.pcc.edu.
      2. If you are a first time user, click on the First Time User? link to determine your logon name and password.
      3. Logon to PCC Email
      4. In your Inbox, you should find an Email that has ELMS or MSDN in the subject area. Open this message. Your logon ID and password should be in the message text. Save these as you will need them for assignment 4 or anytime you want to download the available Microsoft products.
   2. Go to the ELMS server site and click the Log In button.
   3. Login to the ELMS server.
   4. Click on the My Software button
   5. Take a screen shot of this window, paste it into a MS Paint window as described in Step 2, items E-G above and save it as lastname_ELMS.GIF but replace the "lastname" with your last name. Your screen shot should look similar to the following; your logon name should appear in the area marked by the circle.
      
      
      
      
   6. If you can't logon to the ELMS server or if you do not have a PCC email with your ELMS logon and password in it, using PCC Email, send an email to snorris@pcc.edu saying that you did not get an email with your ELMS logon name and password. In the email, also identify the CIS course(s) you are taking.

   Project 1 Turn-in:

   • Print out your lastname_info.doc and lastname_history.doc files.
   • Open a blank Word documet and insert your lastname_FTP.gif image and your lastname_ELMS.gif image.
   • Save the Word document as ftp_elms.doc and print it out.
   • Turn-in the printed pages inside your turn-in folder that has your name, class and campus on the front cover, upper right corner.

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Revised: 09-06-2009 Russ Erdman