Digital+literacy+teaching+modules

**Requiem for the textbook**
URL: http://cis275topics.blogspot.com/2012/04/requiem-for-textbook.html Skills:none Concepts: evolution of media, experiments with modular teaching material, student-developed teaching material, peer tutoring and very large classes, textbook business opportunity Labels: Gutenberg, media, textbook

URL: http://cis275topics.blogspot.com/2012/04/moving-packets-across-internet.html Skills: none Concepts: local area network (LAN), router, Internet Protocol, WiFi, Ethernet, dumb (“end-to-end” or “neutral”) networks Labels: Ethernet, Internet Protocol, IP, LAN, router, TCP/IP, wifi
 * Moving packets across the Internet**

URL: http://cis275topics.blogspot.com/2012/03/internet-era-teaching-material.html Skills: none Concepts: evolution of media using books, movies and television as examples, Internet-based experiments with modular teaching material, student-developed teaching material, peer tutoring and very large classes. Labels: modules, teaching
 * Internet era teaching material**

URL: http://cis275topics.blogspot.com/2012/03/short-history-of-tools-for.htmlSkillls: none Concepts: pre Internet tools, key contributions to the development of the Internet Lables: collaboration, communication, history
 * A short history of tools for communication and collaboration**

URL: http://cis275topics.blogspot.com/2012/02/finding-ip-address-domain-names-and.html Skills: finding IP addresses, domain names and organization (whois) information Concepts: host, IP address, domain name, command line interface, graphical user interface Labels: domain name, GUI, IP address, TCP/IP, whois
 * Finding IP addresses, domain names and their owners**

URL: http://cis275topics.blogspot.com/2012/02/profiles_28.html Skills: none Concepts: Internet profile, canonical or authoritative profile Labels: google plus, google+, profile, social network
 * Profiles**

URL: http://cis275topics.blogspot.com/2012/02/using-wiki.html Skills: using a wiki Concepts: operations common to all wikis, wiki administration, “freemium” business model Labels: wiki, wikispaces
 * Using a wiki**

URL: http://cis275topics.blogspot.com/2012/02/citizen-journalism.html Skills: none Concepts: citizen journalist, use of Usenet, blogs and social media by citizen journalist, news archives, the interaction between citizen and mainstream journalists Labels: citizen journalism, dictator's dilemma, political implications
 * Citizen journalism**

URL: http://cis275topics.blogspot.com/2012/02/what-do-they-know-about-you.html Skills: none Concepts: information we give up voluntarily, information we reveal while using the Internet, use of information “signals” in search, advertising and suggesting “friends,” data mining, filter bubble, funding of the Internet Labels: advertising, filter bubble, privacy
 * What “they” know about you and how they use it**

URL: http://cis275topics.blogspot.com/2012/02/internet-surveillance.html Skills: none Concepts: log, IP address, URL, packet header and body, geo-location, proxy server, the “dictator’s dilemma” Labels: dictator's dilemma, IP address, political implications, privacy, TCP/IP
 * Internet surveillance**

URL: http://cis275topics.blogspot.com/2012/02/writing-tweets.html Skills: writing tweets Concepts: application program interface (API), ecosystem, Twitter as a platform for developing applications Labels: short documents, twitter, writing
 * Writing tweets**

URL: http://cis275topics.blogspot.com/2012/01/program-execution.html Skills: none Concepts: computer components, stored program computer, machine language, register, fetch-execute cycle, von Neumann architecture Labels: execute, stored program, technology
 * Program execution**

URL: http://cis275topics.blogspot.com/2012/01/network-application-definition.html Skills: none Concepts: application, network versus stand-alone application, client, server, application versus system program Labels: applications, network applications, stand-alone
 * Network application definition**

URL: http://cis275topics.blogspot.com/2012/01/embedded-computers.html Skills: none Concepts: embedded computer, RAM, ROM, sensor, effector, the “Internet of things” Labels: embedded, sensor, technology
 * Embedded computers**

URL: http://cis275topics.blogspot.com/2011/12/tcpip-from-10000-feet.html Skills: none Concepts: local area network, router, inter network, the TCP/IP layered software “stack”, layer functions, layer protocols, dumb versus smart networks Labels: communication, protocol, TCP/IP
 * TCP/IP from 10,000 feet**

URL: http://cis275topics.blogspot.com/2011/12/beyond-textbook.html Skills: none Concepts: evolution of media, modular teaching material Labels: etext, textbook
 * Beyond the textbook**

URL: http://cis275topics.blogspot.com/2011/11/google-docs.html Skills: Google Plus navigation Concepts: rapid evolution of a network-based application, Labels: Google Docs, publish, user skills
 * Google Plus**

URL: http://cis275topics.blogspot.com/2011/11/representing-numeric-data-with-bits.html Skills: counting with decimal and binary numbers Concepts: using a binary code for representing numbers, positional number systems, number system base, number of symbols in a number system Labels: coding, data types, number
 * Representing numeric data with bits**

URL: http://cis275topics.blogspot.com/2011/10/democratization-of-application.html Skills: none Concepts: application development in the batch processing, timesharing, personal computer and Internet eras Labels: API, application development, development trend, history
 * The democratization of application development**

URL: http://cis275topics.blogspot.com/2011/10/application-characteristics.html Skills: none Labels: Application characteristics
 * Application characteristics**

URL: http://cis275topics.blogspot.com/2011/10/popular-web-client-and-server-programs.html Skills: none Concepts: open source, Web client (browser), Web server, standard protocol Labels: Apache, browser, client, IIS, Linux, open source, protocol, server, Web
 * Popular Web client and server programs**

URL: http://cis275topics.blogspot.com/2011/09/reading-and-writing-on-internet.html Skills: none Concepts: text as a data type, writing is important, common types of writing, good writing requires mindful reading, using the Internet may be changing our brains Labels: reading, writing
 * Reading and writing on the Internet**

URL: http://cis275topics.blogspot.com/2011/09/rating-and-reputation-on-internet.html Skills: none Concepts: user contributed content, user ratings and reviews, user reputation Labels: critical thinking, rating, reputation, user generated content
 * Rating and reputation on the Internet**

URL: http://cis275topics.blogspot.com/2011/09/powerpoint-presentation-assignment.html Skills: none Concepts: evolution of platforms for developing and delivering IT applications, changes in the IT literacy course as platforms changed, our current Internet-era IT literacy curriculum Posted by Larry press at 9:11 AM 0 comments Labels: history, it literacy
 * History of IT platforms and IT literacy**

URL: http://cis275topics.blogspot.com/2011/09/yahoo-groups.html Skills: Using Yahoo Groups Concepts: Internet service, threaded discussion, message archives Labels: listserv, yahoo groups
 * Yahoo Groups**

URL: http://cis275topics.blogspot.com/2011/06/innovation-timing-graphical-user.html Skills: none Concepts: innovation timing, research prototype, commodity versus custom hardware, graphical user interface, contributions of Doug Engelbart, Ivan Sutherland, and Xerox PARC Labels: engelbart, GUI, innovation, Sutherland, technology, Xerox PARC
 * Innovation timing**

URL: http://cis275topics.blogspot.com/2011/06/traceroute.html Skills: use traceroute and query the whois database Concepts: router hops, whois database Labels: communication, TCP/IP, technology, traceroute, whois
 * Traceroute**

URL: http://cis275topics.blogspot.com/2011/06/ping.html Skills: use ping Concepts: network transit time, command-line user interface, prefixes for small quantities Labels: communication, ping, TCP/IP, technology
 * Ping**

URL: http://cis275topics.blogspot.com/2011/05/ping-and-traceroute-demo.html Skills: use ping and traceroute and query the whois database Concepts: network transit time, router hops, command-line user interface, whois database, prefixes for small quantities Labels: command line, communication, ping, TCP/IP, traceroute
 * Ping and traceroute (deprecated)**

URL: http://cis275topics.blogspot.com/2011/05/bit-torrent-peer-to-peer-application.html Skills: finding and downloading files with Bit Torrent Concepts: client-server, peer-to-peer, copyright, Creative Commons Labels: client, client server, technology, Web
 * Bit Torrent, a peer-to-peer application**

URL: http://cis275topics.blogspot.com/2011/04/including-images-in-web-pages.html Skills: include images in Web pages Concepts: tag, attribute, value, path (to a stored file) Labels: application development, HTML, image
 * Including images in Web pages**

URL: http://cis275topics.blogspot.com/2011/04/connectivity-overview.html Skills: none Concepts: home, organization, backbone, and mobile connectivity options, local versus wide area network, network topologies Labels: communication, connectivity, Ethernet, LAN, technology, wifi
 * Connectivity overview**

URL: http://cis275topics.blogspot.com/2011/04/html-links.html Skills: using the  tag IT concepts: tag, attribute Labels: application development, HTML, Web
 * HTML links**

URL: http://cis275topics.blogspot.com/2011/04/modular-it-literacy-course-for-internet.html Skills: none Concepts: definition of IT literacy, evolution of IT literacy, variation in IT literacy courses, advantages of modularity, teaching module format Labels: about, etext, Implications, teaching, textbook
 * A modular IT literacy course for the Internet era**

URL: http://cis275topics.blogspot.com/2011/03/presentation-research.html Skills: none Concepts: presentation experiments, audio tempo, audio speed, independent variable, dependent variable Labels: audio, content creation, powerpoint, presentation
 * Two presentation research ideas**

URL: http://cis275topics.blogspot.com/2011/03/how-much-information-in-image.html Skills: none Concepts: information, information in an image Labels: image, information, technology
 * How much information in an image?**

URL: http://cis275topics.blogspot.com/2011/03/powerpoint-is-ok.html Skills: Making uniformly formatted presentations with simple, graphical slides, and writing scripts for narrated videos and for transcripts Concepts: Bad PowerPoint presentations are boring, but good ones are effective Labels: content creation, powerpoint, presentation
 * PowerPoint is OK**

URL: http://cis275topics.blogspot.com/2011/03/making-narrated-powerpoint-videos.html Skills: create a narrated video of a PowerPoint presentation Concepts: none Labels: content creation, powerpoint, presentation, video
 * Making narrated PowerPoint videos**

URL: http://cis275topics.blogspot.com/2011/03/configure-audacity-to-export-mp3-files.html Skills: export .mp3 files, configure Audacity Concepts: metadata Labels: audio, compression, content creation, LAME, mp3
 * Configure Audacity to export .mp3 files**

URL: http://cis275topics.blogspot.com/2011/03/text-editor-versus-word-processor.html Skills: None Concepts: Text editor versus word processor, (ASCII) text file Labels: application, ascii, coding, information, text
 * Text editor versus word processor**

URL: http://cis275topics.blogspot.com/2011/02/network-applications-pros-and-cons.html Skills: none Concepts: network services pros and cons, service level agreement, application hosting alternatives Labels: application
 * Network services -- pros and cons**

URL: http://cis275topics.blogspot.com/2011/02/application-program-interface-api.html Skills: none Concepts: Application program interface (API) Labels: API, technology, twitter
 * Application program interface (API)**

URL: http://cis275topics.blogspot.com/2011/02/blog-development-and-user-interfaces.html Skills: create, modify and post to a blog Concepts: wire-frame diagram, independence of content and appearance, gadget or widget Labels: application, application development, blog
 * Create a blog**

URL: http://cis275topics.blogspot.com/2011/02/internet-application-development-cheap.html Skills: none Concepts: Application program interface, platform ecosystem, Internet infrastructure services, application development cost trend, end user application development trend Labels: API, application development, development trend, ecosystem, technology, twitter
 * Internet application development -- cheap and easy**

URL: http://cis275topics.blogspot.com/2011/02/tweeting-image.html Skills: posting images on Twitter using Twitpix.com Concepts: application ecosystem, application program interface (API) Labels: API, technology, twitter, user skills
 * Tweeting an image**

URL: http://cis275topics.blogspot.com/2011/02/internet-privacy.html Skills: none Concepts: log, IP address, URL, packet header and body, geo-location, anonymity, proxy server, advertising signals, hacking, social graph Labels: Implications, privacy, survey, technology
 * Internet privacy**

URL: http://cis275topics.blogspot.com/2011/02/background-survey-and-some-topics.html Skills: none Concepts: Student’s background, topics covered Labels: about, survey
 * Background survey and some topics covered**

URL: http://cis275topics.blogspot.com/2011/02/evolution-of-wiki-page.html Skills: none Concepts: wiki evolution, page edit options Labels: application, wiki, writing
 * Evolution of a wiki page**

URL: http://cis275topics.blogspot.com/2011/01/creating-wiki-using-wikispaces.html Skills: edit, display the history of, discuss, and track changes to a page, wiki technique tips Concepts: Wiki operations Labels: application development, wiki
 * Creating a wiki using Wikispaces**

URL: http://cis275topics.blogspot.com/2011/01/what-is-wiki.html Skills: none Concepts: wiki examples and definition, operations, the wiki motto, wiki motivation and history, client-server applications Labels: application, wiki
 * What is a wiki?**

URL: http://cis275topics.blogspot.com/2010/12/exponential-growth.html Skills: none Concepts: linear growth, exponential growth, linear scale plot, logarithmic scale plot, “hockey stick,” Moore’s Law Labels: progress, technology
 * Exponential growth**

URL: http://cis275topics.blogspot.com/2010/12/technology-progress.html Skills: none Concepts: technology improvement versus technology shifts, progress in processing, storage, and communication technology Labels: progress, technology
 * Technology progress**

URL: http://cis275topics.blogspot.com/2010/12/recording-and-encoding-audio-data.html Skills: Set sample size and rate in Audacity Concepts: analog versus digital data, analog to digital conversion, digital to analog conversion, sample rate, sample size, quality-file size trade off Labels: audacity, audio, content creation
 * Recording and encoding audio data**

URL: http://cis275topics.blogspot.com/2010/12/audio-compression.html Skills: audio compression Concepts: the audio processing workflow, quality-file size trade off, capture-edit-compress, lossy versus lossless compression Labels: audacity, audio, compression, content creation
 * Audio compression**

URL: http://cis275topics.blogspot.com/2010/12/physical-layer.html Skills: none Concepts: wired hardware characteristics, wireless hardware characteristics (frequency and power), modulation schemes Labels: communication, TCP/IP, technology
 * The physical layer**

URL: http://cis275topics.blogspot.com/2010/11/communication-link-characteristics.html Skills: none Concepts: Link characteristics -- technology, length, speed, latency, jitter and packet loss rate, units of measure for amount of data and connection speed Labels: communication, technology
 * Communication link characteristics**

URL: http://cis275topics.blogspot.com/2010/11/data-link-layer.html Skills: none Concepts: LAN, data link functions, data link protocols, medium access, why standards win Labels: communication, TCP/IP, technology
 * The data link layer**

URL: http://cis275topics.blogspot.com/2010/11/editing-speech-with-audacity.html Skills: simple speech editing Concepts: audio editing operations, audio effects Labels: audacity, audio, content creation
 * Editing speech with Audacity**

URL: http://cis275topics.blogspot.com/2010/11/domain-name-system.html Skills: none Concepts: domain, domain name, host, IP address, domain registrar Labels: communication, TCP/IP, technology
 * The domain name system**

URL: http://cis275topics.blogspot.com/2010/11/internet-layer.html Skills: none Concepts: layered protocols, the internet layer, IP protocol, router, dumb (“end-to-end,” “neutral”) networks Labels: communication, TCP/IP, technology
 * The Internet layer**

vhttp://cis275topics.blogspot.com/2010/11/what-is-wiki.html Skills: edit a wiki page Concepts: Wiki operations: edit, show history, discuss, and create a page, Wikipedia Labels: web development, wiki
 * What is a wiki? (Disney Hall example, deprecated)**

URL: http://cis275topics.blogspot.com/2010/11/exporting-mp3-files.html Skills: export .mp3 files, configure Audacity Concepts: metadata Labels: audacity, audio, content creation, mp3
 * Exporting .mp3 files**

URL: http://cis275topics.blogspot.com/2010/11/audio-recording.html Skills: microphone position and adjustment Concepts: clipping, dynamic range, sample frequency and size, amount of information captured Labels: audacity, audio, content creation
 * Audio recording**

URL: http://cis275topics.blogspot.com/2010/11/counting.html Skills: counting using any number system Concepts: positional number systems, base (radix) Labels: coding, counting, hex, number, technology
 * Counting (number systems)**

URL: http://cis275topics.blogspot.com/2010/11/encoding-images.html Skills: none Concepts: an image representation code, the number of bits in a code, the amount of information in an image Labels: coding, image, information, technology
 * Encoding images**

URL: http://cis275topics.blogspot.com/2010/11/rgb-color.html Skills: selecting colors, specifying colors in HTML Concepts: combining red, green and blue light to generate colors, combining light versus combining paint, RGB color coding system Labels: application development, coding, HTML, rgb, Web
 * RGB color**

URL: http://cis275topics.blogspot.com/2010/11/filezilla-ftp-client.html Skills: install and use FileZilla Concepts: client-server, file transfer protocol (FTP), portable software, wire-frame user interface diagram, Web site mirror Labels: client, client server, ftp, technology, web development
 * The FileZilla FTP client**

URL: http://cis275topics.blogspot.com/2010/11/transport-layer.html Skills: Concepts: layered protocols, transport layer functions, TCP and UDP protocols, isochronous applications Labels: communication, TCP/IP, technology
 * The transport layer**

URL: http://cis275topics.blogspot.com/2010/11/tcpip-communication-software.html Skills: none Concepts: host, TCP/IP communication software, TCP/IP layers, TCP/IP functions, TCP/IP protocols, OSI, TCP/IP history Labels: communication, TCP/IP, technology
 * TCP/IP communication software**

URL: http://cis275topics.blogspot.com/2010/10/attributes-of-html-tags.html Skills: adding attributes to HTML tags Concepts: tag, attribute, value Labels: application development, HTML, Web
 * Attributes of HTML tags**

URL: http://cis275topics.blogspot.com/2010/10/http-hypertext-transfer-protocol.html Skills: none Concepts: protocol, hypertext transfer protocol, standard Labels: communication, protocol, technology, Web
 * HTTP, the hypertext transfer protocol**

URL: http://cis275topics.blogspot.com/2010/10/web-history-and-internet-culture.html Skills: none Concepts: history of the Web, Internet culture, the contributions of Vannevar Bush, Doug Engelbart, Tim Berners-Lee, evolution from concept to product Labels: applications, berners-lee, bush, engelbart, history, licklidder, prototype, Web
 * The Web – vision, prototype and product**

URL: http://cis275topics.blogspot.com/2010/10/introducing-html.html Skills: create simple Web pages Concepts: hypertext, markup, HTML tag, presentation vs. content, text editor, HTML document structure Labels: application development, HTML, Web
 * Introducing HTML**

URL: http://cis275topics.blogspot.com/2010/10/image-compression-demonstration.html Skills: compressing an image using Paint.net Concepts: none Labels: compression, content creation, image
 * Image compression demonstration**

URL: http://cis275topics.blogspot.com/2010/10/you-own-your-own-words.html Skills: none Concepts: be careful and thoughtful when posting content Labels: Implications, writing
 * You own your own words**

URL: http://cis275topics.blogspot.com/2010/10/image-processing-demonstration.html Skills: selecting, cropping, resizing and sharpening an image, using the tool setting and status information in Paint.net Concepts: image size, information in an image Labels: content creation, image, information
 * Image processing demonstration**

URL: http://cis275topics.blogspot.com/2010/10/how-to-do-images.html Skills: Using several image processing tools and commands Concepts: image processing tools, image processing operations Labels: content creation, image
 * Image processing examples**

URL: http://cis275topics.blogspot.com/2010/10/evolution-of-data-types.html Skills: none Concepts: data types, research precedes development, design for the future Labels: data types, Implications, technology
 * Data type evolution**

URL: http://cis275topics.blogspot.com/2010/10/rss-real-simple-syndication.html Skills: subscribe to feeds, read feeds Concepts: RSS feed, polling vs. publish-subscribe, stand-alone vs. Web based reader, podcast, event stream Labels: application, rss, subscribe
 * RSS -- real simple syndication**

URL: http://cis275topics.blogspot.com/2010/10/image-compression.html Skills: image processing work flow, compressing images, matching compression level to your application Concepts: compression, visual effect of image compression, the amount of information in an image, pixilation, the importance of compression Labels: compression, content creation, image, information, technology
 * Image compression**

URL: http://cis275topics.blogspot.com/2010/10/compression-and-information.html Skills: none Concepts: the amount of information in an image, lossy versus lossless compression Labels: compression, image, information, technology
 * Compression and information**

URL: http://cis275topics.blogspot.com/2010/10/using-googles-rss-reader.html Skills: subscribe to feeds, read feeds Concepts: RSS, subscrption Labels: applications, rss, subscribe
 * Using Google’s RSS reader**

URL: http://cis275topics.blogspot.com/2010/10/data-quantity-how-much-data.html Skills: none Concepts: the quantity of data as measured in bits or bytes, prefixes for large numbers, abbreviation conventions Labels: coding, technology
 * Data quantity – how much data?**

URL: http://cis275topics.blogspot.com/2010/10/data-code-information.html Skills: none Concepts: data, information, code, code standardization, encoding text Labels: coding, information, technology, text
 * Data + code => information**

URL: http://cis275topics.blogspot.com/2010/10/using-paintnet.html Skills: navigate the Paint.net user interface, and use the toolbox, tool settings and status lines, command menus, use the history, layer and color windows Concepts: layer, pixel, image processing operation Labels: content creation, image
 * Using Paint.net**

URL: http://cis275topics.blogspot.com/2010/10/image-processing-session.html Skills: rotate, select, crop, resize, change contrast, filter, compress Concepts: image processing operation, information Labels: content creation, image, information, paintdotnet
 * An image processing session**

URL: http://cis275topics.blogspot.com/2010/10/what-is-image-processing.html Skills: image processing work flow Concepts: history of image processing, image processing programs, image processing examples, image processing operations Labels: content creation, image
 * What is image processing?**

URL: http://cis275topics.blogspot.com/2010/10/image-characteristics.html Skills: none Concepts: pixel, compression, image characteristics: size, shape (aspect ratio), resolution, amount of information, flat versus photographic, and file type Labels: content creation, image, information
 * Image characteristics**

URL: http://cis275topics.blogspot.com/2010/09/ip-packets-and-addresses.html Skills: none Concepts: data and program files, IP packet, packet header, packet body, IP address, host name Labels: coding, communication, IP address, packet, TCP/IP, technology
 * IP packets and addresses**

URL: http://cis275topics.blogspot.com/2010/09/collaborative-writing.html Skills: organizing and starting a collaborative writing project Concepts: compiled versus co-authored documents, structured versus unstructured data, synchronous and asynchronous collaborative writing tools, Doug Engelbart’s contribution Labels: collaboration, content creation, writing
 * Collaborative writing**

URL: http://cis275topics.blogspot.com/2010/09/networked-applications.html Skills: none Concepts: client, server, automatic downloading of programs from Web servers, desktop or stand-alone applications versus networked applications Labels: client, client server, communication, technology
 * Network applications**

URL: http://cis275topics.blogspot.com/2010/09/using-google-docs-word-processor.html Skills: familiarity with Google Docs, creating and sharing text document on the Internet Concepts: stand-alone applications versus networked applications, automatic downloading of programs from Web sites Labels: Google Docs, user skills
 * Using the Google Docs word processor**

URL: http://cis275topics.blogspot.com/2010/09/retrieving-complex-pages.html Skills: none Concepts: data type, bit, byte Labels: coding, communication, technology
 * Retrieving complex pages -- it's all bits**

URL: http://cis275topics.blogspot.com/2010/09/internet-reading.html Skills: improved Internet writing Concepts: Internet reading habits Labels: content creation, reading, writing
 * Internet reading**

URL: http://cis275topics.blogspot.com/2010/09/writing-short-documents.html Skills: short document writing technique Concepts: none Labels: content creation, writing
 * Writing short documents**

URL: http://cis275topics.blogspot.com/2010/09/conversational-writing.html Skills: conversational writing technique Concepts: the importance of conversational writing, the formal nature of conversational writing, synchronous versus asynchronous applications Labels: content creation, writing
 * Conversational writing**

URL: http://cis275topics.blogspot.com/2010/09/what-is-web-log-blog.html Skills: reading and searching a blog Concepts: blog, subscription, one-to-many communication, permalink, label (tag), captcha, long-tail distribution Labels: applications, blog, user skills
 * What is a Web log (blog)?**

URL: http://cis275topics.blogspot.com/2010/09/user-interfaces-with-blogger-as-example.html Skills: modifying and navigating a Blogger blog Concepts: wire-frame diagram, gadgets (widgets), property sheet, tabbed navigation scheme Labels: application development, blog
 * User interfaces (with Blogger as an example) (Deprecated)**

URL: http://cis275topics.blogspot.com/2010/09/zen-and-art-of-internet-reading-and.html Skills: mindful reading Concepts: Internet reading is superficial, good writing requires mindful reading, the Internet and other modern media may be changing our brains Labels: content creation, reading, writing
 * Zen and the art of Internet reading (and writing)**

URL: http://cis275topics.blogspot.com/2010/09/using-twitter.html Skills: familiarity with the Twitter user interface and major features, the #hashtag, @-sign and search Concepts: evolution of Twitter applications and access modes, citizen journalism, trending topics and finding people as well as information Labels: applications, twitter, user skills
 * Using Twitter**

URL: http://cis275topics.blogspot.com/2010/09/writing-for-internet.html Skills: none Concepts: importance, frequency, quality and types of Internet writing, text as a data type Labels: applications, writing
 * Writing for the Internet**

URL: http://cis275topics.blogspot.com/2010/08/creating-twitter-account.html Skills: create a Twitter account, subscribe to follow the class Twitter feed, post tweets Concepts: subscription Labels: twitter, user skills
 * Creating a Twitter account**

URL: http://cis275topics.blogspot.com/2010/08/httpsom.html Skills: none Concepts: student expectations in a classroom, the role of networked applications in encouraging discussion Labels: applications, Implications, teaching, wesch
 * Michael Wesch on the classroom, discussion and learning**

URL: http://cis275topics.blogspot.com/2010/07/computer-components.html Skills: none Concepts: computer components (input devices, output devices, memory, storage and CPU), information flow between them, program files and data files Labels: technology
 * Computer components**

URL: http://cis275topics.blogspot.com/2010/08/list-servers.html Skills: subscribe to a list server (listserv), send messages to a list and unsubscribe Concepts: list server, subscription Labels: listserv
 * List servers**

URL: http://cis275topics.blogspot.com/2010/08/blogger.html Skills: create, modify and post to a blog Concepts: blog, gadget, property sheet, wire frame diagram of a Web page, profile, tabbed navigation Labels: application development, applications, blog
 * Blogger**

URL: http://cis275topics.blogspot.com/2010/08/surveygizmo.html Skills: creating, publishing, reporting the results of online surveys using SurveyGizmo Concepts: tabbed site navigation Labels: application development, applications, survey
 * SurveyGizmo**

URL: http://cis275topics.blogspot.com/2010/08/survey-design.html Skills: survey design -- planning and writing questions Concepts: types of survey question, user interface widget (radio button, text box and check box), Likert scale, and output options Labels: application development, survey
 * Survey design**

URL: http://cis275topics.blogspot.com/2010/08/application-programs.html Skills: none Concepts: computer components, program, executing (running) a program, operating system Labels: technology
 * What is a program?**

URL: http://cis275topics.blogspot.com/2010/08/url-uniform-resource-locator.html Skills: compose URLs Concepts: parts of a URL, shortened URLs, domain names, directories, file names Labels: technology, url, user skills, Web
 * URL: Uniform Resource Locator**

URL: http://cis275topics.blogspot.com/2010/08/retrieving-web-page.html Skills: none Concepts: Web client (browser), Web server, network connection, URL, mobile client, peer-to-peer application Labels: client, client server, peer to peer, server, technology
 * Retrieving a Web page**

URL: http://cis275topics.blogspot.com/2010/08/information-flow-inside-computer.html Skills: none Concepts: computer components (input devices, output devices, memory, storage and CPU), program file vs. data file, bootstrap Labels: technology
 * Information flow inside a computer**

URL: http://cis275topics.blogspot.com/2010/07/course-overview.html Skills: none Concepts: the scope of the course Labels: about
 * Course overview**