Give out AI Projects #2 and #3
Introduce computer bus and bus services
Discuss computer chips, Moore's Law
Videos:
How do they make computer chips?
Zoom into a microchip
(also: Photolithography)
Tuesday
Signup for presentation topics begins at 11:00 AM
Experiment with the Visible Computer - Class handout
Booting a computer
Discuss modern computer history: 1960s to today.
How does a hard drive work?
Wednesday:
Homework for today: Read 'How operating systems work', turn in OS vocabulary
Introduce operating systems: two roles, five jobs of an OS: processor management, memory and storage management, device management, application interface, and user interface.
Try System Information and Activity Monitor apps.
Do hands-on OS with terminal window
Thursday:
Introduce file names and paths.
Complete OS discussion, watch user interface videos:
Google Home (3:54)
Project Milo (3:53)
Microsoft HoloLens (4:11)
Toybox demo for Oculus Touch (0:52)
Brain-Computer Interface (4:54)
Could Neural Lace Connect Our Brains to the Internet? (4:01)
(add Ablegamers segment from NBC news 9/29/18)
Give out review sheet for test next Tuesday on computer hardware, history, operating systems, basic electronics
Friday:
Introduce computer bus and bus services
Discuss computer chips, Moore's Law
Videos:
How do they make computer chips?
Zoom into a microchip
(also: Photolithography)
Tuesday
Signup for presentation topics begins at 11:00 AM
Experiment with the Visible Computer - Class handout
Booting a computer
Discuss modern computer history: 1960s to today.
How does a hard drive work?
Homework for today: Read 'How operating systems work', turn in OS vocabulary
Introduce operating systems: two roles, five jobs of an OS: processor management, memory and storage management, device management, application interface, and user interface.
Try System Information and Activity Monitor apps.
Do hands-on OS with terminal window
Thursday:
Introduce file names and paths.
Complete OS discussion, watch user interface videos:
Google Home (3:54)
Project Milo (3:53)
Microsoft HoloLens (4:11)
Toybox demo for Oculus Touch (0:52)
Brain-Computer Interface (4:54)
Could Neural Lace Connect Our Brains to the Internet? (4:01)
(add Ablegamers segment from NBC news 9/29/18)
Give out review sheet for test next Tuesday on computer hardware, history, operating systems, basic electronics
Friday:
Sign up for presentation topic by 11:30 today to avoid grade penalty
Review: any questions about the test on Tuesday? (You'll have another chance to ask on Monday)
Introduce Arduino, begin working on Sparkfun Inventor's Kit exercises
Review: any questions about the test on Tuesday? (You'll have another chance to ask on Monday)
Introduce Arduino, begin working on Sparkfun Inventor's Kit exercises
