11/29
12/1

WEEK 12

Complete the assignment below by 11/17 and meet in your group to continue work on your team project proposal.  The deadline for the proposal is extended until 11/22 to give you one more weekend.

Using ImageReady to optimize and modify your images for your web site.

Assignment:

• Add your picture to your Resume page that you did on 11/15.
• Link your resume to your index.html home page in your web site
• Link your page to which you added css on 11/17
• Publish all to your web directory
• Work on your Team Project

Dreamweaver: Adding complexity to web design

Overview Reading: Introduction to Dreamweaver
Assignment: Create an index page in your web folder and copy your resume from word , paste it into a Dreamweaver page titled resume, reformat your resume as a web page using Dreamweaver. Publish both to your Bethel Web Directory either using IE (ftp://username@ftp.bethel.edu/public_html) or via Dreamweaver. Due by 11/17

Dreamweaver
Cascading Style Sheets

Design a web page with a paragraph or description of your contribution to your team's proposal with at least the following components defined in a stylesheet and applied to components on your page.  Publish both to your Bethel Web Directory either using IE (ftp://username@ftp.bethel.edu/public_html) or via Dreamweaver. Then place the URL (web address) in the Submit Assignments area - paste it in the text box (should be something like http://www.bethel.edu/~username/filename.html) Due by 11/22

• styled header (h1, or h2, or h3....)
• a background style
• defined links (a:link and or a:hover)

Overview Reading: http://www.w3.org/MarkUp/Guide/Style

Dreamweaver: Adding complexity to web design

Overview Reading: Introduction to Dreamweaver
Assignment: Create an index page in your web folder and reformat your resume as a web page. Publish both to your Bethel Web Directory either using IE and ftp://username@ftp.bethel.edu or via Dreamweaver. Due by 11/17

Dreamweaver
Cascading Style Sheets

Overview Reading: http://www.w3.org/MarkUp/Guide/Style

Access Exam Project Due by 9:00 a.m.

Introduction to Web Technology: Networks, Internet, and the World Wide Web

• What is the Internet, the World Wide Web, and Netscape?
• History of the Internet
• A Brief History of the Internet
• A Beginner's Guide to HTML

Dreamweaver
Project 1: Designing- basic web page, web site design, accessibility

Overview Reading: Introduction to Dreamweaver

Introduction to Microsoft Access [Concepts]
Project 4: Maintaining a Database Using the Design and Update Features of Access

Due before Class on 10/27
1. Complete Access Project 3 Ashton James College database (do not submit)
2. Birds2UDatabase Exercise pp AC168- use the pdf2 printer for printing.
Submit all files B2U database and requested printouts (pdf2) in the Access Ch 3 Assignment in the Submit Assignments area.

Access 4 Querying [Concepts]
Project 4: Reports, Forms, and Combo Boxes

Due before Class on 11/1
1. Complete Access Project 4 Ashton James College database
2. Complete the Birds2U(2003) or InTheLab 1 (2002).
Submit all files in the Access Ch 4 Assignment in the Submit Assignments area.

Basic Guide to E-Commerce

Riggins, F. J. and H. Rhee 1998. Toward a Unified View of Electronic Commerce. Communications of the ACM. 41(10): 88-95. (1MB pdf file)

Introduction to Microsoft Access [Concepts]
Project 1: Creating and Using a Database

Due before Class on 10/20
1. Access Project 1 Ashton James College database
2. Begon Pest Control Exercise pp AC54-56- use the pdf2 printer for printing.
Submit all files in the Access Ch 1 Folder in the Submit Assignments area.

Access 2 Querying [Concepts]
Project 2: Querying a Database Using the Select Query Window

Due before Class on 10/25
1. Access Project 2 Ashton James College database
2. Begon Pest Control Exercise pp AC1096- use the pdf2 printer for printing.
Submit all files in the Access Ch 2 Folder in the Submit Assignments area.

EXAM 1 Available from 8:55 am to Monday 9/19 noon in Submit Assignments

Introduction to Excel
Project 1: Creating a Worksheet and an Embedded Chart

Equity and Bias in the Technology and Online World - the digital divide

Three things to do before our class on Tuesday Sept 13.

1. Find an article on the side of the "digital divide" to which you are assigned. Place the reference information or a link in your discussion post.
   A - L (last name) Technology increases social and economic disparities.
   M - Z (last name) Technology decreases social and economic disparities.
2. Prepare for class by outlining/summarizing your assigned position and
3. by completing the On-line Discussion 2 question.
   
   On-line Discussion 2: What impact has the use of technology in business had/will have on the social structure of the modern world?

Seed readings and links are available on the schedule page in Blackboard (and below) but you should have no problem finding abundant material on this topic. [But also find your own article for # 1 above as well.]

• Digital Divide Basics
• What Digital Divide?
• A Nation On-line
• Shifting Shape of the Digital Divide

Technology, Ethics, and Business

• Groothuis, D. 1997. Cyberspace and the trouble with our souls. pp 9-21 IN: The Soul in Cyberspace. Baker, Grand Rapids, MI. On-line readings
• Argandoña, A. 2003. The New Economy: Ethical Issues. Journal of Business Ethics 44(1):3-22. On-line readings

Professional Development Package (details on Thursday)

Introduction to Information Technology

• Read Swenson, R. 1998. Information and Education. pp. 135-144 IN: The Overload Syndrome. NavPress, Colorado Springs, CO
• Computer History Museum 2004. (See Schedule) http://www.computerhistory.org/timeline/

Technology, OS, and Apps in modern business

• Reading: Computer Basics 101, Jan's Computer Basic http://www.jegsworks.com/lessons/lessonintro.htm
  Complete each section listed on the right side of the HOME page ( Computer Types, Applications, Input, Processing, Output, Storage, Computer to Computer, System Software, Programming)
• On-line Discussion 1: Describe an example of the use of information technology/applications in a modern business. Provide  a link to your reference.