Information Technology

In class:

Administrative:

• Using the Blackboard Messages tool to communicate
  • Select course from the Blackboard main page
  • Select Tools | Communications from the left-hand
  • Select Messages from the Communications page
• Check your online discussions for proper spelling (spell check is available in the course management system), grammar and punctuation.

Instructional:

This week serves as an introductory session to the very basics of information technology. A basic terminology guide, this lecture allows us to communicate and discuss information technology using common verbiage. We will in later weeks discuss how information technology impacts agriculture and agricultural technologies.

The presentation below is a lecture guide. When viewing the presentation in full-screen mode, activate the Speaker Notes to view additional information.

• Review of last week's information technology survey (course management system)
• Review of discussion board procedures (new threads, grammar, punctuation, spelling, this not not texting!)
• Review of questions from last week's discussion board (course management system)

Online:

• Complete the Computer Evaluation discussion on the course management system (20 points). Detailed instructions are online.
• Complete the Personal Computer Technologies quiz on the course management system (10 points).

For both assignments, see last week’s notes for online for detailed instructions.