The Fluency with IT: Skills, Concepts, & Capabilities course is targeted at students who are already familiar with computers, the Internet, and the World Wide Web with a deeper understanding of the broad capabilities of technology.
DurationThe Fluency with IT: Skills, Concepts, and Capabilities course is targeted at students who are already familiar with computers, the Internet, and the World Wide Web and have a deeper understanding of the broad capabilities of technology.
The computer fluency course covers topics such as information technology, human-computer interfaces, networking fundamentals, information location on the world wide web, and more. This course teaches computer skills and provides complete coverage of all concepts required for information technology.
Lesson 1: Defining Information Technology
Computation's Greatest Hits
Terms of Endearment
Computers, Software, and Algorithms
The Words for Ideas
Summary
Short Answers
Exercises
Lesson 2: Exploring the Human-Computer Interface
A Few Useful Concepts
Perfect Reproduction
What We See and What We Think
Summary
Short Answers
Exercises
Lessons 3: The Basics of Networking
Comparing Communication Types
The Medium of the Message
The World Wide Web
File Structure
Summary
Short Answers
Exercises
Lesson 4: A Hypertext Markup Language Primer
Marking Up with HTML
Lab Practice I
Structuring Documents
Lab Practice II
Get Into Style with CSS
Marking Links and Images
Referring to Files
Span, Lists, Tables, and Boxes
Cascading Style Sheets
Styling with Class
Hovering Above Links
HTML Wrap–Up
Summary
Short Answer
Exercises
Lesson 5: Locating Information on the WWW
Web Search Fundamentals
Advanced Searches
Web Searching
Authoritative Information
Truth or fiction?
Summary
Short Answer
Exercises
Lessons 6: An Introduction to Debugging
Precision: The High Standards of Computing
Debugging: What's the Problem?
A Dialog About Debugging
Debugging Recap
Fixing HTML Bugs: A Case Study
No Printer Output: A Classic Scenario
Ensuring the Reliability of Software
Community Debugging
Summary
Short Answers
Exercises
Lessons 7: Representing Information Digitally
Digitizing Discrete Information
Information Representation
Binary and Hex
Digitizing Numbers in Binary
Digitizing Text
UTF-8
The Metadata and the OED
Summary
Short Answer
Exercises
Lessons 8: Representing Multimedia Digitally
Digitizing Color
Computing on Representations
Digitizing Sound
Digital Images and Video
Optical Character Recognition
Multimedia Challenges
Bits Are It
Summary
Short Answers
Exercises
Lessons 9: Principles of Computer Operations
There's an App for That
Software Isn't So Hard
Instruction Execution Engine
The Program Counter: The PC's PC
Instruction Execution
Translation
Integrated Circuits
How Semiconductor Technology Works
Combining the Ideas
Summary
Short Answer
Exercises
Lessons 10: Algorithmic Thinking
Algorithms
Algorithms—A Basic Concept
A Closer Look
Doing the Right Thing
Summary
Short Answer
Exercises
Lessons 11: Social Implications of IT
The Power of the Crowd
Out on Good Behavior
Expect the Unexpected
Creating Good Passwords
Spam
Scams
Protecting Intellectual Property
Creative Commons
Summary
Short Answer
Exercises
Lessons 12: Privacy and Digital Security
Privacy and Technology
A Privacy Definition
Enjoying the Benefits of Privacy
Fair Information Practices
Is There No Privacy?
Tracking
Cookies
Digital Security
Prevention
Encryption
Redundancy Is Very, Very, Very Good
Summary
Short Answer
Exercises
Lessons 13: The Basics of Spreadsheets
Arranging Information
Computing with Spreadsheets
Daily Spreadsheets
Importing Data
Summary
Short Answer
Exercise
Lessons 14: Advanced Spreadsheets for Planning
Designing a Spreadsheet
Conditional Formatting
Conditional Formulas
Naming: Symbolic Reference
What-If Analysis
Analyzing Data Using Filtering
Summary
Short Answer
Exercises
Lesson 15: Introduction to Database Concepts
Differences Between Tables and Databases
XML: A Language for Metadata Tags
Tables and Entities
The Science of Tables
SQL: The Language of Databases
Structure of a Database
Summary
Short Answer
Exercises
Lesson 16: A Case Study in Database Organization
Thinking About a Personal Database
A Preliminary Exercise
The iDiary Database
Using the iDiary Daily
Summary
Short Answer
Exercises
Lesson 17: Fundamental Concepts Expressed in JavaScript
Overview: Programming Concepts
Names, Values, and Variables
Three Basic Data Types of JavaScript
The Assignment Statement
Lab Practice
An Expression and Its Syntax
A Conditional Statement
The Espresso Program
Summary
Short Answer
Exercises
Lessons 18: A JavaScript Program
Preliminaries
Background for the UI
Creating the Graphical User Interface
Event-Based Programming
Critiquing the Bean Counter
Bean Counter Recap
Summary
Short Answer
Exercises
Lesson 19: Programming Functions
Anatomy of a Function
Forms and Functions
Writing Functions, Using Functions
Customizing Pages
Making a Web-Based Phone App
Social Functions
Summary
Short Answer
Exercises
Lesson 20: Iteration Principles
Iteration: Play It Again, Sam
JavaScript Rules for for Loops
Experiments with Flipping Coins
Indexing
Arrays
It's Magic
The Busy Animation
Not So Busy Animation
Summary
Short Answer
Exercises
Lessons 21: A Case Study in Algorithmic Problem Solving
The Smooth Motion Application
Planning Smooth Motion
Build the Basic Web Page UI
Animate the Grid
The Best Laid Plans...
Build Controls
Sense the Keys
Staircase Detection
Assemble the overall design.
Primp the Design
Summary
Short Answer
Exercises
Lesson 22: Limits to Computation
Can computers think?
Acting Intelligently?
Watson
Acting Creatively?
The Universality Principle
More Work, Slower Speed
Are the best algorithms all fast?
Summary
Short Answer
Exercises
Our Philosophy
At Calgary Learning we realize that quality of teaching and tutoring demands more than just academic expertise on the part of the teachers and tutors. The key to establishing a foundation for learning development is a warm and positive relationship with students without fostering dependency.
We provide them with clear structure, techniques, and strategies to approach challenging material. By stimulating the learning process, we are able to help students gain the self-awareness needed to succeed in applying strategies independently.
Teachers and Tutors at Calgary Learning focus on identifying the students’ strengths while addressing the areas that need attention. Our focus is a holistic approach to the total learning process, rather than solely on deficits. CLI students are motivated to learn and enjoy tackling challenging assignments.
They are actively involved in their own learning/tutoring program. Current assignments are addressed while students gain transferable skills. They are also encouraged to set attainable goals and to work towards meeting them.
Our History
In 1995 Sherma Jeffrey-Ryan started with the vision of reaching and empowering children through education. First, she focused on the underprivileged children who were failing in the traditional school system. She started tutoring at home and she quickly realized that the need was greater than she had envisioned. Later, Calgary Learning Institute moved to a larger educational facility with a computer lab and a library to accommodate and enhance the learning experience of many students.
In 2010 CLI partnered with a testing company to deliver the MCAT, and after a few years, the company expanded to add more tests. Today Calgary Learning has two fully equipped computer labs with 25 networked computers. It is a Select Testing Site for Pearson Vue and a preferred site for PAN, PSI, Kryterion, Prometric, Scranton, and Assessment Systems.
The company has also added external university and college proctoring services and online Information Technology online courses, practice tests, and labs. We provide excellent quality training and testing experience for all students.
Our goal is to eliminate poverty through education by offering individualized training programs in English, adult workplace training, computer skills and tutoring to help students and adults gain the skills and confidence to be successful.
There are many reasons why IT may be your next best move. Our IT Professional Certification is designed to give you the knowledge you need for success in today’s competitive job market.
The IT Security Specialist program prepares students to work in business establishments’ IT departments troubleshooting PC’s, installing and upgrading hardware, and ensuring that businesses are working on a secure IT network.
Embrace yourself in the world of technology with our Intro to Technology course. In this class, you will learn how to use important technologies in the world of tech as well as the tools that perfect them.
This one-year program is ideal for those looking to becoming familiar with all aspects of cyber security such as blockchain, big data and the IoT (Internet of Things). This program is powered by CompTIA, giving you the knowledge to build a solid foundation towards the Security+ certification.
Are you tech savvy? Do you get a charge from keeping computer systems operating efficiently and helping people solve tech issues so they can work productively? Then this career is for you.
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