Working with Computers – Thomas A. Edison Central Six School – WHO AM I?

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Working with Computers

a presentation for

Thomas A. Edison Central Six School

by Professor Chris Stein

WHO AM I?

I am

a Professor

I teach students

how to build

web sites

I Teach at

BMCC

Borough of Manhattan Community College

Here are some examples of my student's sites

How Did I Get Started?

photo by Carlo Ascani

The kind of computer I had

photo by The Shawn Woods

photo byJohn Rowley

We even used tapes to hold computer data!

There were no computer classes in my high school

I took Math and Physics. I liked solving logic problems

photo by Jayel Aheram

And I had an interest in creative writing, film and photography.

photo by vancouverfilmschool

It wasn't until after college when I went to Graduate School that I discovered web design.

photo by Murat Ertürk

photo by Victor Hanacek

photo by randyau

photo by randyau

How Computers Work

First, Some Questions

  • What kinds of computers do you use? And what do you do with them?

     

  • How much do computers effect our lives?

Take a card and write the answers to these questions

If you could control all computers, what would you do?

 

If you could make your own website, what would it be?

"Program or be Programmed"

— Douglas Rushkoff

Hardware

The physical computers

Data

The code that makes them run and the files information is stored in

Data has 3 basic types

OS - Operating System (Windows, OSX, iOS, Android …) Programs (word processor, games, browser … Files (text, images, video …)

photo by Brett Jordan

Hardware Demo

The Internet

The Internet …

  • Lets computers talk to each other around the world
  • Can handle parts of it breaking down
  • Has an address system (like postal system)

Internet Demo

Computer Science Education

Why Learn CS?

Control the World

Hot Jobs

We Need More Women

photo by Jake May/The Flint Journal-MLive.com/AP

Courses

  • Computer Science
  • Math
  • Physics
  • Art, Design, Psychology, Business

Thank You!