Welcome to Computers and Cognition, Spring 2015!

1. WHO?  Introductions:

a. Me:
Work: HS, Pierce, Saint Martin’s, TESC
Education: Math/Sci, Counseling Psy, Comp Sci
Personal: Family, Travel, Hiking, Outdoors
That stupid camel..
Questions

b. You:
Roll, Personal, Computer background, Future Job

c.  Wait list, adding students

 

2.  WHY?:  The ability to anticipate change in an increasingly volatile world.

Why take this program?  Credits?  Interest?  Something Important? Literacy?
Jobs.. Not just computer jobs.. What can and cannot be automated?
How can you protect yourself from technology?  What jobs are most at risk?
—– Roseburg Lumber,   Student Debt,    7 careers in your lifetime
Magic vs magic..  Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic
How will technology affect society?   You will decide.  Choose wisely!  Discuss wisely

3. WHAT?  Overview of program

a. Website: blogs.evergreen.edu/candc14
b. Syllabus and Covenant:
*How will I get my credits and good Evaluation?
c.  Communications
-email, chat, forums, other
d.  To Do list

 

4.  HOW?   Class Specifics:  Pedagogy

a.  Front Loaded:  Why??   Don’t get behind!
b.  Circular:  Know over time.  Tests/Credit  Competencies
-Why?   Lasting change of state,  Accountability
c.  GOAL:  Change
What you know, what you can do, what you believe
Convergent AND Divergent justification
Ability to discuss intelligently with both facts and reason
d.  Easier to do what you should when you should: TO DO
e.  Books vs Lecture
f.   Seminar preparation and Presentation preparation
g.  Extend reason to other topics:  Chunks and computers +-7
h.  Class time:  Lecture/Participation vs Lab
i.    Why??  Ask
j.   Your ideas:   Twitter?  Facebook?  etc..

 

5.  Getting Help:  1.  Tenacity, 2. Collegiality, 3. Responsibility

6.  Know,  Do,  Discuss Intelligently:   Group Discussion

What are the limits of computers in your lifetime?  Why?
How will society change due to computer advances?
Some Points to Ponder..

 

7.  What is a computer and What can it do?

a.  Point:  Very simple, very fast, very powerful
-Euclid and Geometry
b.  Define Computer:  Simple Model: Diagram and Label   Paper shredder
Better model:  http://academic.evergreen.edu/curricular/fofc/chr/html/models.html
What is missing??
c.   What can it DO?   List 6 things
d.   What can it understand??  Why Program??  What must be in a Prog Lang?  I/O
e    Paper shredder vs People vs Computer vs god
f.   How have (and will) computers change??  Faster, Storage, Cheaper..
g.   Model additions:   Name something..  Ram/Rom/OS/