cis275 Topics

Satellite Internet service

2019-10-20T23:46:00.001-07:00

Skills: None
IT concepts: geostationary, medium-Earth, and low-Earth orbit satellite characteristics, satellite footprint, Some evolving, critical technologies, LEO/MEO ISP competitors and the customers they hope to serve

The evolution of online protest

2019-09-23T04:35:00.001-07:00

PowerPoint presentation

Skills: none
Concepts: evolving technology, citizen journalism, loss of naiveté, synchronous vs asynchronous applications, the digital divide

Case study -- SpaceX Starlink simulation

2019-09-04T21:42:00.000-07:00

PowerPoint presentation
Prerequisite topic module

Skills: none
Concepts: dynamic nature of the constellation, constellation characteristics, role of simulation in design -- economic as well as technical

Twitter

2018-09-24T17:29:00.000-07:00

PowerPoint presentation

Skills: be able to use Twitter
Concepts: a tool for collaboration, evolution of the service and its applications

Satellite connectivity

2018-05-02T11:46:00.002-07:00

PowerPoint presentation

Skills: none
Concepts: geostationary, medium-Earth, and low-Earth orbit satellite characteristics, spectrum and licensing, satellite technology progress, important Internet-service satellite projects and some of their implications

Supplementary material: evolution of a product from vision to ubiquity, using WiFi as an example

2015-09-29T11:03:00.000-07:00

I supplement my Internet literacy class with weekly discussion items, usually based on some current event. In class we talk about the evolution of a product from vision to engineering prototype to limited-market product to ubiquitous product. This year is the 25th anniversary of WiFi, so I used it as an example. The PowerPoint presentation for the discussion has four annotated slides:

Supplementary material: study of MOOC benefits for career and education

2015-09-28T10:40:00.000-07:00

I supplement my Internet literacy class with weekly discussion items, usually based on some current event. We cover applications and implications of online education and this week we talked about a survey that was just published on the payoffs of a Coursera MOOC for students seeking education or career advancement. The PowerPoint presentation for the discussion has five annotated slides:

Supplementary material: scientific collaboration and taxonomy versus search

2015-09-22T15:05:00.000-07:00

I supplement my Internet literacy class with weekly discussion items, usually based on some current event. In class we stress uses of the Internet in support of collaboration, and this week I found an open database for collaboration among biologists, which I presented as an example. The PowerPoint presentation for the discussion has three annotated slides:

Supplementary material: UCLA survey of first-time freshmen

2015-09-19T07:32:00.000-07:00

I supplement my Internet literacy class with weekly discussion items, usually based on some current event. Last week, we discussed three questions from UCLA's national survey of first-time freshmen. The PowerPoint presentation for the discussion has three annotated slides:

Supplementary material: Ad blocking

2015-09-19T07:29:00.001-07:00

I supplement my Internet literacy class with weekly discussion items, usually based on some current event. Last week, we discussed ad blocking. The PowerPoint presentation for the discussion has four annotated slides:

Supplementary material: Examples of Internet democracy applications

2015-09-11T11:58:00.000-07:00

I supplement my Internet literacy class with weekly discussion items, usually based on some current event. Last week, we discussed Internet democracy. The PowerPoint presentation for the discussion has three annotated slides:

Crowd funding and Internet copyright activism:

Online petitions:

Write your Senators and Representative in Congress:

Download the presentation.

Internet literacy course overview

2015-08-25T10:18:00.000-07:00

Adventures in babysitting

PowerPoint presentation

This is a class on the applications, implications and technology of the Internet.

We cover the skills and concepts needed for success as a student and after graduation as a citizen and a professional.

The UCLA learning behaviors survey

2014-08-26T18:00:00.000-07:00

PowerPoint presentation
Assignment

Skills: successful learning behaviors
Concepts: Internet education applications

Open source

2014-03-18T15:38:00.000-07:00

PowerPoint presentation

Skills: none
IT concepts: open source, copyright, license, the impact of open source software and content

Demonstration: transparency and layers

2013-11-12T15:32:00.001-08:00

I use this module to demonstrate transparency and layers.

I combine the five input images to create three compound images.

It also introduces the magic wand tool for selecting irregular regions of an image.

PowerPoint presentation

Skills: selecting irregular shapes using the Magic Wand tool, work with layered images, create images with transparent regions
Concepts: Image layers, transparency

Google Hangouts on Air

2013-10-01T15:54:00.001-07:00

PowerPoint presentation

Skills: use Google Hangouts on Air
Concepts: hangout use cases, processing and communication speed requirements

Assignment

Communication link characteristics

2013-09-30T23:13:00.001-07:00

Powerpoint presentation

Skills: none
Concepts: link characteristics, unit of measure, rate, amount of data, communication speed, asymmetrical link, ping time, national variation in Internet access speeds

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Communities of common interest

2013-09-24T16:54:00.000-07:00

PowerPoint presentation

Skills: Use Google Plus communities
Concepts: Computer mediated communities of common interest

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Using Google Drive and Applications

2013-09-10T05:39:00.000-07:00

PowerPoint presentation

Skills: use Google Drive
Concepts: we download and run programs inside our Web clients, wire-frame diagram, user interface, collaboration

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The important role of questions in education

2013-09-09T11:27:00.000-07:00

PowerPoint presentation

Skills: asking good questions, answering questions
Concepts: none

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How does an online survey work?

2013-08-22T07:02:00.000-07:00

PowerPoint presentation

Skills: none
Concepts: client, server, service, upload, download, client-server application, Internet, hardware, software

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Current event: Petitioning the Whitehouse

2013-03-06T09:54:00.001-08:00

The people petitioned the Whitehouse to make unlocking cell phones legal and the Whitehouse responded rapidly. This can be used for a discussion of the political implications of the Internet or, more generally, of the wisdom of the crowd. It can also be used as an example of a politician using a new medium in new ways or, more generally, of using new media in new ways.

PowerPoint presentation (2 slides plus meta data and links to resources)

Single slide lesson: Pixel is geek for "dot"

2013-02-28T16:16:00.000-08:00

This annotated slide uses an excerpt from a Google video to introduce the concepts of a pixel, display resolution and the RGB color model.

Annotated slide

Quick teaching topic: communication speed

2013-02-20T15:48:00.000-08:00

This three slide presentation uses two communication timing examples – round trip time for an Internet packet from Los Angeles to southern Chile and the time it takes to see and pick up a pen. I use it to introduce Ping, define a millisecond and emphasize the dramatic speed of Internet communication and our knowledge of the brain and nervous system. I intend it to generate interest in subsequent modules on data communication rate.

PowerPoint presentation

Single slide lesson: Big data

2013-02-18T09:12:00.000-08:00

This annotated slide uses Netflix user ratings to illustrate the concepts algorithm, rating, data mining and big data.

Annotated slide