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LLI 959 Digital Literacy for the 21st Century - Overview

Course Outline:

This introductory course is designed to provide students with a broad overview of technology. Each class will be dedicated to a specific topic: mobile devices and how to use mobile devices in daily living; cloud computing and how it can be helpful to you; social media: popular sites and best uses; digital media technology and life enhancement; and digital security and privacy. This class is designed to help make technology an engaging and fun experience for students.

Prerequisites:


MS Windows or equivalent experience.

Required Textbook & Materials

None

Materials:

Please bring a Flash Drive/Memory Stick 512MB or larger to class which will enable you to save your class work.

Meeting Information:

  • Days:    Wednesday
  • Dates:    2/27/2019 - 4/3/2019
  • Number of Sessions:    6
  • Time:    10:30 AM - 12:30 PM
  • Location:    Gaithersburg - GBTC 404 & 405

Lesson Plan:

Session I

  • Course Overview Presentation
  • Digital Technology Everywhere and Life Enhancement

Session II

  • Digital Computing Devices & Networks

Session III

  • Telecommunications, Internet, & World Wide Web

Session IV

  • Social Media

Session V

  • Cloud Computing

Session VI

  • Digital Security & Privacy
  • Course Review
  • Course Evaluation

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