tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57601602011-07-14T17:38:45.418-07:00Computing 082 Extended PracticeClass blog for Foundation students at the Petroleum Institute in Abu Dhabi who have had a semester of Basic Computing 2 and are enjoying a course of extended practice. The course is taught by Vance Stevens, Computing LecturerVance Stevenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02294855844850896487noreply@blogger.comBlogger211100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5760160.post-1079326027063109352004-03-14T20:47:00.000-08:002004-03-14T20:49:27.403-08:00Hi everyone, long time no blog.
If you get free time after doing worksheet 6 today, here's what you can do:
(1) Practice your typing (try to reach 25 wpm on lesson 40, 97% accuracy)
(2) Make sure your class blog is listed at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pi082spring/links
(3) Link that blog to any other blogs or web pages you have on the Internet
(4) Have a look at http://www.bloki.com . Vance Stevenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02294855844850896487noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5760160.post-1077950898437648522004-02-27T22:48:00.000-08:002004-02-27T22:50:22.826-08:00In my Comp082a class today we looked at some free javascript libraries such as JavaScript Planet and JavaScript search
JavaScript City at http://www.javascriptcity.com/scripts/index.html is being blocked by Websense at the PI today.Vance Stevenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02294855844850896487noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5760160.post-1077942290514556782004-02-27T20:24:00.000-08:002004-02-27T22:29:10.013-08:00Hello everyone,
Our classes at the PI are well under way now this term. All the students are registered in our Yahoo Group and I want to start using this group and our blogs to develop our web presence so that people all over the world will get to know us.
I'm Vance, a computing lecturer at the Petroleum Institute. I was born in Texas but I've lived in Hawaii and California in the USA, and Vance Stevenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02294855844850896487noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5760160.post-1076399301230069242004-02-09T23:48:00.000-08:002004-02-09T23:50:07.610-08:00Hi everyone,
Welcome to another semester of Computing at the PI.
Today I am busy setting up the materials we will use for our course. I have created a YahooGroup at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pi082spring/ and you are all invited (and required) to join it.
Once you are all in the group, you can put links to your blogs there. You can also upload photos to the group. I've set up folders forVance Stevenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02294855844850896487noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5760160.post-1071897870245577712003-12-19T21:24:00.000-08:002003-12-19T21:25:25.170-08:00In Class Saturday Dec 20, 2003
Launch PowerPoint
Prepare a slide that will be used as a 'book cover' for your project
It should have the title of your project (biggest font)
It should have your name, teacher's name and class (medium font)
It should have a graphic to illustrate your project
The slide should be attractive
It CAN be animated (optional)
From the slide, we will make a screen shot Vance Stevenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02294855844850896487noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5760160.post-1071384149511998572003-12-13T22:42:00.000-08:002003-12-13T22:43:18.170-08:00The homework for this class due by Tuesday at 2:00 p.m. is to make LINKS to websites you want to use in your project. To make a link you start a new post (or edit an old one).
Highlight some text, click on the globe icon (with a chain 'link' on it) and then type in the url to link to.
Here is an example LINK to our homework page
Vance Stevenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02294855844850896487noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5760160.post-1071049081669021022003-12-10T01:38:00.000-08:002003-12-10T01:40:24.873-08:00You can use your blogs to
- inform each other what you are doing on the class eZine and
- keep track of urls you will want to use for your projects
For example, here is a picture of Sheikh Zayed that I found on the Internet
You can also display this picture directly in your blog, like this
Vance Stevenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02294855844850896487noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5760160.post-1070704857450125762003-12-06T02:00:00.000-08:002003-12-06T02:01:38.936-08:00The 082b class decided their eZine should have the following topics:
- Introducing the UAE and its president Sheikh Zayed (Ali) and it's religion, Islam
- Interesting places to spend a holiday (Saeed)
- Tourism in the UAE (Mhmd Nasser and Rashid)
- Sports in general (Jamal) and car racing in particular (Khalfan)
We looked at some of the other sites listed at the link below and noticed that Vance Stevenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02294855844850896487noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5760160.post-1070691176517609872003-12-05T22:12:00.000-08:002003-12-06T01:56:32.873-08:00Hi everyone, welcome back from holiday.
In 082a we talked about making an eZine as a class project. In particular, we talked about what each student could do for the project.
Here are some of the ideas the students came up with. To make these ideas happen we need editors for each of these areas:
- Sources for ... animations, javascripts, ...
- Photographs and pictures (Salem Salmeen)
- Vance Stevenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02294855844850896487noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5760160.post-1069662942115609122003-11-24T00:35:00.000-08:002003-11-24T00:36:11.170-08:00What should your HTML document have for full marks:
10 points - you have submitted an html document to Work Finished
10 points - you have an introduction of yourself inside a p ... /p tag package
10 points - you have at least one picture on it img src ... etc
10 points - you have a description of at least one picture inside a p ... /p tag package
10 points - you have a link to the latest Vance Stevenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02294855844850896487noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5760160.post-1069483714664851802003-11-21T22:48:00.000-08:002003-11-21T22:50:29.716-08:00Before going away for your Eid holiday, I need to know how you're doing with your keyboarding. I need for you to write me a memo that explains your progress.
Here's how you do it:
1. Create an Excel spreadsheet like the one where you track your work with DOS Keyboarding Tutor
2. Enter your data in the spreadsheet (exercise, date, speed, and accuracy)
3. Use the chart wizard to create a line Vance Stevenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02294855844850896487noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5760160.post-1067236694608148272003-10-26T22:38:00.000-08:002003-10-26T22:38:13.980-08:00I'm back from Taipei now. Today Oct 28 we worked on original PAINT drawings. I asked students to make drawings of themselves or someone else in the class. At the end of the class I asked for a TEXT LABEL to be put on the drawing. When done, please save the drawing in your home folder and then submit it to Work Finished. The filename format is:
ID#_yourname_082x_nameofdrawing.bmp
Thanks, Vance Stevenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02294855844850896487noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5760160.post-1067107292403879862003-10-25T11:41:00.000-07:002003-10-25T11:41:31.746-07:00Hi everyone, from Taipei. I look forward to seeing you on Monday.
VanceVance Stevenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02294855844850896487noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5760160.post-1065589505496597972003-10-07T22:05:00.000-07:002003-10-07T23:28:59.093-07:00Mid semester exam is Tuesday October 21, 2003 from 10 to 11 a.m.
Vance Stevenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02294855844850896487noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5760160.post-1065259796189036102003-10-04T02:29:00.000-07:002003-10-04T02:29:55.910-07:00Here is a sample
MEMO
To: Mr. Vance Stevens
From: student name
Date: October 6, 2003
Re: My progress in typing tutor
I would like to report on my progress in DOS Keyboarding Tutor for the past week. As you can see from the chart below ...Vance Stevenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02294855844850896487noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5760160.post-1064980647366812342003-09-30T20:57:00.000-07:002003-10-03T12:29:10.360-07:00Today we are going to learn some HTML.
- Open notepad
- Follow instructions here:
http://www.geocities.com/vance_stevens/papers/cyprus2001/workshop/very_basics/starthere.htm
- Save your work as IDname_class_mypage.htm
- Copy your file to Work Finished or to WS0251 / Share
Homework due by Saturday Oct 4 is to create a one paragraph HTML document and submit it (hand it in) via the Work Vance Stevenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02294855844850896487noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5760160.post-1064826103491930132003-09-29T02:01:00.000-07:002003-10-03T12:29:54.500-07:00Today we did a little experiment. We want to see if Tapped In works in our labs for synchronous communication online (that's a nicer word for 'chat').
It does work well ...
- Students visit http://www.tappedin.org/new
- Students log in as guests and meet Vance at reception
- Students are very careful to chat politely and seriously in this professional / scholastic environment
- Vance movesVance Stevenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02294855844850896487noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5760160.post-1064664908683950002003-09-27T05:15:00.000-07:002003-10-04T02:26:08.646-07:00Hi everyone. Your teacher Vance has been working on a class portal page. Many of the posts in this blog will be moved to the portal, which can be more easily organized. Check it out here: http://www.homestead.com/prosites-vstevens/files/pi/comp082/082portal.htm.
There is an easier to remember Tiny URL here: http://tinyurl.com/osd0
Homework was assigned on September 27, now due October 6.
- Vance Stevenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02294855844850896487noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5760160.post-1063800347031785062003-09-17T05:05:00.000-07:002003-09-27T05:36:24.756-07:00Also, please bring a picture that we can scan, or identify a picture on the Internet to be your icon. You can copy the picture to Work Finished (place it in the correct folder and name the file yourname0000_picture).
The 'access denied' problem on Work Finished has now been resolved (thanks to Ali Suhail and Mohammed Rezaiq who helped me test it late Wednesday Sept 17).
Meanwhile, and Vance Stevenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02294855844850896487noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5760160.post-1063014064453065742003-09-08T02:41:00.000-07:002003-10-03T12:32:05.310-07:00Comp0082A Blogs
are here, on the Meet the Students page
Comp0082B Blogs
are on the Meet the 82b class pageVance Stevenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02294855844850896487noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5760160.post-1062530592853839462003-09-02T12:23:00.000-07:002003-09-27T05:39:59.880-07:00Welcome to the extra Extended Computing 3 class comp082 at the Petroleum Institute.
Your teacher is Vance Stevens: http://www.vancestevens.com
When you visit my homepage, you will find a set of links after PI 2003/4 Course Portals:
Click on Computing 082 and you will find a link to this blog. Here you can also find your assignments and other important information for this class.
On Vance Stevenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02294855844850896487noreply@blogger.com