To repeat: the last Tuesday class will be held on a Monday.
I've changed the dates in
[ schedule.html ]
to fit this -- but It is easy to get the details wrong and
I also will not know the dates for the field trips until September.
2008-06-02 Mon Jun 2 19:06 Job Skill
According to an advertisement in the Loas Angeles Times (Jun 1st 2008,
latimes/jobs) the kind of skills and techniques that we cover in
this class are part of one of the fastest growing careers in the USA.
2008-05-21 Wed May 21 20:05 Preparation for Fall 2008
CS372 has been scheduled to be taught by me next Fall.
My plan is to restructure and improve this web site. However the syllabus and course objectives etc will be similar to last year. I'll leave these up. One thing to note: credit for attending a seminar will depend on giving me a written report within a week of the seminar.
The schedule will have to change because of Veteran's Day is a mandated holiday in California.
Look out for a major reorganization of this page and all the other
pages for this course in September 2008.
2007-12-05 Wed Dec 5 12:12 Preliminary Grades Published
I've graded the finals and the projects and included the recent bonusses.
See
[ grading/ ]
for the current results. WARNING: any of these may change if I or any
one else can spot an error. NOTE: There are a lot of A's and A-'s.
Also note.... only one person could benefit by attending more seminars.
Another note: one person lost points by drawing a diagram when asked to write a use case.
And a comment: Most people who did the cell phone essay proved
convincingly that the cell phone is the computer of the future
rather than the peripheral of the future. My guess is that
it is going to reshape the use of computers in organizations
drastically in the near future.
2007-11-27 Tue Nov 27 21:11 More questions answered
[ review.html ]
and old final questions
[ finals.html ]
uploaded and
[ mock.html ]
has had some errors corrected.
2007-11-21 Wed Nov 21 15:11 Questions answered on website
Reload
[ r3.html ]
to see my written and drawn answers to your questions.
Thank you for asking them....
2007-11-20 Tue Nov 20 09:11 Job News
While technical skills remain the bedrock of any IT position, an increasing number of employers are now expecting their new hires to have a broad range of skills in areas ranging from communication to accounting to leadership. In their continual attempt to align IT with business, executives and managers say they are increasingly looking for staffers who have solid business acumen and so-called soft skills. The article provides an overview of nine skills employers are looking for, with additional advice on how to acquire them.
Writing and communication skills remain an important prerequisite for nearly any mid- to high-level IT position. Also important is the skill of being able to understand how to map different business processes and create visual depictions of how business processes flow across functional areas. Thirdly, IT workers must be comfortable with public speaking. For each of these skills, there are clubs, educational programs and courses that can address any shortcomings.
Other important skills include a familiarity with accounting and the ability to work well with a team. A person who is able to gain consensus and sell an idea not only gets the job done, but makes the group stronger. Hiring managers highly value people who can seize the initiative without the need for constant oversight. They place a premium on an inquisitive mind, the ability to get a point across, and a willingness to take risks. The modern IT person needs to be more of an IT entrepreneur, since he or she is constantly looking to improve upon existing ways of doing things or identify other business and operational opportunities
Next class you need to deliver
[ project4.html ]
the next iteration of your project, and there
will be a quiz on
[ r3.html ]
Design, Implementation, and Operation of systems
2007-11-09 Fri Nov 9 14:11 Grades posted
Next time deliver
[ project2.html ]
and
[ project3.html ]
a the start of the class.
Topic to prepare is
[ r1.html ]
capturing business rules and procedures.
2007-11-02 Fri Nov 2 13:11 Grading
I've just posted the latest grades... including the field trip
and the max credit for the cancelled classes.
I also discovered that I have not been giving you the credit stated in the syllabus for assigned work and participation. Both should be worth 2 pts max. I got it wrong in the schedule. I have backfilled the corrections and corrected the schedule. Enjoy.
Next up: Study
[ d3.html ]
and bring your field trip report to class along with a
2 point review question.
2007-11-01 Thu Nov 1 09:11 Today is a Field Trip -- Do not Forget
We meet of campus as close to 4pm as we can:
[ /F3.html ]
an hope to be free with plenty of time to get back for
6pm classes.
2007-10-29 Mon Oct 29 14:10 Back to Normal
See you in class tomorrow at the normal time an place. See
[ schedule.html ]
for over view and
[ d2.html ]
for preparation.
Notice: Thursday we go on a field trip
[ F3.html ]
off campus. Make sure you plan to get there shortly after
4pm with questions to get answered....
2007-10-24 Wed Oct 24 13:10 Second Class Cancelled
Check out the campus web site for details.
If the campus doesn't reschedule finals and give us some class time back I'll be forced to give credit for the missed Quiz and strike Planning out of the final as well. I regret this.
I'll expect project2 and project3 deliverables in at the same time November 8th (at twice value). No projects due this week.
Check out the schedule
[ schedule.html ]
2007-10-23 Tue Oct 23 08:10 Class Cancelled -- Big change of schedule
The campus is closed due to wind and wind damage. Today's
topic (planning) and quiz (CPM) is
rescheduled to Thursday -- just before the project time.
Today study [ d1.html ] and [ qd1.html ] (HCI/WWW Design) on your own. There was no quiz but the topic may be on the final.
Plan for Thursday's class:
| # | Dates | Topic|Event(1 point) [Reading] | Work Due |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14 | Tu 11/06 | Data Base Design - ERDs (Quiz 8)(15 points) [ d3.html ] | RF |
| 15 | Th 11/08 | Normalizing Data Models [ d4.html ] [ project3.html ] (5 points) | R |
Note: if the campus is closed tomorrow afternoon I will have to do a large rescheduling operation and possibly delete a topic.
And this item is just in from the Wall Street Journal Online October 15: "Why Silicon Valley is Re-Thinking the Cubicle Office"!
2007-10-19 Fri Oct 19 15:10 Grades Posted
I've just updated
[ grading/ ]
with the latest bonus from this morning,
the latest projects: if you were on listed on a project you got
the 5 points for the project, the class (2 points), and the
Quiz.
For future reference here are the steps in Cost-Benefit Analysis
And on the next Friday there is another expos'e of life after college... and Games Programming.
2007-10-12 Fri Oct 12 07:10 Woke up early and posted grades
[ grading/ ]
2007-10-11 Thu Oct 11 14:10 Grades available Fridays not Thursdays
I think it makes more sense to post the grading on Fridays -- complete with
quizzes and projects etc. Check out
[ plan.html ]
for my plans. Use the [Contact] button to complain...
2007-10-10 Wed Oct 10 10:10 Logical and Physical Models
Grading the scenarios
(
[ grading/ ]
) showed me that I have forgotten to stress the difference between
Physical
and
Logical
models. A Physical model mentions the technology. A Logical model
avoids this. A scenario has a longer useful life if it is "Logical"
rather than "Physical" because we always change the technology!
In future, please avoid even subtle references
to technology like
The user clicks the Cancel Button to go to the Exit Page.This assumes the use of a WIMP interface (Windows+I??+Menus+Pointer) through the Web. (No points were lost this time). Better:
The user cancels and the system acknowledges.
I've added notes of Physical and Logical Modelling through out the notes we
have covered so far. Selecting
[ lookup.php?search=Physical ]
will search these notes while
Physical
should list the references in the literature for you.
2007-10-08 Mon Oct 8 14:10 New Example
I'm starting to reverse engineer some documents based on a project
completed by one of my graduate students:
[ ../seminar/20040223ChiehChouChou.txt ]
[ ../seminar/20040223ChouFlyer.pdf ]
The first document is a Domain Model or a first Entity Relationship Model [ ERD0.gif ] and the second is the kind of rough intial data dictionary I might prepare [ dd01.html ] early in the project.
Later I will add more to this leading up to the Power Point
presentation that the student made.
2007-10-05 Fri Oct 5 14:10 Grades now include the DFD Quiz
[ grading/ ]
2007-10-04 Thu Oct 4 17:10 Posted Ideas for Projects
[ projects0.html ]
2007-10-04 Thu Oct 4 12:10 More Grades posted
2007-10-03 Wed Oct 3 11:10 Wii Controler exposed
In respose to your questions on the Wii Controler I dug the following up
on the Web:
[ Wii Dupe.shtml ]
which discusses the (hypotheical) way it works. The Wikipedia has an
article
[ Wii_Remote ]
on it. Consensus: Gyros+IR sensor but not full position or motion sensing.
2007-09-27 Thu Sep 27 13:09 First Grades Posted
If you've given me your PINword you can read your grades at
[ grading/ ]
Enjoy!
2007-09-26 Wed Sep 26 17:09 Next Meeting
We meet in the usual room in JBH and then proceed to PL2107. Bring
some questions to ask.... and one on a piece of paper with your name on it
(for credit).
For the class after that, next Tuesday: I'm freezing the reading
[ a3.html ]
and you should bring the answer to one review question and your report
on the field trip.
2007-09-25 Tue Sep 25 09:09 News of a project+job+network fix
The president of CSUSB has launched a new project
[ CSUSB20070924.txt ]
to make sure that students don`t get confused by the CSUSB Web Site.
We may do an exercise on this document...
Ramiro Diaz-Granados (who runs the CSUSB help desk) has a job coming up for a reliable student working with PCs. 4hours><5dayes/week at $9..$11 per hour. Contact Ramiro X77362.
And Brian reports that csci.csusb.edu is talking to the CSUSB WiFi again. I did some quick diagnostic testing yesterday morning and Emailed the System Admin...
2007-09-24 Mon Sep 24 07:09 Problems with site
Brian Carlson reports that I've forgotten to change 2006 to 2007
on some pages (including this own). Sorry. I'll fix them.
Brian also tells me that the WiFi network has again lost its connection with csci.csusb.edu (and probably math.csusb.edu). This happened and went away during the summer. I've Emailed the CSci/Math SYstem Admin and it may start to work again.
Thanx Brian!
I've done the final pre-class revision of
[ a2.html ]
shortly ready
for tomorrow. If you can find out anything that needs fixing
or improving I'll do it after Tuedays class. Meanwhile
I'll then be starting work on a3.html.
2007-09-21 Fri Sep 21 14:09 Revizing notes a1 and a2
2007-09-17 Mon Sep 17 08:09 Revised schedule
THe dates of the final and the deadlines at the end of the quarter were
wrong. And I hadn't allocated enough time to work on projects:-(
[ schedule.html ]
2007-09-14 Fri Sep 14 16:09 Big Reshuffle Done
I'm hoping that there are only a few stupid mistakes...
let me know
[ contact.html ]
when you spot them.
2007-09-11 Tue Sep 11 15:09 Working on readings etc
Consolidating and adding new items.... also trying to book
field trips...
2007-07-25 Wed Jul 25 09:07 Projects being reorganized
Don't be scared.... this has been done by every class so far
[ projects.html ]
The readings are now categorised and labelleb by a letter and a number:
[ Readings.html ]
, now lots of rewriting and reordering...
2007-07-17 Tue Jul 17 10:07 Reorganized readings
I've attached a two digit code to each set of readings
[ Readings.html ]
as a half-way-house to placing them in the schedule.
2007-06-25 Mon Jun 25 19:06 Fixed the dates in the schedule
But the events happing on each day are not clear yet... Field trips are
yet to be scheduled. Also organizing the preparation and content of each
class... But you can put the dates from
[ schedule.txt ]
in you diary/PDA/planner.
This includes the date and time for the final.
2007-02-09 Fri Feb 9 15:02 Separated out the Readings from the classes
[ Readings.html ]
Now need to reorder, split up, and regroup
the readings and write the review questions for each class.
2007-01-19 Fri Jan 19 14:01 Separating content from class room prep and process
I'v been separating the content from the classroom processes. Got as far
as
[ 10.html ]
(half way to 20!)
2006-12-13 Wed Dec 13 16:12 Reorganizing This Course
I will be reorganizing this set of pages very soon ...
A lot of cutting and pasting plus adding Review Questions and Exercise...
and a test bank.....
Meanwhile don't expect this site to continue working!
2006-12-08 Fri Dec 8 10:12 Draft grades posted for course
I've posted the grades at
[ grading/ ]
and the distribution is
Table
| Distribution | A/A- | B+/B/B- | C+/C/C- | D+/D/D- | F |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frequency | 4 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 |
Note I had to rescale the total scores because nobody got an 'A' on the raw scores. You will find this escape clause in the generic syllabus [ ../syllabus.html ] for my classes.
Except for
2005-12-07 Wed Dec 7 13:12 Grades Posted
Table
| Distribution | A/A- | B+/B/B- | C+/C/C- | D+/D/D- | F |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frequency | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
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