The overall objective is to improve your proficiency with computers and computer technology: learning the technological language (geek-speak), and the concepts, so that you can function more effectively in educational settings with technology. This means:

• Identifying historical and conceptual developments of the computer as a major technological invention.
• Identifying the main hardware components in modern computer design, their functions, and their typical configurations.
• Communicating and demonstrating how computer components function together as a system..
• Making technologically informed evaluations regarding the acquisition and upgrading of computer systems.
• Configuring the computer operating system.
• Doing basic maintenance and repair on the computer.
• Understanding the basics of networks.
• Applying course concepts to the design of a learning space.

Feel free to bring a computer you want to upgrade or troubleshoot to class! You assume the risk in doing so, but we have been very successful in the past, because learning to proceed carefully and systematically is part of the course content. If you want relevant hands-on experience, bring something!