Tools for Information Literacy

Preparations for intro session

Watch on pioneers

First, watch this video about Grace Hopper, one of the pioneers of the technologies we will use this semester.

Read on clients

1. How Operating Systems Work by Dave Coustan and Curt Franklin, How Stuff Works. Look especially at the distinction between single-user, multi-tasking and multi-user operating systems
2. Introduction to Client Server Networks by Bradley Mitchell, Lifewire
3. a discussion about secure file transfer protocol,

Read on open source

read What does open source mean? in How Stuff Works.

Consider checking out other items relevant to today's class

1. What Is a “Computer Bug,” and Where Did the Term Come From?
2. John von Neumann and the configuration of the computer
3. This computer changed the world—and you've never heard about it
4. What Are Teletypes, and Why Were They Used with Computers?
5. Computer programming once had much better gender balance than it does today. What went wrong?
6. 10 women in science and tech who should be household names
7. Overlooked No More: Karen Sparck Jones, Who Established the Basis for Search Engines
8. Does a VPN Really Make Your Online Activity Private?
9. What Is A File Extension?
10. How to Show All Filename Extensions on a Mac