CSE 3: Fluency with Information TechnologyBy Lisa Lin

Computational Thinking

Visual Programming with Alice

Presentation of Information with MS PowerPoint

Desktop Publishing with MS Word

Dynamic Webpage Programming with JavaScript

Making Information Available to the World with HTML and Web Pages

Fluency with Information Technology is a class focused on cultivating deeper understanding the various ways, in which we can use technology to present information and communicate ideas.

We used the program Notepad++ to program in HTML and JavaScript coding language. After we created our project, we used Secure Transfer Client Shell to transfer our documents onto the World Wide Web.

We explored Microsoft Word and learned new techniques and ways to present information. We synthesized information that was presented on an existing website.

We used MS PowerPoint to illustrate data in a fun and creative way. We were able to choose from a variety of design themes and make it our own.

Data Analysis and Visualization with MS Excel

We created a budget sheet using excel and used equations to calculated daily, weekly, and monthly budgets. Then, we translated the information in the table into chart form.

We experimented with Alice to familiarize ourselves with the concepts of loops and iterations. We then created animation of frogs, and it was awesome.

We put together all our knowledge to create a final project of programming a Blackjack game. The intricacies of programming JavaScript to create this functioning, card game was tedious, yet rewarding.