Date	Topics & Associated Reading	Study Questions & Activities
Mon, Jan. 12	Course Overview Computing Systems (Section 1.1) Computer Science (Section 1.3)	Distinguish between hardware and software. Answer Exercises #40, 43 on page 29. Be able to describe the basic issues and ideas that each of the six layers of a computing system deals with.
Wed, Jan. 14	Overview of the History of Computing (Hardware - Section 1.2 through page 17; Software - Diagram p. 21, Fifth Generation pages 22 - 23)	Exercises (pp. 27 - 29) # 1 - 12, 15, 18 - 23, 39. Practice Blog Due - Instructions on Blackboard under Assignments
Fri, Jan. 16	History of Computing Continued Introduction to Numbers and Computing (Chapter 2, Place value Systems and Positional Notation, pages 33 - 36)	Quiz #1
Mon, Jan. 19	Number Systems, continued (Chapter 2) - Base Conversion; Binary, Octal, Hexadecimal; Computer Arithmetic	Exercises (Handout) Blog #1 Posted by 4 pm: The Digital Divide (Reading pages 26-27; Questions 4 & 5 page 31)
Wed, Jan. 21	Finish Number Systems Introduction to Data Representation (Chapter 3, Section 3.1)	Exercises (pages 84 - 85) #1 - 5, 21, 24, 29, 30, 31
Fri, Jan. 23	Representing text (Section 3.3) Huffman encoding (Handout plus pages 72-73)	Exercises (page 84 - 87) #8 - 11, 27, 33, 47, 49, 51, 52 Quiz #2 Data compression assignment handed out
Mon, Jan. 26	Representing Audio Data (Section 3.4) Representing Images and Graphics (Section 3.5)	Exercises (pages 84 - 88) 312 - 16, 18, 19, 55, 56, 58, 61 - 69, 74, 77, 78 Blog #2 Posted by 4 pm: Computers and Homeland Security (Reading page 46; Questions #4 & 5 page 51)
Wed, Jan. 28	HTML Introduction (Section 16.2)	HTML Lab Data Compression Assignment Due
Fri, Jan. 30	HTML Tables and Color Codes	Quiz #3 Lab Activity
Mon, Feb. 2	Catch Up and Review	Test #1 Topics Review Sheet Completed HTML lab work due by 4 pm
Wed, Feb. 4	Test #1