Spring 2002

MA404 Schedule:

 

	Tuesdays	Thursdays
Week 1: Jan 14, 17	Intro, e-mail, homepages (DH)	homepages- start meeting in Ross
Week 2. Jan 22, 24	...go to Monday classes...	homepages
Week 3: Jan 29, 31	Excel- grades	Excel- math of finance
Week 4: Feb 5, 7	Sketchpad- intro	Sketchpad- samples, scripts, algebra
Week 5: Feb 12, 14	Sketchpad- graph theory	Graphing Calculators- basics, regression, and statistics (DH)
Week 6: Feb 19, 21	Graphing Calculators (DH)	Graphing Calculators (DH)
Week 7: Feb 26, 28	Michael's project: Front Page	Jim's project: Power Point
Week 8: Mar 5, 7	Valerie's project: Mail merge	Vacation
Week 9: Mar 12, 14	Vacation	Vacation
Week 10: Mar 19, 21	Corinne's project: Minitab	Jen's project: Excel Charts
Week 11: Mar 26, 28	John's project: Homepages on Power Point, and Thumbnails	Scott's project: Visual Basic
Week 12: Apr 2, 4	Emily's project: Mathcad	Jonathan's project: C++
Week 13: Apr 9, 11	Access, 3D Access, and PRAXIS Practice	Kathy's project: One Write Plus (meet in Doucette)
Week 14: Apr 16, 18	Carolyn's project: Equation maker	Melissa's project: Excel databases
Week 15: Apr 23, 25	Maryann's project: Excel- stats	More on Excel (log, trig,...) and Access
Week 16: Apr 30, May 2	More on calculators, Praxis (meet in Doucette)	Calculator exam (in Doucette)
Week 17: May 7, 9	Review for computer exam	Computer exam

Notes:

1. E-mail me asap to reserve a date and topic for your student project.

2. Some ideas for student projects: Mathcad, Access, Minitab, Powerpoint, Excel, Webpages, Internet, Sketchpad, C++, Photoshop, Graphing calculators,...

3. My choice of topics for weeks 2-6 and 14-16 will be determined based on what topics are taken by the student projects. Actual details/ topics will be updated weekly and can be found on my webpage: users.edinboro.edu/quinna/ma404.html

4. Two open-book hands-on exams will be given during the last two weeks of class, one on computers and one on everything else (mainly calculators).