CALS 085 Lecture Nine, Thursday October 30, 2008

ATTENDANCE

ANNOUNCEMENTS & ASSIGNMENTS:

EXAM NEXT WEEK!: Thursday Nov 6.  Be on time or lose points. 

Preview of Lab Next Two Weeks:
This week:  Lab 7 Web Page I: Introduction to Web Page Creation
Next Week: Lab 8 Web Page II: Links, image tags, Cascading Style Sheets

Reading:  Keyboards, How roller mice work,  How roller and optical mice work, How touch pads work, How active-matrix screens work.  
Text Sections 11-13 (pages 64-87)

Website of the Week:  Alternative News Sites How to Evaluate Web Site Credibility What Peer Review Means

LECTURE:

Reference citations: Primary, Secondary, and Tertiary data (sources).  How many steps removed? 
         -Reports of an experiment in a textbook citing a study
         -Wikipedia

 
        -The Results of Chemistry experiment in your Lab Notebook from your Chem lab
         -Journal article reporting the results of experiments
         -Radio program reporting on a National Institute of Health study

           
-Web Page: Fox News Archaeology Report
               -Web Page: Scientific American News: Biologists Map Mammal Extinction Hot Spots
               -Web Page: Nature: Rodent Rises From The Dead
              

Protocols and Packets: How binary data are packaged and sent over a digital network.
            -Error Checking Example

Graph Exercise Three

History of the Internet Video