Summer Computer Camp'97

Summer Computer Camp'97 --
Introduction of Internet and HTML Concepts & Applications to 12 to 18 Year old Youngsters in Newark

July 7, Monday -- July 24, Thursday
9:00AM -- 12:00PM
Engalhard Hall, 92 New Street, Room 309

Center for Information Management, Integration, and Connectivity
(CIMIC)
Rutgers University
Newark, New Jersey

Contact Persons:

Nabil R. Adam, Director CIMIC
180 University Ave.
Rutgers University
Newark, NJ 07102
Telephone: 201--648--5239, Fax: 201--648--5003
E-Mail: adam@adam.rutgers.edu
Pamela C. Morgan, Newark Public Schools
E-Mail: pemorgan@aol.com
Mojgan Mohtashami, Rutgers-CIMIC
E-Mail: arshaa@cimic.rutgers.edu

The Objective of The Program

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, is committed to supporting the future of the state. The Newark campus of Rutgers currently offers several special outreach programs to local youth. This summer computer workshop is a joint effort between the Center for Information Management, Integration, and Connectivity (CIMIC) and the MUSIC (Making Healthy Multi User Sessions In Community) program. CIMIC staff, in collaboration with the captains of MUSIC, is offering this outreach program for the purpose of providing minority girls and boys ages 12-18 with enriched hands-on instruction in the area of computer and information technology.

The goals are to:

Stimulate curiosity and excitement in elementary/high school children through the introduction of the state-of-the-art computer tools and technology.
Place children in an actual university environment, interacting with computer professionals as role models.
Allow computer professionals to transmit their own excitement with science and technology and spark the children's imagination and curiosity.
Demonstrate the feasibility of a career in information technology
Disseminate the success of the program to universities and elementary/high schools nationwide.

Program Staff (Volunteers)

Nabil R. Adam
Vijay Atluri
Igg Adiwijaya
June-Suh Cho
Rich Holowczak
Wei-kuang Huang
Yuri Korostyshevski
Mojgan Mohtashami

Topics and Lecture Schedule (Tentative)

Week 1: 7/7 - 7/10 Introduction to PCs and the Internet
1. Introduction to PC and MS Windows
  - Overview of Computer Software
  - Intro to Windows (File Manager)
  - Learning the Usage of Windows Editor(NotePad)
2. Introduction to the Internet
  - History of the Internet
  - Internet Demographics
  - Host Names
3. Introduction to World Wide Web/lab time
  - Concept of URL and Hyper Text
  - Basic Browsers (Lynx, Netscape, Mosaic, Explorer)
4. WWW Search Engines/lab time
  - Search Engines and Indices (Lycos, Yahoo, InfoSeek, etc.)
  - WWW Searching Exercises
  - More Netscape Features
5. Discuss class projects
Week 2: 7/14-7/17 Introduction to WWW Page Authoring
1. Introduction to HTML - Basic Tags
  - HTML markup tags
  - Text Layout & Document Structure
  - Lists
2. HTML Editors
  - HotDog HTML Editor
  - Netscape Navigator Gold
3. Introduction to HTML - Linking Pages
  - HTML Tag Syntax for Anchors
  - HyperLinks and Anchors
4. HTML - More Tags
  - Colors
  - Tables
  - Frames
5. Project time/lab time
Week 3: 7/21-1/24 Advanced HTML & WWW page applications
1. HTML Adding Graphics
  - Incorporating multimedia (Graphics, Images, Sound, etc.)
  - Creating Images (GIF and JPEG).
  - Textured/Colored backgrounds and Text
2. Creating your own images
  - Creating images using SmartDraw
  - Updating web images
3. Advanced Browser Topics
  - Saving Pages and graphics locally
4. Project time/lab time
5. Project Presentations

Please note that this schedule is subject to change.

Classwork & Project

During the class, Students will get hands-on experience via lab practice, and the term project (Building WWW pages).

Groups of 3 or 4 students will construct a set of ``Home Pages'' for their respective schools, or a local business or organization. Towards the end of the camp, each group will present their WWW pages to the class.

Latest Update: June 20, 1997