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:
The program consists of 3 weeks summer session, 4 days a week starting July 8, 1996 through July 25, 1996. Below is the program schedule.
| Week | Day-Date | Instructor | Topic |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | M - 7/8 | H. Feder | Welcome to the Newark Campus |
| M - 7/8 | P.Morgan/T.Cunningham | Welcome to MUSIC | |
| M - 7/8 | N. Adam | Welcome to CIMIC and Introduction to the Program | |
| M - 7/8 | B. Davis | Introduction to computer HW & SW | |
| T - 7/9 | B. Davis | Introduction to Microsoft Windows/GUI | |
| W - 7/10 | B. Davis | Word Processing (Microsoft Word) | |
| Th - 7/11 | R. Holowczak | Introduction to the Internet - E-mail, FTP, telnet, talk | |
| 2 | M - 7/15 | R. Holowczak | Introduction to the World Wide Web |
| T - 7/16 | I. Adiwijaya | Netscape WWW Browser, Search Engines | |
| W - 7/17 | S. Lin | Introduction to HTML (Part I) | |
| Th - 7/18 | S. Lin | Introduction to HTML (Part II) | |
| 3 | M - 7/22 | S. Lin | Introduction to HTML (Part III) |
| T - 7/23 | S. Lin | Analysis and Design of WWW homepages | |
| W - 7/24 | L. Owkuosa | Advanced WWW homepage development | |
| Th - 7/25 | L. Owkuosa | Advanced WWW homepage development (Cont.) Class Project Presentations |