Computer Literacy Lab

DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE

TECH 338

The computing literacy lab

The Computer Literacy Lab is involved with training students in the fundamental concepts of computing: how computers work, what they can do, and how they can be used effectively. Topics covered in this laboratory are the following:

Students in the lab

Spreadsheets
Word Processing
Databases
Presentation Software
Multimedia/Graphics Software
Program Design and Implementation
Fundamental computing theories
Computer programming applications using VISUAL BASIC and design, implementation, and testing of programs and graphical user interfaces
Advanced study of application software development in the WINDOWS environment

Computers have touched every part of our lives: the way we work, the way we learn, the way we live, even the way we play. It almost is impossible to go through a single day without encountering a computer, a device dependent on a computer, information produced by a computer, or a word that was introduced or whose meaning has changed with the advent of computers. Because of the significance of computers in today’s world, it is important to be computer literate. Being computer literate means you have knowledge and understanding of computers and their uses.