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PAD 3712, Computer Applications in Public Administration

Florida Atlantic University

PAD 3712 COMPUTERS IN PUBLIC ADMIN 001 13915 LA 340 M 07:10-10:00PM Davie
PAD 3712 COMPUTERS IN PUBLIC ADMIN 15498 EC 104 S 08:00-10:50AM Jupiter     

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My teaching style

I do not try very hard to be well organized. I launch into stream of consciousness lectures, and you get the point if you pay attention and ask questions, or you don't. If you don't, that too is your tough luck.

You will have to show up on time every time, having studied in advance the material below, and pay attention; and you well have to ask questions, then go out and study the additional materials that I direct you to. You can't be passive. By the way, if you are late or skip class or let your attention wander, you are sure to miss something important. And that's your tough luck.

"Bad things happen to people who do not follow my advice." -- My mentor, Hayman Kite

How to reach me

Hello. I’m Jay Mendell, professor of nonprofit management in the School of 
Public Administration. My home phone is 954.597-0574. and my cell phone is 
954.895-6364.

I have several e-mail addresses, but the easiest to remember is mendelljay@gmail.com. 
If you send me e-mail, you must put “I am a student in PAD 4202” in the subject line, 
and it is a good idea to also give your name and phone numbers.

Don’t call my office, please; and don’t count on me to pick up anything you 
put in my mailbox.

Grading

Your grade will principally be based on how well you complete the weekly written assignments and on the short quizzes that I will give whenever I feel the urge (and I will feel the urge often). Your grade for a missed quiz will, of course, be a zero.

There are deadlines for turning in projects, and if you miss a deadline, there is no way to be sure what I will do with your late submission. Possibly I will accept it with a penalty for lateness, but possibly I will misplace it. The only way to be sure to get full credit is to turn in your HW on time, with your name in the upper right of each sheet.

There are formats and instructions to follow, and if you fail to comply with directions, there is no way to be sure your paper will be recognized and credited to you. (I'll try to credit your work to you, but I won't try very hard.) Here’s a hint: write your last name in the upper right of every page you turn in.

I call absenteeism and tardiness "volunteering to fail."

Lame excuses

If you come up to me and say, "I have got to skip class next week to [insert your lame excuse here]," and I reply, "Okay," this does not mean I have excused you. It just means I have decided fume politely and quietly. So, if you think that I have promised you an excused absence, get it in writing or it doesn’t count. I have never given a written excuse, by the way. (But I've only been a professor since 1973.

Various ways to really annoy the professor (the guy who assigns your grade)

1. Skip classes without offering a job-related reason.
2. Repeatedly skip classes while repeatedly offering a personal reason you should have anticipated before you enrolled.
3. Skip one of his classes to accommodate a less senior professor (any other professor at FAU).
4. Turn in homework late.
5. Turn in HW extra-late.
6. Turn in HW late and then act surprised that the professor has misplaced it.
7. Same as above except that the HW has been faxed or e-mailed (yes, even if it arrives before it is due).
8. E-mail him a crucial inquiry under the epithet  "La-Dee-Da" and expect him to figure out you are "Lanny Dedario." 
9. Fail to retrieve the HW the evening the professor returns it and then act surprised that the professor has misplaced or trashed it.
10. Leave the HW in a mailbox that the professor checks infrequently or does not even know exists (any mailbox in Jupiter).
11. Fail to put your name on every single page you submit.
12. Submit HW that is so vague that the professor cannot tell which assignment it is supposed to satisfy.
13. Ask if you can have an "incomplete" until the next time the course is offered.

"Skip" means arrive late, fail to arrive, or leave early.

On Web updates and email.

Several times a week you will please have to check this Web page for additions and clarifications. Go the bottom and check for added notations.

To send me email, in the subject line type "I am a student in PAD grant writing."  And when you send me e-mail, be sure to include your name, not just your e-mail address. It is helpful if you include your phone numbers at home and work and your cell phone number.

Topics

The FAU library http://wise.fau.edu/library/

What is plagiarism? 

Proxy Server https://login.ezproxy.fau.edu/login 

Books online http://www.library.fau.edu/depts/ref/ebooks.htm 

Refereed journals http://www.answers.com/main/ntquery?method=4&dsid=2222&dekey=Peer+review&curtab=2222_1&linktext=peer%0Areview 

Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center 
Find it under databases.

Answers.com and Wikipedia
http://www.answers.com/internet

Go to http://tinyurl.com/fewjn to view Bernadine Philistin's e-book.

"Every nook and cranny"

Google
http://www.googleguide.com/
http://www.answers.com/topic/google?method=22 

Search Engine Watch
http://searchenginewatch.com/

On being an Internet hero (or heroine)

Finding stuff on the Invisible Web
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/InvisibleWeb.html

Free "clones" of essential software

http://gollygrantsonline.com/free-and-fine-faq.htm 

Computer "how to"

http://www.google.com/search?num=100&hl=en&lr=&q=%22how+to%22&btnG=Search&cat=gwd%2FTop%2FComputers 

http://search.dmoz.org/cgi-bin/search?search=%22how+to%22&all=yes&cs=UTF-8&cat=Computers

http://search.yahoo.com/search/dir?y=n&p=%22how+to%22&e=74294&f=0%3A2766678%3A2718086%3A74294&r=Computers+and+Internet 

Free Advice

http://search.dmoz.org/cgi-bin/search?search=%22free+advice%22

http://www.google.com/search?q=%22free+advice%22&hl=en&cat=gwd%2FTop 

Learning new computer skills

Here is what is available for you to play around with at FAU (http://www.fau.edu/irm/labs/software.php)

Free computer tutorials (In google.com, "tutorials computers free"). 
Learning QuickBooks (In google.com "tutorials computers free quickbooks") 
(http://www.homeandlearn.co.uk/ ,
http://www.jr.co.il/hotsites/r-tutor.htm ,
http://tutorials.kisland.com/ ,
(http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&q=tutorials+computers+free+quickbooks&btnG=Search ,
http://www.mytutorials.com/tutorials.asp ,
 http://www.learnthat.com/computers/learn-425-quickbooks_2005_training.htm,)
http://www.lausd.k12.ca.us/Jefferson_HS/lscomp.htm)

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Print the first page. Be sure to put your name in the upper right corner.

On January 19, 1977, an unusual weather event occurred in south Florida. Print out an article about it. 
Remember to put your name in the upper right of every page you turn in.

Posted 2006-09-10
This is HW for my Saturday class, due on 2006-09-16.
a. What is the Wikipedia? Construct your answer by cutting and pasting 200-300 words from the Web. Be sure to cite the source of your cut and paste.

b. What is the Web address (the URL) of the article in Wikipedia on how to provide a citation to Wikipedia? Print the article.

Posted 2006-09-24
This HW is due on Saturday 30 September or Monday 2006-10-09.

You are going for a job interview, and you have been advised that your interviewer is “trendy” and interested in the best-selling books on business management. You do not have time to read lots of books, and anyway you do not have the money.

But you do want to appear to have a passing knowledge of recent best-selling business books. So, you go to http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=sr_st/104-5119342-1866355?keywords=business&page=1&rh=n%3A1000%2Cn%3A3%2Ck%3Abusiness&sort=salesrank&x=14&y=8 , where you find a list of the top sellers among business books on Amazon.

Now you know the titles of the trendy books. So, go into Google and see if you can find a long excerpt and long review of one of the top ten sellers. By long, I mean at least 400 words.

Print the item. It is due at the start of class.

And by the way, ( this is for my Monday class) the laser printer will not be available before or during class.

You are going for a job interview, and you have been advised that your interviewer is “trendy” and interested in the best-selling books on business management. You do not have time to read lots of books, and anyway you do not have the money.

But you do want to appear to have a passing knowledge of recent best-selling business books. So, you go to http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=sr_st/104-5119342-1866355?keywords=business&page=1&rh=n%3A1000%2Cn%3A3%2Ck%3Abusiness&sort=salesrank&x=14&y=8 , where you find a list of the top sellers among business books on Amazon.

Now you know the titles of the trendy books. So, go into Google and see if you can find a long excerpt and long review of one of the top ten sellers. By long, I mean at least 400 words.

Print the item. Put your name in the upper right of each sheet.

A Mr. K. H. Bear was a passenger on the Titanic when it sunk Did he survive? How do you know? By the way, I am not sure if his name was "Bear." Maybe it was "Bare" or something else pronounced the same as "Bear."

A Mr. K. H. Bear was a passenger on the Titanic when it sunk Did he survive? How do you know? By the way, I am not sure if his name was "Bear." Maybe it was "Bare" or something else pronounced the same as "Bear."