For Jay Mendell's book on overcoming stigma in fund raising, please surf to http://black-sheep-library.com/order-now-black-sheep-fundraising.htm  That's Black Sheep Fundraising: Rethinking Major Gifts for Your Stigmatized Cause.

Hello. I'm Jay Mendell, professor of public administration at Florida Atlantic University. My various Internet pages are accessible by starting at GollyGrantsOnline.com

The address of this page is GollyGrantsOnline.com/6714-capa-summer-2006.htm

Graduate Course in Computer Applications
(PAD 6714)

Florida Atlantic University

PAD 6714 SEM IN CMPTR SYSTMS IN PUB ADM                                                            
C 12111 3AT FLEMING HALL 409 SAT 01:00-04:35PM Boca Raton        Mendell, Jay S.

Jay S. Mendell, Ph. D., Professor
Home phone.954.597-0574, Cell phone.954.895-6364

To initiate a live chat with Jay Mendell, surf to http://black-sheep-library.com.
 

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

 

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, please use mendelljay@gmail.com.  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.

 

Powerful Questions by Darold Powers

(1) What principles govern the system?

(2) What complaints have you heard about it?

(3) What are the essential features?

(4) What small change might be made that would greatly affect the product or institution? What large change might be made that would barely affect the institution?

(5) How does this affect living things besides humans?

(6) What does this assume about human nature?

(7) What did this look like several years ago? If natural events take their course, what will this institution look like in several years? What would have to change in the world for this to stay the same?

(8) Is this fulfilling its original intent? At the time this was created, what alternatives were discarded? Might they be used today?

(9) Who has an interest in keeping this the same? Who has an interest in changing it?

(10) Does this have a natural lifespan? What external events might cause it to disappear?

Topics
Welcome to the Internet
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2006/041006-florida-web-site-sensitive-information.html?page=1 
Protecting yourself on the Internet
http://www.staysafeonline.info/ 

Free protection
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&sa=X&oi=spell&resnum=0&ct=result&cd=1&q=free+(virus+OR+firewall+OR+spyware)&spell=1

 

Protecting your workplace
http://news.com.com/2010-1071-949678.html
http://www.ready.gov/business/virtuallibrary.html 

Levels of computer expertise
Beginning http://jobsearchtech.about.com/od/computerjob13/a/compjobskills_2.htm 

Intermediate http://jobsearchtech.about.com/od/computerjob13/a/compjobskills_3.htm 

Advanced  http://jobsearchtech.about.com/od/computerjob13/a/compjobskills_4.htm 
http://jobsearchtech.about.com/od/computerjob13/a/compjobskills_5.htm 

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

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.

 

How the Internet works
http://www.answers.com/internet
http://www.answers.com/world%20wide%20web
http://www.ckls.org/~crippel/computerlab/tutorials/index3.html
http://www.refdesk.com/factbeg.html 
http://www.internet101.org/email.html 

"Hello, world." Making your presence prominent on the WWW

POD

http://fonerbooks.com/
http://www.aaronshep.com/publishing/WordType.html 
http://daiya.mvps.org/bookwordnoframes.htm

e-books
http://www.selfpublishebooks.com/ 

Blogs
http://www.blogger.com/start 
http://technorati.com/ 

Personal
http://www.paypal.com/ 
http://www.paypalsucks.com/ 

 

"Every nook and cranny"

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

Search Engine Watcb
http://searchenginewatch.com/

Invisible Web
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/InvisibleWeb.html

Expertise
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&q=%22ask+the+computer+experts%22&btnG=Search 
http://www.tiptop-pc.com/ask_expert/ 
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&q=%22ask+the+experts%22&btnG=Search
http://www.refdesk.com/expert.html
http://www.allexperts.com/

Expert computer assistance

Beginning 
http://www.internet101.org/contact.html 
http://www.refdesk.com/expert.html 

Intermediate
http://www.annoyances.org/ 

Advanced
http://support.microsoft.com/search/?adv=0
http://welcome.hp.com/country/us/en/support.html?pageDisplay=support 

Posted 2006-05-21 around 7:30 a. m.

The object of this HW is to acquaint you with some of the tools that the professor is using on his Web site.

First, go to http://black-sheep-library.com, and download a free copy of Black Sheep Fundraising. To prove you have done so: on a sheet of paper type the first full sentence of page 13 of the book. Be sure to type or write your name in the upper right of the sheet.

Second, go to http://black-sheep-library.com and initiate a LiveChat with the professor. (Do not wait until the last minute, since he comes and goes and may not be available the first time you try to reach him.) When you have received a transcript of the session by e-mail, print the first page and be sure to write your name in the upper right.

To qualify for the highest possible grade, you must bring your HW to class next Saturday.

 

Posted Friday 2006-05-25.

I do not know if the message below means that elevators will not be working in Fleming Hall.

-- Jay

Overnight a transformer malfunctioned causing a power outage. Power was restored to most areas of the Boca Raton campus; however, the air conditioning system is currently not functioning. As a result, temperatures will be warmer than usual in campus buildings today and part of tomorrow. It is anticipated that the air conditioning system will be functional by tomorrow morning.

Supervisors and professors are asked to be flexible with staff and students who might have heat-related health issues.

The followings building have A/C:
Oxley - Bldg. 67
Arena - Bldg. 38
Slattery - Bldg. 45
Henderson - Bldg. 26
Student Apts - Bldgs. 56 thru 62
Heritage Park - Bldg. 89
Indian River Towers - Bldg. 70
Schmidt Bio-Med- Bldg. 71
All T-buildings
Campus Operations - Bldg. 69
Vivarium-running on back-up- Bldg. 35

Buildings without power are as follows:
Utilities - Bldg. 5
Gladys Davis Pavilion - Bldg. 49

Also, the University's voice-mail system was affected, but is currently working as are basic phone services.

Contact Environmental Health and Safety at 561-297-3129 if you have any questions or concerns regarding health or safety on FAU campuses.

Posted 2006-05-27 around 9 a. m.

If you go to Google and enter 'JOB DESCRIPTION' SITE:GOV, you will get a listing of job descriptions in government. If you enter 'JOB DESCRIPTION' SITE:ORG, you will get a listing of job descriptions in nonprofits.

Suppose you are interested in entering 'my future job'. Then if you enter into Google 'JOB DESCRIPTION' SITE:GOV 'MY FUTURE JOB', you will get job descriptions in your field.

Examine job descriptions for your future field and see if “computers,” “information technology,” “databases,” “telecommunications,” etc. are listed. Print three such job descriptions and circle the computer-type requirement.

Put your name in the upper right of every sheet that you turn in.

 

Posted 2006-06-04. HW due 2006-06-10

This HW will be fairly easy if you have an FAU Owl Card or a card for your public library. If you have no library card or Owl Card, you'd better have a driver's license, because you will need to visit an FAU computer lab or your public library.

Go into the news archives and see what you can find about Albert Miniaci. Print page one of several articles, and write paragraph about his interests. Do not neglect write your name in the upper right of everything that you turn in.

Do not wait until the last minute.

Posted 2006-06-11
Saturday, July 2, 2006 is not a university holiday.
Posted 2006-06-11
Beginning June 17, we will have a quickie quiz in each class session at 1:00 on the dot.
Posted 2006-06-11
HW for 2006-06-17. No late HW will be accepted. 

Find a Web page that explains what spyware is and how it is different from a virus. Print the first page. Expect an exam question on spyware.

In one to three sentences, discuss who has an interest in keeping the Internet the same and who has an interest in changing it. If your HW is turned in on time and I don't quite like your answer, I'll let you do it over for a better grade. Hwever, if your HW is perfunctory, you will be stuck with a low grade.

Posted 2006-06-18. HW due 24 June 2006.

One. I want you first to identify the following language by using at least two online language identifiers or language guessers,. Hint: (http://www.yourdictionary.com/morph.html#guessers). Use the identifier programs, even if you believe you recognize the language.

Ó, dizei, podeis ver, à luz precoce da aurora, 

Aquilo que nós tão orgulhosamente saudamos à última centelha do anoitecer?

Cujas largas listas e brilhantes estrelas, durante a perigosa batalha,

Sobre os baluartes nós vimos, estavam tão galantemente tremulando.

E o clarão vermelho dos foguetes, as bombas explodindo no ar,

Deram prova, durante a noite, de que nossa bandeira ainda estava lá.

Ó, dizei, aquela bandeira estrelada ainda ondula

Sobre a terra dos livres e o lar dos bravos?

Two, now translate the passage above to English. What, if anything. is it used for? By the way, do you have any basis for concluding you have achieved a good or bad translation? What is your basis?

Three, identify the following language.

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit, sed diam nonummy nibh euismod tincidunt ut laoreet dolore magna aliquam erat volutpat. Ut wisi enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exerci tation ullamcorper suscipit lobortis nisl ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis autem vel eum iriure dolor in hendrerit in vulputate velit esse molestie consequat, vel illum dolore eu feugiat nulla facilisis at vero eros et accumsan et iusto odio dignissim qui blandit praesent luptatum zzril delenit augue duis dolore te feugait nulla facilisi.

Four (this is very tricky) determine,  if you can, where I got that passage directly above. and what it is used for. Solve, if you con, the mystery of its usefulness.

This HW must be delivered on time.

Beginning June 24, we will have a quickie quiz in each class session at 1:00 on the dot

 

Posted 2006-06-25. HW due at our next class session.
1. Think of all the reasons that you have never written a book. Write down at least three.
2. Now think of some special talent or knowledge you have, or some life experience that you have had, or anything about you that is unique, special, or inspiring,. Write down at least two.
3. Why would a future employer be favorably or unfavorably impressed if you wrote a book on one of those two subjects?
Posted 2006-07-05.
Starting tomorrow, Thursday, July 6, IRM will begin providing the University community with 24x7 online and phone computing support, 7 days a week, 365 days a year, with no or minimal hold time. This change is possible because IRM has contracted with Presidium Learning to provide first tier phone support. IRM staff will continue to handle all other support.

In conjunction with this change, IRM has implemented new software to make it quicker and easier to get help online. Starting today, you can search an online knowledge base at http://www.fau.edu/helpdesk for the information you need. If you don't find the answer, use the website to submit your own helpdesk ticket; just select the Request Support tab and then click on Submit a Ticket.

Because the new support site lets you enter your own questions/tickets and check on their status, you will need to log into the system. Your login is your FAU e-mail address (the full address, as in jsmith@fau.edu) and your initial password will be your first name (you should change your password as soon as you login the first time).

Note that to ask for computing help or otherwise contact the helpdesk, you will no longer send an e-mail to 3999@fau.edu: just go to website (http://www.fau.edu/helpdesk).

The phone number for helpdesk support will remain the same (7-3999 from on campus or (561) 297-3999 off campus). Starting tomorrow, though, callers from outside the local area will also be able to use a toll-free number to contact the helpdesk: (866) 885-8325.

We look forward to providing better and faster support to the University community! As with any new system, we also anticipate revising and finetuning it over the summer. Please be sure to complete the survey you get when your help desk tickets are closed to help us see how we're doing.
Posted 2006-07-09
This will help you grasp the difference between blogs and ordinary Web pages.

Take the syntax
"FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY" "WOMEN'S STUDIES"
and enter it in Google.com and then into Technorati.com.

Comment on the difference in results.  

Posted 2006-07-14, revised 2006-07-16
This is in reverse chronological order. August 14 Monday Grades due
August 11 Friday Semester ends
August 5 Sat Professor-student conferences (optional)
July 29 Sat LAST required class
Posted 2006-07-16
This HW is due on 2006-07-22
Here is an exercise in exploring the Invisible Web.
The faculty union (hint: its initials are U. F. F.) maintains a list of FAU faculty salaries, somewhere on the net. Find the list and print the first page.