Textbook: Pearson Custom, Computer Science: Brooklyn College, Pearson Learning Solutions .
The textbook is available in the College Bookstore, ISBN # 1-256-60114-4.
Do not but previous editions as the 2013 edition has a large number of updates.

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Click here for the Course Syllabus

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Lecture Notes and Audio

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Lecture	Audio
	Welcome Audio
Computer Basics	Computer Basics
The Internet and the Web Check out How Stuff Works for more info	The Internet & Web
Algorithms and Programming Languages	Algorithms   Programming Languages
HTML and Web Pages	HTML Part 1   HTML Part 2
Representing Information & Multimedia Digitally	Storing Data Part 1   Part 2
The History of Computers      Watch the video Modern Marvels - Creation of the Computer (Google Video)	Self explanatory
Javascript and Dynamic Web Pages	Javascript - Dynamic Web Pages
Event-Driven Pages	Events Driven Pages
Inside the Computer	Inside The Computer
Artifical Intelligence	Artificial Intelligence
Limits of Computation	Limits of Computation
Encryption	Encryption
Privacy & Security	Privacy & Security
e-Commerce	e-Commerce

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Readings

What should an educated person know about computers? Brian Kernighan (Pages 5-11)
Redefining the Architecture of Memory (NYTimes 9/11/2007)
Google Redefines Web Browser (Wall St Journal 9/3/2008)
How to Create a Successful Web Site for Almost Nothing (Wall St Journal 8/11/2008)
The Computer Is Becoming A Collaborator (Computerworld 10/27/2008)
Siftables - The Smart Blocks (TED Video)
The Sixth Sense (TED Video)
E-mail Saves Time But Being There Says More (NYT 1/26/2010)
A Race For Smarter Search (NY Times 8/2/2010)
Hackers Arrest Offers a Peek Into an Elusive Russian Underworld (NY Times 8/24/2010)

History
The Web Time Forgot Paul Otlet (NY Times 6/17/2008)
Modern Marvels - Creation of the Computer (Google Video)
Great Computing Museums of the World, Part One (CACM Jan 2010)
Great Computing Museums of the World, Part Two (CACM May 2010)

Plagiarism
Professors Use Technology To Fight Student Cheating (US News & World Report 10/3/2008)
Plagiarism Lines Blur for Students in Digital Age (NY Times 8/1/12010)
Plagiarism Is Not a Big Moral Deal (NY Times Opinionator 8/9 and 8/16/2010)

Internet/Social Media
Debate - Does the Internet Make You Smarter or Dumber (WSJ June 5-6, 2010)
The Great Privacy Debate (WSJ Aug 7-8, 2010)