Beyond Software Tools - A Programming Course for Non-Majors

为支持非计算机专业开设新的计算机课程，将建设一个专门的教学实验室。这门课程将教有使用生产力工具（如Microsoft Office 97）背景的学生如何在这种环境下编程。学生将学习如何构建独立应用程序以及可以在Internet和本地内部网上运行的应用程序。实验室将由30个网络工作站组成，通过一个设备（技术指挥官）连接到教师的控制台，使她能够从控制台看到每个学生工作站并与之互动。这也将允许教师接管任何工作站与它互动，并广播它为课堂讨论。拟议的课程和实验室将培养一批新的学科领域专家，他们将能够创建通常需要专业程序员或计算机顾问的应用程序。这将给更广泛的人群带来高水平的技术，从而影响工作场所的生产力。它也会影响学生的职业生涯，因为他们增加了知识和技能

A specialized instructional laboratory will be constructed to support a new computer course for non-computer science majors. The course will teach students with a background as users of productivity tools such as Microsoft: Office 97 how to program in that environment. Students will learn how to construct stand-alone applications as well as applications that can run on the Internet and on local Intranets. The laboratory will consist of thirty networked stations connected to the instructor's console by a device (the Tech Commander) that will enable her to see and interact with each student station from the console. This will also allow the instructor to take over any workstation interact with it and broadcast it for class discussion. The proposed course and laboratory will produce a new group of subject area specialists who will be able to create applications usually requiring professional programmers or computer consultants. This will affect productivity in the workplace by bringing high level technology to a much wider group of people. It will also affect the careers of the students taking it by virtue of their increased knowledge and skill