This document outlines the daily activities and goals for a 10-day business computing survey class. The class focuses on introducing students to concepts like data center tours, qualities of IT professionals, major elements of business computing, and challenges like migrating a data center workload. On different days, students learn about topics such as big iron vs distributed systems, security, and platform selection factors. They also participate in collaborative activities like designing a data center model and presenting a data center migration plan. The overall goal is to establish relevance of the field and incorporate hands-on learning and fun.

1. Traits of the type of individual who
Day One (5/23/2011): is likely to find computer science a
Introductions and Class Vision rewarding and satisfying
Fresno State Data Center Tour profession:
Debrief Tour
Discuss technology that didn’t exist · A capacity for logical thought
before business computing · Analytical skills: enjoys solving
problems or puzzles
Qualities of an IT Professional · Mental ingenuity or cunning: an
ability to see more than one way
Key Words: (facility management, to do something
network services, technical support, · Painstaking attention to detail
help center, telecommunications, · Persistence: able to stick with a
operations, applications, systems, problem until it is completely
desktop management) worked out
· Good communication skills
· Creativity and/or intellectual
curiosity University High School
Business Computers Survey Class
Week one
Goal: to establish the relevance of business computing, keep it’s
Day Two (5/24/2011): discovery active, reinforce business computing usefulness and
Discuss Key Words discovery incorporate as much fun as possible.
Evaluate a Business Program
Assembler Program Analysis
System Design Discussion
Compilers/Objects/Linkers/Loaders
Client/Server Discussion and design
N-Tier Differentiated services 5/28/2011
Tier Data Centers (Uptime Institute) Major Elements which constitute:
Introduce Major Elements that “Business Computing & Managed Support Services”
Constitute Business Managed
Support Services
Day Three (5/25/2011):
Constraints that exist today
Discuss Business Verticals
Constituent Functional Elements for 5/22/2011 5/23/2011 - 5/23/2011 5/28/2011
Data Center Productions
Fresno State Tour
History of Business Computing
5/24/2011 - 5/24/2011
Security: Mainframe Software,
Intrusion Detection, Antivirus, Spam,
Business Computing Analysis
Trojans, CIA
5/25/2011 - 5/25/2011
Key Words: (mainframe/Big Iron, What a managed Service means
Hollerith)
5/26/2011 - 5/26/2011
Big Iron vs. Distributed
Day Four (5/26/2011):
Big Iron Vs. Distributed
Day Five (5/27/2011): 5/27/2011 - 5/27/2011
Community Hospital Data Center Tour
Data Center Landscapes
Debrief Tour and Compare/Contrast
Community Hospital Data Center Tour
Independent Software Vendors
Fresno State
IBM Academic Signup
Discussion of what constitutes
business computing
Key Words: (Cobol, ADA, C, Pascal,
PL/I, Fortran, Assembler, ALU/Control
Key Words (security, applications,
Unit, Storage, Backup/Recovery Vs.
systems vs. services, hardware,
Business Resumption, 1st generation,
software, systems engineer, systems
2nd Generation, 3rd Generation,
programmer, COTS, CTO/CFO/COO/
Structured Programs, Object Oriented
CITO)
Programs, Machine Code, OS-
AIX,Linux,Z/OS,Sun, Windows, ESB,
ESM, AS, WS, CICS, Database)

2. University High School
Business Computers Survey Class
Week Two
Day Six (5/30/2011): Goal: to establish the relevance of business computing, keep it’s
IBM Academic Initiative Speaker discovery active, reinforce business computing usefulness and
T-Shirts incorporate as much fun as possible.
Coding Competition 6/4/2011
Class: IBM Software Exploration Business Computing Challenge
“Data Center Workload Migration”
Day Seven (5/31/2011):
Class: Group collaboration to discuss
6/1/2011
and design a Data Center to Host a
Business Application 5/29/2011 5/30/2011 - 5/30/2011 6/4/2011
IBM Academic Initiative
Class: Group collaboration to discuss
platform selection factors, Platform
strengths, Workload types and 5/31/2011 - 5/31/2011
deployment models Business Computing Host Design Model
Time Permitting: Write a program and
discuss 6/1/2011 - 6/1/2011
Business Service Deployment
6/2/2011 - 6/2/2011
Challenge Day
6/3/2011 - 6/3/2011
Day Eight (6/1/2011): Day Nine (6/2/2011): Day Ten (6/3/2011): Presentation Day
Class Group Collaboration: Pilot Challenge Day – Move a Data Center Constituent Elements Presentation
Deployment (Strategy, Design, and all of it’s business workload Risk Analysis Discussion
Transition, Operations, Continual Planning in Teams
Service Deployment) Group Collaboration: present
Group Collaboration: Planning in migration plan to class
Groups: Present to Class for Groups (initiate, plan, execute,
Discussion monitor/control, finish/close) Vote: (Best plan gets a prize)