Presentation
The course represents an introduction to the basic concepts of information technology such as information representation, hardware, basic software and operating systems. Insights on computer networks, web page development, programming principles, databases, web marketing principles.

Goals
The course represents the first computer science teaching and provides the basics of this discipline. At the end of the course the student will be able to understand the structure and the functioning of a computer; what is Internet and how it works; the representation of the information; the production of content for the Web, the search of content on the Web and its analysis. The course introduces the use of Python and HTML.

Knowledge and understanding
At the end of the course the student is expected to have the following knowledge:
• Basic knowledge of the structure and operation of a personal computer, computer networks, the impact of these technologies on society and everyday life.
• Knowledge of a computer architecture and its abstraction with the Von Neumann machine; the basic functions of a personal computer and its operating system, file system, memory and access methods; algorithm definition, and Boolean algebra elements.
• knowledge of binary representation of information (integer, floating-point, character encoding with ASCII and UNICODE).
• Knowledge of the principle of programming in Python.
• Knowledge of the structure of networks, Internet, server client sw and hw architectures; communication protocols.
• Basic knowledge of WEB and its technologies; HTML5 and CSS.
• Basic knowledge of the fundamentals of a DBMS and query and data manipulation languages.
• Knowledge of the principles of web marketing of SEM and SEO.

Applying knowledge and understanding
At the end of the course the student is expected to have the following skills:
- Ability to recognize and describe the structure of a computer;
- ability to convert a data to the most suitable binary representation;
- Ability to solve simple computational problems by programming in Python;
- Ability to create a simple site in Html5 with a stylesheet.
- Ability to basically use MySQL; to create a table, to enter data, and to query them.

Making judgements
The student will be able to evaluate the goodness of the different algorithmic solutions to simple computational problems; evaluate the correctness of a simple program in Python; evaluate the correctness and the result of a query in SQL; know how to interpret Google Analytics graphics; know how to optimize content for search engines

Communication skills
The student will be able to describe and support conversations on issues related to the architecture of a computer, the operation of the WEB, algorithms for solving simple problems using appropriate terminology.

Learning skills
The student at the end of the course will have knowledge of the fundamental notions necessary for the use of the computer and its operation. This will allow him to identify the tools needed to independently learn the operating principles of new tools