[Computer Science - Week 9, 4th Period]

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The Computer Science classroom had a note on the door directing students to the Journalism classroom today. As everyone filed in, they could see it was a fairly normal classroom except for the large screen that dominated the wall at the front of the room. A desk sat before that and Logan was leaning against it, waiting until everyone had taken a seat (each desk furnished with its own laptop) before speaking.

"Hi, guys," he began, smiling at the students. "I'm Logan Cale. I'm the Media Studies teacher and, since Professor Flynn has taken unexpected leave of us, I'm now the Computer Science teacher as well.

"I reviewed what information I could find about the previous semester, but unfortunately I wasn't left with a lesson plan," Logan said apologetically. "So it looks like we really are starting from scratch. Welcome to the new semester and a new start!"

He smiled and stood up to hand a random student a clipboard with a piece of paper. "If you guys wouldn't mind, let's start by signing in, then we'll do some introductions. I'd like to know what experience levels you guys are at, or what you might be interested in learning specifically."

Moving back to the front of the class as the board was passed around, Logan spread his hands. "As for me, I have my degree in Journalism, but I've always had an interest in computers. I'm from a few years in the future in relation to Fandom, but things haven't really progressed too much beyond what's considered normal at this time. My particular forte at home is cyberjournalism - spreading information through electronic means," he explained. "I've been building computers and programming for about ten years now, so while I don't have a degree in the subject, I have a lot of practical experience.

"For this class, we'll be learning about computers, their applications and uses in the world at large and how they affect people personally, and how computers function - how detailed we get will depend on you guys and what makes sense for you to be learning given your current understanding of computers."

When the board returned to the front of the room, he collected it and went to sit on his desk once more. "So who wants to start us off? Tell me your name, where and when you're from, and tell me what, if any, experience you have with computers. After that, we can move on to something else."

[OOC: OCD to follow shortly is up! If you guys could at the least do your introductions, that would be awesome - I and Logan would really like to do some classes that actually do something for y'all. Thanks!]

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