CS 306 Computers In Society - Fall 2009

Instructor: Jacques Chansavang

Week_10: Calendar

Monday, October 26th - Sunday, November 1st, 2009

Current_Events: Due weekly on Monday (in class for Hardcopy) or submit through Blackboard Vista by 11:59 P.M. Late assignment will be penalized or no longer accepted.

Research papers due date (WEEK_12):

Term Papers Due: MWF - 10:00 - 10:50 AM: Turn in Hard Copy in Class on Friday, November 13th - Email a Softcopy by Sunday 15th, before Midnight at 11:59 PM.

Term Papers Due: MW - 6:00 -7:15 PM & 7:30 - 8:50 PM: Turn in Hard Copy in Class on Wednesday, November 11th - Email a Soft Copy by Sunday 15th, before Midnight at 11:59 PM.

 

Research Term paper: Here is a sample!

Text Book Gift of Fire:

Read Chapter 7: Evaluating and Controlling Technology Pages 350 - 393

Internet_Hardware - Wireless presentation

System_&_Components

Text Book Computer In Society:

Unit_4: Computers, People, and Social Participation

Group Discussion: - (Handouts)

15.Back-to-School Blogging - 16.Romance in the Information Age - 17.Email Is for Old People - 18.Girl Power - 19.Bloggers against Torture

Individual: - Turns in

Key Terms: Reading and Digging Deeper

Solving the IT Graduate's Dilemma
Volunteering Computers for Science
Quantum Computers Could Tackle Enormous Linear Equations
Crystals Hold Super Computer Key

Computers Have Speed Limit as Unbreakable as Speed of Light, Say Physicists
Nokia Opens New Research Center in Berkeley

Caltech Scientists Create Robot Surrogate for Blind Persons in Testing Visual Prostheses

Cheetah, Gecko and Spiders Inspire Robotic Designs
Is My Robot Happy to See Me?

Congress Endorses Computer Science Education as Driver of Innovation, Economic Growth
Solving the IT Graduate's Dilemma

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Chapter 7 - Evaluating and Controlling Technology
7.1 Information, Knowledge, and Judgment
7.1.1 Evaluating Information on the Web
7.1.2 Writing, Thinking, and Deciding
7.1.3 Computer Models
7.2 Computers and Community
7.3 The Digital Divide
7.4 Evaluations of the Impact of Computer Technology
7.4.1 The Neo-Luddite View of Computers, Technology, and Human Needs
7.4.2 Accomplishments of Technology
7.5 Making Decisions about Technology
7.5.1 Questions
7.5.2 The Difficulty of Prediction
7.5.3 Intelligent Machines and Superintelligent Humans – Or the End of the Human Race?
7.5.4 A Few Observations