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CS 197 Computers in Society Fall, 2007
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Welcome, Freshmen!
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Introductions An now, please tell us about yourselves
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Why I Teach CIS Computing has in impact on every field everyone
has something they need to know to work more effectively. People
need to understand how computers work to make informed decisions
Social and legal issues abound in computing these arent just geek
concerns.
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The Educated Person What should an educated person know about
computers and computing? We will try to answer this question in the
next 15 weeks.
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Textbooks The best information source for this class is the
Internet: we will not need any other text Much of this class is
about Current Events in computing: the latest technology, problems,
court cases, and opinions. Another aspect of this class is making
sure you know how to find things out in computing.
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Rules of CS 197 * No dumb questions: if you dont understand,
speak up. You shouldnt need any background in computers to handle
this course. * No hype: be skeptical about claims involving
computers and avoid a wow isnt that cool way of looking at the
field * Participate: this class is a shared investigation of
computing; all of us need to talk, investigate, and present
information * Specialize: everyone should find some specific area
to investigate in detail. Follow your interests!
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Computers I've explicitly requested a classroom without
computers! This is because I want you to do your computer work
OUTSIDE of class. Here, I want attention focused on the presenter,
not on your email or catching up on the required reading.
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Overview My goal is to help you understand and communicate. You
need to deal with the following: Tests Participation Presentations
Term Paper Homework and Teams
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Tests There will be a quiz every week (except this one). All
quizzes will be 10 minutes, closed notes, during the end of the
Thursday class. I drop the 2 lowest scores. There will be a final.
It will be similar to the quizzes. Tests are 20% of your
grade.
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Homework There will be a variety of homework assignments. Some
assignments are worth more than others see the points associated
with each homework. Some homework will be for your team, others
will be individual. We will create teams at the start of week
3.
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Homework #1 Youll find that theres already a homework due!
Everyone needs to create a home page in the wiki with a picture of
you and a brief bio. This picture helps us get to know you make
sure you are recognizable! You MUST link all assignments you do to
your home wiki page. You can have a subpage for 197 if you want Ill
be using the wiki in other courses too.
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Term Papers Your term paper is 25% of your grade. You need to
start thinking about a topic! There will be numerous deadlines as
the term goes on. The term papers are developed publicly (wiki) and
iteratively. Youll get plenty of help as you go. NO LATE WORK!
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Participation This is a big part (25%) of your grade! You need
to come to every class PREPARDED! There will ALWAYS be a reading
assignment make SURE you do the reading. I will have the reading
posted by the end of the previous lecture. Youll get a grade EVERY
DAY. No unexcused absences (or you get a 0!)
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Expectations Participation grades: To get an A, you need to Do
the reading and understand the basic facts Read beyond the original
source material as needed Participate in the discussion and raise
your own points regarding the topic Connect the material with areas
outside the original topic
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Reading Assignments Make SURE you always look in the wiki
before class for the reading assignment. On Thursday we will be
discussing OLPC look for the required reading in the wiki. Dont
just read the words make sure you UNDERSTAND! This means you have
to dig beyond the source material.
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Presentations Everyone will participate in 4 formal
presentations: A short news article An application of computing
(team) An integrated presentation (team) A presentation on your
term paper
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Good Presentations Background reading for the audience make
sure the reading is appropriate (not too long or technical) Poster
to advertise your presentation Slides to accompany your
presentation You MUST get your materials approved in advance. NO
PRESENTATION WILL BE MADE WITHOUT PRIOR APPROVAL!
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Feedback I am here to help you by getting prior approval Im
giving you a chance to get feedback on your presentation before you
give it. We will use anonymous peer review to evaluate your
presentations expect to submit comments on other peoples
presentations.
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What Make a Good Poster? Lets look at some posters from last
term.
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What Make a Good Poster? Highlights some topic makes you want
to read more Graphics that draw attention and are appropriate to
the subject Not too many words but still some concrete facts Quotes
especially be well known people Humor Graphic design
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Wiki Our class will be conducted in a wiki. Whats a wiki? A
wiki is: * A shared place to present and edit information (web
pages) * A way to organize information * Something that keeps track
of history so nothing is forgotten * a form of computer-assisted
collaboration
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What is a Wiki? A wiki is a website where anyone can edit the
pages in the website. Depending on the wiki, you may have to
identify yourself (login). Ours will require this. Anyone with a
web browser can access our wiki dont put anything there you wouldnt
want on your own web page.
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Wikis The wikipedia is an encyclopedia that is published as a
wiki. Were using the same wiki engine. Our wiki is at
http://wiki.western.edu/mcis http://wiki.western.edu/mcis The
unofficial text of this class is the wikipedia: Lets have a look
www.wikipedia.orgwww.wikipedia.org
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Wiki Skills Demonstrate: * The home wiki and links * How to
create an identity * How to edit a page * How to add a page * Basic
wiki markup * Pictures
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Reading for Understanding Lets read a short article and talk
about it and how to best get the information needed to understand
it. Lets look at Schoolboards: net dangers over-rated; bring social
networks to school
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How to read this Who authored the study this is based on? Do
they have an agenda? What technical terms do you need to understand
in this reading? Where might you find other comments? Where might
you find other views? What other relevant online information might
exist? Do the comments illuminate?
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Discussion Do you agree with this? Is there real research that
proves social networking is beneficial to education? What are the
real dangers of unrestricted Internet use? Is the sample size big
enough to make these results meaningful? Is .08% an acceptable
danger level?