Winter 2009
Please Note: This is a tentative schedule as we need to be flexible around our guest speaker’s schedules.
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Weekly Reading Assignments |
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Thursday |
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Jan |
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6 First Day of Class Introduction/Orientation |
8 “Triumph of the Nerds, Part I” (Video Presentation) |
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13 Writing Workshop
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15 “Triumph of the Nerds, Part II” (Video Presentation) |
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·Gehl, "From Movable Type to Data Deluge" ·Postman, "5 things we need to Know About Technological Change" ·Levie, "The World According to Google" ·Oaks, "Focus and Priorities" (Ensign, May 2001) |
20 The Digital Age – What’s Cool? (Convention #1) |
22 “Triumph of the Nerds, Part III” (Video Presentation) |
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27 (No Class) |
29 Judgment Day The Case of the “Gimli Flight”
Position #1: Triumph of the Nerds |
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Feb |
·Name Withheld, "Tangled in the Web" (Ensign, August 2001) ·Porter, "I Have a Question" (Ensign, March 2001) ·Lubeck, "Using Tools the Lord has Provided" (Ensign, June 1984) ·VanDenBerghe, "mormon.org" (Ensign, April 2002) ·Perry, "Thou Shalt Give Heed unto All His Words" (Ensign, May 2000) |
3 Societal Values, Internet Safety (Convention #2) |
5 “Growing Up On-line” (Video Presentation)
Evaluations #1 |
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·Mann, "Homeland Insecurity" ·Meinel, "Code Red for the Web" ·Hogan, "Will Spyware Work?" |
10 (No Class) |
12 Frontline: Hackers (Video Presentation)
Position #2: Growing Up On-Line |
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·Segal, "Security vs. Privacy" ·Berghel, "The Discipline of Internet Forensics" (ACM, August 2003)
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17 (No Class) |
19 Judgment Day The Case of the “Missed Deadline”
Evaluations #2 |
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·Matthew 23:2-32; 1 Corinthians 13; Moroni 7:42-47 ·13th Article of Faith ·For the Strength of Youth ·ACM Council, "ACM Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct" |
24 Personal and Professional Ethics (Guest Speaker) Alan Funk |
26 Frontline: Dot Con (Video Presentation)
Book Essay #1: “The Cuckoo’s Egg” |
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Mar |
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3 CyberSecurity and Espionage (Convention #3) |
5 “Nerds 2.0.1, part II” (Video Presentation) Read Quiz #1 (Blackboard) |
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·DePalma, "Why Women Avoid Computer Science" ·Wyden, "Title IX and Women in Academics" ·Samuelson, "Women in Math, Science and Engineering" |
10 Homeland Security (Guest Speaker) Juan Becerra |
12 Judgment Day The Case of the “Missing Link”
Position #3: Women in Computing |
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·Santini, "Bringing Copyright into the Information Age" ·"Copyright Wars" (IEEE Spectrum, May 2003) ·"Extreme Lawsuits" (IEEE Spectrum, May 2003) ·Scalabba, "The Control of Ideas" |
17 Digital Copyrights and Downloading (Convention #4) |
19 “Revolution OS” (Video Presentation)
Evaluations #3 |
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·Card, “MP3’s are not the Devil” ·Davis, "The Digital Dilemma"
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24 Patent and Copyright Law (Guest Speaker) Jonathan Richards
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26 “Brave New World: The Pace of Life” (Video Presentation)
Position #4: Church and Technology |
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·Brooks, "Humanoid Robots" ·Kurzweil and Dertouzos, "Kurzweil vs. Dertouzos" ·Allan, "For Government: Will It Be A Blessing Or A Bane?" ·Allan, "For People: Making Life Better, Fuller, Safer, Longer" |
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2 Judgment Day The Case of the “Enterprising Employee”
Evaluations #4 |
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Apr |
·Haight, "Linking the Family of Man" (Ensign, May 1991) ·Nelson, "A New Harvest Time" (Ensign, May 1998) ·Mann and Zautcke, "Family History via the Internet" |
7 Technology and Family History (Guest Speaker) Ransom Love |
9 Class Activity
Book Essay #2: “The Inmates are Running the Asylum” |
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14 (No Class)
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16 Reading Day
Read Quiz #2 (Blackboard) |