last revised 3 October 2008
| Tutorial | Grinnell College | Fall, 2008 |
| Computers: Facts, Misconceptions, and Ethical Issues | ||
Although the following schedule provides a reasonable overview of the activities anticipated for this course, you should expect various details to change through the semester.
| Tuesday | Thursday | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Week 1 | | ||
| August 26 | August 28 | ||
| New Student Days Week 1 Notes | 8:00 am |
Tutorial Introduction Goals, Themes, Mechanics, Administrivia | |
| 8:15 am | Student presentations of news stories | ||
| 8:40 am |
Basics of Citation, Quotation and Paraphrasing Mr. Kevin Crim, Writing Lab | ||
| 9:15 am | Milestones in Computing and Networking | ||
| Distributed: | Research Exercise 1 | ||
| Read: | Quinn, Sections 1.1-1.3 | ||
| Due: | Class Questions | Submit questions by Wednesday at 5:00 PM | |
| Week 2 | |||
| September 2 | September 4 | ||
| 8:00 am |
Discussion of Results of Research Exercise 1 Discussion of Findings Consideration of Strategies | 8:00 am | Student presentations of news stories |
| 8:40 am | Expectations for Academic Honesty | 8:20 am | Class Discussion: Computer Organization, Part 1 |
| 8:40 am | Brainstorming: Leading Class Discussion | ||
| 9:10 am | Information Storage, Retrieval, Issues | 9:00 am |
Finding and Evaluating Research Materials Mr. Kevin Engel, Associate Librarian |
| Distributed: | Research Exercise 2 | ||
| Read: |
| Read: | Walker, The Tao of Computing, pages 1-14 |
| Due: |
Research Exercise 1 | Class Questions | Submit questions by Wednesday at 5:00 PM |
| Week 3 | |||
| September 9 | September 11 | ||
| 8:00 am | Student-led Discussion: Ethical Theories | 8:00 am | Student presentations of news stories |
| 8:15 am | Computer Organization, Part 2 | ||
| 8:50 am | Group Exercise #1 on Citation, Plagiarism, and Paraphrasing | 8:45 am | Introduction to Ethics, continued |
| 9:15 am | Discussion: What makes a good paper? | 9:10 am |
Discussion of Research Exercise 2 with Mr. Engel Refinement of Strategies |
| Distributed: | Research Exercise 3 | ||
| Read: | Quinn, Sections 2.1-2.9 | Read: |
Quinn, Sections 2.9-2.10, Moor Interview Walker, The Tao of Computing, pages 14-26 |
| Due: |
Research Exercise 2 | ||
| Report: |
Topic for Paper 1 | ||
| Week 4 | |||
| September 16 | September 18 | ||
| 8:00 am | Student presentations of news stories | ||
| 8:15 am | Laboratory Exercise: Intro. to the MathLAN, MathLAN Computers, and the World Wide Web | ||
| 9:00 am |
Discussion of Research Exercise 3 Refinement of Strategies | ||
| Due: |
Research Exercise 3 | ||
| Week 5 | |||
| September 23 | September 25 | ||
| 8:00 am | Student-led Discussion: Ethics and Computer Networking | 8:00 am | Student presentations of news stories |
| 8:15 am | Ethics Issues for Networking | ||
| 8:40 am | Group Exercise #2 on Citation, Plagiarism, and Paraphrasing | 8:50 am | Group Exercise #3 on Citation, Plagiarism, and Paraphrasing |
| 9:15 am | 9:15 am | Computer storage of numbers and text | |
| Read: | Quinn, Sections 3.1-3.9 | Read: |
Quinn, Sections 3.10, Wyatt Interview Walker, The Tao of Computing, pages 27-43 |
| Due: | Paper 1 | Due: | Laboratory Exercise: Intro. to the MathLAN, MathLAN Computers, and the World Wide Web |
| Class Questions | Submit questions by Wednesday at 5:00 PM | ||
| Week 6 | |||
| September 30 | October 2 | ||
| 8:00 am | Laboratory Exercise on the Representation of Integers | 8:00 am | Student presentations of news stories |
| 8:15 am | Computer storage of multimedia | ||
| 9:00 am | Student-led Discussion: Intellectual Property | 9:00 am | Ethics and intellectual property |
| Read: | Quinn, Sections 4.1-4.8 | Read: |
Quinn, Sections 4.9-4.10, Seltzer Interview Walker, The Tao of Computing, pages 44-64 |
| Due: | Academic Honesty Exercise on Paraphrase | Due: | Laboratory Exercise on the Representation of Integers |
| Class Questions | Submit questions by Wednesday at 5:00 PM | ||
| Week 7 | |||
| October 7 | October 9 | ||
| 8:00 am |
Laboratory Exercise
on Creating a Photo Album | 8:00 am | Student presentations of news stories |
| 8:15 am | Ethical Issues for Individual Privacy | ||
| 9:00 am | Student-led Discussion: Privacy | 9:00 am | Computer programs and data storage |
| Read: | Quinn, Sections 5.1-5.9 | Read: |
Quinn, Sections 5.10-5.11, Cavoukian Interview Walker, The Tao of Computing, Chapter 3 |
| Due: | Laboratory Exercise on Creating a Photo Album | ||
| Report: | Topic for Paper 2 | Class Questions | Submit questions by Wednesday at 5:00 PM |
| Week 8 | |||
| October 14 | October 16 | ||
| 8:20 am | Student presentations of news stories | ||
| 8:30 am | Discussion: Operating Systems | 8:30 am | Discussion: Software and Problem Solving |
| 9:00 am |
Student Stress, Sleep, etc.: Joyce Stern, Director of Academic Advising | 9:00 am | Lecture: The Halting Problem |
| Read: | Walker, The Tao of Computing, Chapter 4 | Read: | Walker, The Tao of Computing, Chapter 5 |
| Due | Paper 2 | Class Questions | Submit questions by Wednesday at 5:00 PM |
| Break Week | |||
| October 21 | October 23 | ||
| Fall Break | Fall Break | ||
| Week 8 | |||
| October 28 | October 30 | ||
| 8:00 am | Discussion: Computer and Network Security | 8:00 am | Student presentations of news stories |
| 8:30 am | Computer capacities and speeds | 8:20 am | Procedures for pre-registration |
| 9:00 am |
Demonstration: Inside a Computer Technician, ITS | 8:40 am | E-voting |
| Read: |
Quinn, Sections 6.1-6.4, Bishop Interview Walker, The Tao of Computing, Chapter 6 | Read: |
Quinn, Sections 6.5 Articles on E-voting from the Winter 2001 newsletter of CPSR, Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility (http://www.cpsr.org).
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| Class Questions | Submit questions by Monday at 5:00 PM | Class Questions | Submit questions by Wednesday at 5:00 PM |
| Week 9 | |||
| November 4 | November 6 | ||
| 8:00 am | Student-led Discussion: Computer Reliability | 8:00 am | Student presentations of news stories |
| 8:40 am |
Elements of Oral Presentations Organization, Delivery, Relationship to Writing, Practice | 8:20 am | Connecting computers |
| 9:00 am | Nature of computer applications | 9:00 am | Issues for Computer Reliability |
| Read: |
Quinn, Chapter 7, Rubin Interview Walker, The Tao of Computing, Chapter 7 | Read: | Walker, The Tao of Computing, Chapter 8 |
| Class Questions | Submit questions by Monday at 5:00 PM | Class Questions | Submit questions by Wednesday at 5:00 PM |
| Report: |
Topic for Paper 3 | ||
| Week 10 | |||
| November 11 | November 13 | ||
| 8:00 am | Student-led Discussion: Professional Ethics | 8:00 am | Student presentations on paper 3 |
| 8:40 am | Student presentations of news stories | ||
| 9:00 am | Catch Up | 9:00 am |
MathLAN: The Departmental PC/Linux Network Configuration Hardware and Software John Stone, MathLAN Manager |
| Due | Paper 3 | ||
| Week 11 | |||
| November 18 | November 20 | ||
| 8:00 am | Catch up | 8:00 am | Student presentations of news stories |
| 8:15 am | |||
| 9:15 | Student-led Discussion: Work and Wealth | 9:15 am | Data security |
| Read: | Quinn, Sections 9.1-9.7 | Read: |
Quinn, Berman Interview Walker, The Tao of Computing, Chapter 10 |
| Class Questions | Submit questions by Monday at 5:00 PM | ||
| Week 12 | |||
| November 25 | November 27 | ||
| 8:00 am | Privacy and security on personal computers | ||
| 9:00 am |
Catch up time | Thanksgiving Holiday | |
| Optional | Laboratory Exercise on Building a Web Page | ||
| Read: | Walker, The Tao of Computing, Chapter 11 | ||
| Class Questions |
Submit
questions by Monday at 5:00 PM | ||
| Report: | Topic for Paper 4 | ||
| Week 13 | |||
| December 2 | December 4 | ||
| 8:00 am | Distribution of Research Papers within Groups | 8:00 am | Discussions, Comments on Research Papers |
| 8:15 am | Privacy and security for Web applications | 8:20 am | Student presentations of news stories |
| 8:40 am | How Web applications work | ||
| 9:00 am | The Campus Network — Mr. Francis, Director, ITS | 9:00 am | Student Presentations of Paper 4 |
| Read: | Walker, The Tao of Computing, Chapter 12 | Read: | Walker, The Tao of Computing, Chapter 13 |
| Due: | Draft of Research Paper (4 copies needed) | Due: |
Written feedback on Research
Papers |
| Week 14 | |||
| December 9 | December 11 | ||
| 8:00 am | Student Presentations of Paper 4 | 8:00 am | Student presentations of news stories |
| 8:15 am | Student Presentations of Paper 4 | ||
| 9:35 am | End-of-course Evaluations | 9:35 am | Semester Wrap Up |
| Due: |
Research paper on chosen topic | ||
http://www.cs.grinnell.edu/~walker/courses/tutorial.fa08/schedules.shtml
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created 14 August 2006 last revised 3 October 2008 |
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| For more information, please contact Henry M. Walker at (walker@cs.grinnell.edu) |