Needless to say, subject to further modification.
Yet another acronym: UWA = "Ungraded Writing Assignment." We’ve had one of these (Sept. 21); two more follow, with brief instructions (10/26, 11/12).
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8/31 |
T, 9/1: Introductions
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Dreams, beasts, test objects |
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R, 9/3: Sherry Turkle, "A Tale of Two Aesthetics" (H)
• Essay #1 (your identity as a computer user) due.
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HAL’s legacy, or
What the recent future looks like from the distant past |
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9/7 |
T, 9/8: • Collect URLs for 2001: A Space Odyssey
• In class: a look at two student essays (#1)
• 4:10-6:00 (in Uris g28): screening of 2001 |
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R, 9/10:
• Roger Shank, "‘I’m sorry, Dave . . .’: How Could HAL Use Language?" and Daniel Dennett, "When HAL Kills, Who’s to Blame?" (H).
• Recommended: S. Garfinkel, "Happy Birthday, HAL." Wired 5.01 (January 1997): online at http://www.wired.com/wired /5.01/index.html |
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9/14 |
T, 9/15:
HAL, continuing |
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R, 9/17
• Essay #2: (HAL’s intelligence / his moral identity)
• In class:
- Login to your g28 server account;
- peer review of student essays |
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Hype, hope, and critique |
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4 |
9/21 |
T 9/22:
• P. Elmer-DeWitt, "Welcome to Cyberspace"; L. Winner, "Mythinformation" (LTS)
• UWA #1: 1-¶ critical question due
• chat about paper markups ("Notations" sheet) |
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R, 9/24:
• Discuss Elmer-DeWitt and Winner |
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5 |
9/28 |
T, 9/29:
• Sculley, "The Relationship between Business and Higher Education"• Gibson, "Burning Chrome" (LTS) |
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R, 10/1:
• In class: making a start at #3 |
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10/5 |
T, 10/6:
• Essay #3 due (E.-D. and Gibson or Winner and Sculley)
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R, 10/8:
• Reading: Use this time to start Rheingold (below)
• In class: Revising: some principles. (Essay #3 returned) |
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7 |
[10/12] |
< b r e a k >
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Communities, communication |
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R, 10/15:
• Howard Rheingold, The Virtual Community, Introduction and ch. 1, 2 ("The Heart of the Well," "Daily Life in Cyberspace") online at http://www.rheingold.com/vc/book/
• Katie Hafner, "The Epic Saga of the Well" Wired 5.05 (May 1997), online at http://www.wired.com/wired/5.05/features/ff_well.htm
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10/19 |
T, 10/20:
• Essay #4 due (revision of #2 or #3)
• Read: D. Bennahum, "Fly Me to the MOO" (LTS)
• Surf MUD, MOO links.
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R, 10/22:
• Dibbell, "A Rape in Cyberspace" (CS)
• Turkle, "Aspects of the Self" (CS)
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10/26 |
T, 10/27:
• Turkle, "TinySex and Gender Trouble" (CS)
•UWA #2: Communication online. (Write two+ pages on [a] your experiences in the MUD/MOO of your choice, or [b] the ways in which one form of written online communication, in your experience, differs from its hardcopy OR voice counterpart.)
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R, 10/29:
• Van Gelder, "The Strange Case of the Electronic Lover" (CS)
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10 |
11/2 |
T, 11/3
• Rheingold, "Disinformocracy" (ch 10 of The Virtual Community, online at http://www.rheingold.com/vc/book/)
• Essay #5 : Peer reviews
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Rights and liberties |
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R, 11/5:
• The Bill of Rights (LST)
• Kapor, "Civil Liberties in Cyberspace" (LST)
• Tribe, "The Constitution in Cyberspace" (CS)
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11/9 |
T, 11/10:
• Wiener, "Free Speech on the Internet" (LST)
• Lemisch, "The 1st Amendment is Under Attack" (LST)
• Shapiro, "Whose Net Is It?" (CS)
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R, 11/12:
• UWA #3 (2 pages): What, in your view, is the most significant threat to civil liberties posed on OR by the Net?
• "Cornell University Disciplinary Charges" at http://joc.mit.edu/ (and browse the site)
• HateWatch, at http://hatewatch.org/frames.html
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11/16 |
T, 11/17:
• Rosen, "Is Nothing Private?" (CS)
• EFFlorida, The Electronic Bill of Rights
• Privacy resources (TBA, but start at The Great Big Privacy Page http://www.compulink.co.uk/~net-services/privacy.htm and the Stalker’s Home Page http://www.glr.com/stalk.html )
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R, 11/19:
• Essay #6 due
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Among these dark diploma mills . . . |
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11/23 |
T, 11/24:
• Murphy, "Virtual Time Computer-Mediated Distance Learning versus the Carnegie Model" (LST)
• Noble, "Digital Diploma Mills" http://www.firstmonday.dk/issues/issue3_1/index.html
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< R, 11/26: Thanksgiving]>
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11/30 |
T, 12/1:
• Essay #7
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Finale |
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R, 12/3
•last day of classes: evaluations and farewells |
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| Exam period |
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F, 12/11:
• Essay #8 (revision of #5, #6, or #7) due at my office or in my mailbox (RF 307) by 5:00. |