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1W (1W means "1st week, Wednesday)
WED, Sept 4
- Welcome
- Review of online syllabus
- Part I: Agents in a New Land
- Part II: Software
- Part III: Your Intelligent Agent
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1R
THUR, Sept 05
- Technology Lab: Meneely, Language Lab, 8pm
2M (2M means "2nd week, Monday)
MON, Sept 9
- TO PREPARE FOR TODAY
- Read Ch. 1 and Ch. 2 of Rawlins.
- (A) Read, take notes, and generate
a question from Ch. 1 of Gregory Rawlins' Moths to the Flame
-- the seductions of computer technology. (see bibliography).
- (B)
In addition, write a (very) short fictional story (e.g., one page)
that involves virtual reality (see Ch. 2).
- The assignment Q1 is due at the beginning of class and
involves the following. Type up a question from and about the
material in Ch. 1. Expect to read your questions aloud to another
group of students. On the the same sheet, please write up evidence
that you would include in an answer. Your answer should be a terse
statement in defense of a certain position. Try hard to "stick
to the facts". Write professionally. (We'll work on this
and other types of writing through the semester). So, bring to class,
one question (and your answer) from chapter 1. (I will collect these
at the end of the class period.)
- You will be asking your questions to other students in the class.
Rather than ask questions about "facts", please refer to Rawlins'
writings in your question and try to capture the essence of the
writer's point. For example,
On page 20, Rawlins' says "information is money."
Give two reasons why you do or do not agree that "information
will become the oil and wheat and iron of the twenty-first century."
With each question, you should have an (indented, highlighted)
answer. Your answer may have additional materials, like "an accompanying
xeroxed graph on the next page" or a diagram drawn using Word's
draw tools. Your answer might take two paragraphs and a column
of numbers while another answer might take afull-page of text.
Your hardcopy submission of questions and answers should be professionally
formatted. <p>
- Using Rawlins' Chapter 2, write a (very) short story involving
virtual reality.
- Read and study Cook's article on Introduction
to Encryption. Could you create your own encryption scheme now?
- IN CLASS
- A "writing moment" (from a Pocket Style Manual)
- (each Monday we'll take 10 minutes and cover two points
that will tighten your writing skills)
- (1) Tighten wordy sentences
- (2) Prefer active verbs
- Roundtable question and answer of Rawlins' first chapter:
- Ch. 1 -- Too Many Secrets
- Infinite in All Directions (Ch. 2) -- would you like to
share your short story?
- Lecture: Introduction
to Encryption -- just what is it and how does it work?
- Attackers, Hackers and Crackers
2W
WED, Sept 11
- IN LAB (Kollett Academic Computing Center, KACC Room 103)
(see Labs)
- Intro to Photoshop
- layers
- altering pictures -- you know, isn't that you on TV?
- adding text
- saving for the web
- example due on your web site by MON, Sept 16
- networks
- Fetch (transferring files to/from a MacOS computer)
- ( vs. Smart-FTP on Windows computers)
3M
MON, Sept 16
- DUE: another image file (.jpg or .gif) modified in Photoshop
and saved in your /www directory
- TO PREPARE FOR TODAY
- Read Ch. 3 'The Power of Ideas' in Gregory Rawlins' Moths to
the Flame -- the seductions of computer technology. (no questions
needed for Ch. 3)
- Read, take notes, and generate one question from each chapter
of Ch. 4 & 6 of Rawlins' book.
- Q2 is due today. Type up two questions and answers from
this reading and bring to class, one question/answer from each chapter
(Ch. 4 and 6). You will be asking your questions to other students
in the class.
- IN CLASS
- A "writing moment" (from a Pocket Style Manual)
- (3) Balance parallel ideas
- (4) Add needed words
- Roundtable question and answer of Rawlins' chapters 4 & 6:
- Ch. 4 -- Only Connect
- Ch. 6 -- The Life You Save
3W
WED, Sept 18
- Paper #1 (due on Mon. Sept. 30; minimum 5 pages, double-spaced,
Palatino 12pt.)
- Endangered species paper. (More details in class). In brief, you
will write about an endangered species of your choice. E.O. Wilson's
The Future of Life is a wonderful starting point for your
choice of species. Your paper will serve as a reader's guide to
this species including the present status, geographical summary
of region, socio-political summary of region, on-the-ground economic
conditions, and directions for how to prepare and make airline and
travel reservations to this area of the world.
- IN LAB (csLab, bottom floor of Science Center)
(see Labs)
- Using Word wisely
- homepages and web servers (towards DreamWeaver v4)
- more Fetch and Smart-FTP
- Writing professionally, serving globally.
- Hmmmm, servers on your person.
4M
MON, Sept 23
- IN LAB (Wallace Library, Electronic classroom; enter at the front
entrance and take a left)
(see Labs)
4W
WED, Sept 25
5M
MON, Sept 30
- FEATURED TALK -- 7 pm, Hindle Auditorium
John Kricher, Professor of Biology, "Connecting with the
Future of Life"
John is an internationally-known expert on ornithology and tropical ecology.Ý One of his books, A Neotropical Companion, is a standard in the field, for which he will soon be preparing a third edition, and another book on evolution and ecology, Galapagos, will be released in September from the Smithsonian Press.Ý
- DUE: Endangered Species Paper #1 (hardcopy to be submitted
in class).
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TO PREPARE FOR TODAY
- Q4: Read, take notes, and generate one question from either
the Lindsay and O'Hanlon's Ch. 1 of Defending
America -- The Case for Limited National Missile Defense or
one question from Ch. 5 (The Bloody Crystal) of Gregory Rawlins'
Moths to the Flame -- the seductions of computer technology.
(see bibliography).
- Find and read reviews of Gibson's Neuromancer (originally
written in 1984), e.g., read the reviews
of Neuromancer at Amazon.com
- IN CLASS
- A "writing moment" (from a Pocket Style Manual)
- (7) Repair misplaced and dangling modifiers
- (8) Provide some variety
- Introduction to Gibson's Neuromancer
- Paper #2: (a minimum of 5 pages, double-spaced,
Palatino, 12pt.) - due Mon, Oct. 21
- you will combine (a character and science/sci-fi
topic) ;
trace the character through the book; research your topic
and write about the state of the art today and where are
we headed? Creatively weave Gibson's character in the coverage
of your topic.
- e.g., Molly and artificial
sight
- Riviera and holography
- Lady3Jane and Straylight
- Case and organ replacement
- Armitage and memory
- Dixie Flatline and electronic
eternity
- Julius Deane and reset DNA
- review of handouts to facilitate note taking
- your Chapter 1 & 2 notes from Neuromancer are due on Wed
in lab
- Roundtable question and answer of:
- Rawlins' Ch. 5 -- The Bloody Crystal
- Lindsay and O'Hanlon's Ch. 1 of Defending America
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