Overview Part 1 28 August 2006

Administrivia  Attendance  Keeping a large class interactive  Who we are Name, class, something unusual about yourself Fill out bio form

Agenda  Course themes  Course objectives  Computers in our everyday lives Benefits Risks

Recurring Theme: Effects of Information Technology  What does IT include? Technology Managing information  What computers have you used today?  What other ways have you been impacted by IT today?

Recurring Theme: Effects of Information Technology  Effects of IT on individuals, groups, societies  Work  Consume  Communicate  Socialize; play  Perceptions of self; of place

Course Objectives  Identify controversial issues relating to IT and its use  Promote ethical thinking Examine the facts Consider multiple views Find a moral position you can defend

How do changes in society occur?  What is a luddite?  Consider the impact of the transportation revolution  What similarities do we see in communications?

Benefits  Write down five

Here are a Few Productivity tools Fun Information Shopping Convenience Education Financial Communication Crime fighting Science Engineering Medicine Travel Computer-controlled systems