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INT197B: CyberCitizenship Spring 2008 1/24/2008. Cathy Dwyer INT 197B Spring 2008 - Overview of Syllabus Description of class Books and.

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1 INT197B: CyberCitizenship Spring 2008 1/24/2008

2 Cathy Dwyer INT 197B Spring 2008 - cdwyer@pace.edu2 Overview of Syllabus Description of class Books and readings assigned Link to class web site Assignments and grading Class policies

3 Cathy Dwyer INT 197B Spring 2008 - cdwyer@pace.edu3 Overview of Blackboard Site Resources on the blackboard siteblackboard site  Link to course web sitecourse web site  Instructor contact information  Student email contact  Assignments and links to class resources  Discussion forum

4 Cathy Dwyer INT 197B Spring 2008 - cdwyer@pace.edu4 Technology portion of INT197B Excel – spreadsheet and data analysis Web – internet, networked technologies, web page design JavaScript – fundamental programming constructs

5 Cathy Dwyer INT 197B Spring 2008 - cdwyer@pace.edu5 Technology trends for 2008 Growing threat of cyber-espionage, including electrical blackoutscyber-espionageblackouts Growth of data mining – medical credit report cardmedical credit report card Web 2.0 and the 2008 Election2008 Election Mashups – diverse data sources combined and displayed (FlickrVision, map of web cams and a map of political contributions)FlickrVisionweb camspolitical contributions

6 Cathy Dwyer INT 197B Spring 2008 - cdwyer@pace.edu6 Trends cont. Location based applications – Google Earth and Google MapsGoogle Earth Google Maps “smart mobs,” i.e. distributed intelligence WikiPedia and map of WikiPedia edits WikiPediaWikiPedia edits Distributed content  Microblogging – Twitter and TwitterVisionTwitterTwitterVision  Music – last.fm, pandora, slackerlast.fmpandoraslacker  Video – YouTube, Google Video, blip.tvYouTubeGoogle Videoblip.tv

7 Cathy Dwyer INT 197B Spring 2008 - cdwyer@pace.edu7 Social issues that arise from new technologies Can your Facebook page be used against you?  Student expelled from college for political activism Student expelled from college  Student denied teaching degree for “drunken pirate” photo on MySpacedenied teaching degree

8 Cathy Dwyer INT 197B Spring 2008 - cdwyer@pace.edu8 Technology Projects Use Excel to evaluate environmental impact of consumer products  Green Scanner Green Scanner  How to go green How to go green Security audit – how secure is your system? Web 2.0 tools and the 2008 election

9 Cathy Dwyer INT 197B Spring 2008 - cdwyer@pace.edu9 Introduction to spreadsheets Sign on to Google docs (need account)Google docs Begin a new spreadsheet

10 Cathy Dwyer INT 197B Spring 2008 - cdwyer@pace.edu10 Google doc assignment Create a spreadsheet that estimates your spending over the past year on entertainment (music, movies, books, etc.) Publish the spreadsheet to make it available and post the link in Discussion Board Due Tuesday 1/29


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