Calendar
Gift of Fire (3rd Edition)

Week 	Topic	Readings 
- Gift of Fire (GoF)
- Web Site (URL)
- Handouts (HO)	Discussions and Other Assignments Assignment instructions are found in Discussion Assignments	
Week 1 
1-25	Course Requirements  Introduction to computers and Society	HO: Syllabus, Calendar, Discussion Guidelines and Current Events Assignment   GoF: Ch 1.1 -1.2  URL: Internet World Stats	Assignment #1 - Introductions	
Week 2
2-1	Themes and Issues Ethics  Privacy: Databases "Keeping up with the Joneses"	GoF: Ch 1.3 - 1.4   GoF: Ch 2.1-2.2   URL: "Keeping up with the Joneses"	Current Event # 1	
Week 3
2-8	Privacy cont.: Surveillance Technology  	GoF: Ch 2.3-2.6   URL: Federal Privacy laws  URL: How Stuff Works: How Encryption Works	Assign #2 - Privacy	
Week 4
2-15	Free Speech  Suggested video: Hate.com: Extremists on the Internet 	GoF: Ch 3.1-3.3	Assign #3 - Hate Speech	
Week 5
2-22	Censorship and Anonymity on the Internet	GoF: Ch 3.3 - 3.6	Assign #4 - Internet Safety   	
Week 6
3-1	Intellectual Property 	GoF: Ch 4.1 - 4.2	Current Event #2 

	
Week 7
3-8	Intellectual Property cont.: File sharing and piracy	GoF: Ch 4.3 - 4.7  URL: Philip Larson Blog: P2P Filesharing	Assign #5 - Intellectual Property	
Week 8  3-15	Midterm	GoF: Ch 1 - 4		
Week 9 
3-22	Crime: 
	GoF: Ch 5.1 - 5.3  URL: How Phishing Works  URL: 10 Tips to Avoid Phishing Scams	Assign #6 - Phishing	
Week 10 
4-5	Crime Fighting: 
	GoF: Ch 5.4 - 5.6  URL: Internet Fraud Watch, includes statistics on Internet fraud	 Current Event # 3	
Week 11 
4-12	Technology and Work	GoF: Ch 6  URL: Is There Privacy in the Workplace?  URL: Monitoring Employees at Work		
Week 12
4-19
	Evaluating and controlling Technology 	GoF: Ch 7  URL: "Microsoft: Future homes to use smart appliances, interactive wallpaper"  URL: "As We May Live"	Assign #7 - Future of Technology
	
Week 13 
4-26	Errors, Failures and Risk  
	GoF: Ch 8.1 - 8.2	Current Event # 4	
Week 14 
5-3	Errors, Failures and Risk cont.:
Therac-25 case study	GoF: Ch 8.3 - 8.4  URL: Therac-25 Case Materials	Assign #8 - Therac-25 Mock Trial
	
Week 15
5-10	Professional Ethics and Responsibilities	GoF: Ch 9	Assign #9 - Ethics 	
Week 16 	Final Exam	GoF: Ch 5 - 9