Class Schedule
Fall 2007

Aug 27

Course Overview & Learning Objectives

Review Syllabus

Class Expectations Assignment

Sept 3

No class: Labor Day holiday

Sept 10

Communication Skills

Course Expectations statement due

Read Delivery Tips

Topic Resources: Career Dev Ctr, Peter Norvig Resume

Sept 17

PowerPoints: Goals & Assignments

Resumes due

Review Software / Website Review Assignment

Read Slide Tips

Topic Resources: PowerPoint Tutorial, Gettysburg Address, Doc Searls' Advice, David Byrne (Wired), David Byrne (EEEI), Edward Tufte's Critique, Donald Norman Defense,

Sept 24

1. Professionalism & Codes of Conduct

2. Resumes

3. Speaker Notes

Review Resume Variation Assignment

Review Speaker Notes Assignment

Read PowerPoints Notes example

Read Resume Tips; also Finding the Right Keywords

Read Organization & Preparation Tips

Class Discussion of Carl Babbage Case Study

Topic Resources: ACM; CDC Resume Guide; ACM Code of Conduct; Software Engineering Code of Ethics; Ethics of Programming

Oct 1

1. Writing & Editing

2. Software / Website Review Presentations (Group 1)

Web review:

Revised resumes due (paper & file)

Read "Writing, Briefly"

Topic Resources: SUNY Albany Writing Center;

Oct 8

Software / Website Review Presentations (Group 2)

Group 1 Speaker Notes due

Read Editing Guidelines for Peer Reviews

Oct 15

Software / Website Review Presentations (Group 3)

Group 2 Speaker Notes due

Review Group Presentation Topics, Options, and Logistics

Oct 22

Cuckoo's Egg

Group 3 Speaker Notes due

Read The Cuckoo's Egg, entire book (yes, that's right, the entire book)

Topic Resources: Cliff Stoll's Home Page, Cliff Stoll speech (1996); CERT; Ethical Hacker; "Viruses & Worms: Teaching Kids"; Slammed;

Oct 29

Digital Ethnography (Michael Wesch)

Kindle discussion

Quiz on Stoll book

Group Presentation Topic Statement due

View The machine is us/ing us

View Information R/evloution

View A Vision of Students Today

Nov 5

Group A Presentation Skills demos

Mock Interviews

All Revised Software Review due

Review Final Paper Topics, Options, and Logistics

Nov 12

Group B Presentation Skills demos

Mock Interviews

Nov 19

Group C Presentation Skills demos

Final Paper Outline & Topic Statement due

Nov 26

Group D Presentation Skills demos

Dec 3

Internet News: Webcasting the News: "The more things change, ..."

End of Term Wrap-Up: Conclusions & Evaluations

View epic 2014 ; also "If I controlled the Internet"

Read Action Plan

Topic Resources: slashdot, Slate, boingboing, Salon, Drudge, Dan Gillmor's blog, CNN; Onion; EFF; Pew Internet & American Life Project; Snopes; Daily Show on Internet architecture (Sen. Ted Stevens);

Dec 14

Last day to submit final paper