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INT197B – CyberCitizenship: Ethics and the Internet. Prof. Harold Brown Prof. Catherine Dwyer Week 01 class 01. Agenda. Class Introductions INT 197B Syllabus Using your Pace e-mail Class Blackboard site Class homework and assignments. Prof. Harold Brown.
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INT197B – CyberCitizenship: Ethics and the Internet Prof. Harold BrownProf. Catherine Dwyer Week 01 class 01 Spring 2006
Agenda • Class Introductions • INT 197B Syllabus • Using your Pace e-mail • Class Blackboard site • Class homework and assignments Spring 2006
Prof. Harold Brown • Professor of Philosophy & Religious Studies • Faculty member at Pace since 1969 • Courses taught include Logic, Ancient Greek, Ancient Philosophy, Modern Philosophy, Classical Political Thought, Modern Political Thought, Contemporary Philosophy and Hebrew Bible. Spring 2006
Catherine DwyerLecturer IS Dept. • Full time since Fall 2000 • Other classes taught: CS121, CS122, IS112 (now), IS223, IS323, IS396E (Java), IS660Z(Programming Games Using VB) • Lead developer for Web Assisted CIS101 (2002) • Revision Chair for IS Undergraduate curriculum (2003) • Co-author with Dr. Jeanine Meyer of Programming Games With Visual Basic, Course Technology, 2001 Spring 2006
My Background • MS in CS (Pace), PhD candidate studying social networks at NJIT • Two daughters, college sophmore and 8th grader • Prior Experience: Programmer/Analyst at NYC investment bank, Technology Coordinator at Graphics Design Firm • Husband journalist with The New York Times • Hobbies: reading, bike riding, kayaking, cooking • You? Spring 2006
Harold Brown’s Background • Ph.D. in Philosophy from the New School University • Areas of Research include ancient philosophy and classical political thought • Married with two married children • One granddaughter • Late Victorian house 100+ years old Spring 2006
What is INT197B? • Interdisciplinary course combining CIS101 and PHI121 • 6 credits • 3 credits of CIS101 and 3 credits of AOK 5 • Learning community • Go to course syllabus at http://csis.pace.edu/~dwyer/ Spring 2006
Your Pace e-mail • Official university communications will be sent to your Pace e-mail • E-mail from Blackboard (this course) will come to your Pace e-mail • Need Pace e-mail to register for personal web space Spring 2006
Finding your e-mail ID • Find your e-mail ID in Pace Student E-Mail Directory (link to Directory from http://studentit.pace.edu/) • Enter your first name and last name • Your e-mail ID and Alias will be displayed • You will need e-mail ID to access your student e-mail and access Blackboard • Your Alias is another account name others can use to e-mail you Spring 2006
Access your Pace e-mail • Go to http://stmail.pace.edu/ • Initial password is social security number with no dashes and no spaces • Enter ID and password (lower case) • For further instructions on setting up Pace e-mail go to http://studentit.pace.edu/ Spring 2006
Using STmail • All e-mail sent to Pace services (doit, etc) must originate from your student account • All Pace communications will be sent to your student account • To forward student account e-mail to another account: • Click Options and styles, select forwarding, enter e-mail you want messages forwarded to Spring 2006
Sign on to Blackboard • http://blackboard.pace.edu/ • Username is Pace e-mail ID • Initial password is social security number with no dashes and no spaces • Everything should be lower case Spring 2006
What if it doesn’t work? • Access class documents at http://csis.pace.edu/~dwyer • Report Blackboard problem to http://doithelpdesk.pace.edu Spring 2006
INT 197B Blackboard Site • Syllabus and course schedule • Course Resources • Assignments • Course Documents • Communication and Discussion Board (post message under welcome) • Student Tools Spring 2006
Ethics and technology • Civilizations have struggled with issues of property, privacy, responsibility, and power • Modern networked technology dramatically increases the scale and speed of ethical issues • Look at these examples of Ethical dilemmas Spring 2006
Plasma International • What issues does this case study raise? Spring 2006
Weekly assignments • Refer to the class schedule • Keep up with the reading • First “chunking” assignment due next Tuesday Spring 2006