Classes

Class Syllabus

Labs

Interact

Creating Communities in the Living Web
- Individuals start playing an active role in construction of the web.
- Increasingly more material is contributed by users.
- Social Networks (MySpace)
- WikiPedia
- Second Life
Living in a Nondigital World
Computers in Perspective
- First programmable, general-purpose computer, Z1 (1939 Germany - Konrad Zuse)
- Iowa State (Atanasoff-Berry) special computer to solve linear equations - turned down by IBM
- 1944 Mark I (electromechanical) - Harvard - Howard Aiken - ballistic tables for the Navy
- ENIAC - electronic - 1944 - 1946 Eckert/Mauchly - ballistic tables for the US Army
Vacuum Tube
Transistor

Integrated Circuit
- Evolution in: Reliability, Size, Speed, Efficiency, Cost
- Microprocessors
Computers Today: a Brief Taxonomy
- Embedded Systems
- Personal Computers
- Handheld Devices

Computer Connections: The Internet Revolution
Into the Information Age:
- Working Wisdom: Working the Web
- Search Engines,
  - Be specific
  - + and - (contains and does not contain)
  - Credibility of the Web
  - Protect your Privacy
- Living with Digital Technology
- Explanations: Clarifying Technology
- Applications: Digital Technology in Action
- Implications: Social and Ethical Issues
- Working Wisdom: Computer Ethics
- History of the Future
Inventing the Future: Tomorrow Never Knows