Transcript INT197B: CyberCitizenship - Seidenberg School of CSIS

INT197B:
CyberCitizenship
Spring 2009
1/23/2009
Catherine Dwyer
Lecturer IS Dept.
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Full time since Fall 2000
Other classes taught: CS121, CS122, IS112, IS223,
IS323, IS396E (Java), IS660Z(Programming Games
Using VB)
Lead developer for Web Assisted CIS101
Revision Chair for IS Undergraduate curriculum
Co-author with Dr. Jeanine Meyer of Programming
Games With Visual Basic, Course Technology, 2001
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My IS Background
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MS in CS (Pace), PhD in IS from NJIT, research area
online privacy management
Two daughters, recent college grad and high school
junior
Prior Experience: Programmer/Analyst at NYC
investment bank, Technology Coordinator at Graphics
Design Firm
Husband journalist with The New York Times
Research interests: social networking and social media,
online privacy management, and sustainability
You?
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Required Texts
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Microsoft Office Excel 2007 (New
Perspectives)
HTML Complete Concepts and
Techniques, 5th ed.
JavaScript 101
Security Awareness: Applying practical
security in your world
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Overview of Syllabus
Description of class
 Books and readings assigned
 Link to class web site
 Assignments and grading
 Class policies
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Overview of Blackboard Site
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Resources on the blackboard site
 Link
to course web site
 Instructor contact information
 Student email contact
 Assignments and links to class resources
 Discussion forum
 Please complete online survey (under
announcements)
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Technology portion of INT197B
Excel – spreadsheet and data analysis
 Web – internet, networked technologies,
web page design
 JavaScript – fundamental programming
constructs
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Technology assignments
Participation in discussion forum
 Homework based on class labs
 Excel exam (one hour)
 Security audit
 Group HTML project
 Final exam
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Sustainability
“capacity to maintain a process
indefinitely” (WikiPedia)
 Characteristic of eco-systems
 Resources are finite, and must be used in
a renewable and sustainable manner
 “"[to meet] the needs of the present
without compromising the ability of future
generations to meet their own needs,” UN
Commission on Environment and
Development
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Computer Security
Computer security affects individuals and
organizations
 Do you have spyware on your computer?
 How is your computer vulnerable?
 Do the organizations you work with protect
your information?
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Technology and sustainability
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Use Excel to conduct data analysis of US energy
trends (Energy Information Agency)
Analyze interface design and data visualization
methods related to energy use
(http://move.rmi.org/features/oilmap.html)
Explore computer modeling, for example,
changes in water cycle
(http://www.wired.com/science/planetearth/news
/2008/01/water_crisis)
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Introduction to Information
Technology
Interface
 Communications
 Software
 Hardware
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Homework
Discussion board (due Tuesday, 1/27)
 Bring Excel Text to class
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Technology trends for 2009
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Growing threat of cyber-espionage, including
electrical blackouts
Growth of data mining – medical credit report
card
Web 2.0 and the 2008 Election
Mashups – diverse data sources combined and
displayed (FlickrVision, map of web cams and a
map of political contributions)
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Trends cont.
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Location based applications – Google Earth and
Google Maps
“smart mobs,” i.e. distributed intelligence
WikiPedia and map of WikiPedia edits
Distributed content
– Twitter and TwitterVision
 Music – last.fm, pandora, slacker
 Video – YouTube, Google Video, blip.tv
 Microblogging
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Social issues that arise from new
technologies
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Can your Facebook page be used against
you?
 Student
expelled from college for political
activism
 Student denied teaching degree for “drunken
pirate” photo on MySpace
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Technology Projects
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Use Excel to evaluate environmental
impact of consumer products
 Green
Scanner
 How to go green
Security audit – how secure is your
system?
 Web 2.0 tools and the 2008 election
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Sustainability and everyday
actions
What happens when you use something
once, then throw it away?
 Watch this video: Plastic pollution in
world's oceans
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Excel 2007
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Part of Microsoft Office
 Word,
Access, PowerPoint
How to start Excel
 Windows and tools in Excel interface
 Saving in Excel
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