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8/26

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W

8/28

Organization of Class Activities:
Pre-Class activities
In-Class activities
Post-Class Activities
Group Projects

 

Guest speaker: Ms. Sandra Birch

Service Learning and the CSRC Career Reception Committee

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F

8/30

"The Ethics Challenge", A first experience with ethics in the workplace contributed by Lockheed-Martin Corporation.

 

In-class activity:
group exercise in consensus building re. classroom etiquette

Rules from last class

Classroom Etiquette

Lockheed-Martin Corporation.

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Service Learning orientation meetings start next week

Full schedule of SL activities

2

M

9/2

Guest speaker: Ms. Sandra Birch

Pre-class activity:
Bring to class a draft of your résumé and cover letter (letter explaining yoru sending the résumé to someone) on paper and on a floppy disk.
(Leading up to Assignment #1)

Careers

Career Services,

Résumé

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First (and only) meeting of the CSRC Reception Executive Planning Committee,
5-6 PM,
McB 655

W

9/4

Career topics:
Interviewing skills and negotiating

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Interviewing Skills

Interview tips

Negotiating

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F

9/6

Writing: General approach, outlining, sentence and paragraph structure

In-class activity:

my personal approach, writing is skill-based, my
" 80-20" rules for writing, fixing sentence structure

Writing

Assignment #1a (draft of résumé, cover letter, career plans statement)

5:00 PM - Deadline to sign-up for Service learning. Sign up at http://www.majbill.vt.edu/sl/

3

M

9/9

Bugs in writing

In-class activity: Outlining exercise, identifying bugs in writing

BUGS in Writing:

READ ME plus Chapters 1,4-8, 12-13, 38, 51, 112, 127

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W

9/11

Bugs in writing

In-class activity: Identifying bugs in writing

BUGS in Writing:

READ ME plus Chapters 1,4-8, 12-13, 38, 51, 112, 127

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F

9/13

Open

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Assignment #1b (final version of résumé, cover letter, career plans statement)

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4

M

9/16

Graphical Presentations

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Graphical Presentations

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W

9/18

Speaking and Elocution

Pre-class project assignment: A presentation slide

In-class activity: Practice at public speaking and critiques

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F

9/20

Possible in-class activity: walk-thru of CPSR site

See the CPSR site at: http://www.cpsr.org/

Principles of Ethical Argument

Assignment #2a (draft of email message)

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5

M

9/23

CSRC Company Representatives: Panel Discussion on Being a CS Professional, what employers expect

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CSRC

Panel Questions

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7-9 PM - CSRC Reception (for graduating seniors only) Bowman Room, Cassell Coliseum

W

9/25

CS Professional Ethics

In-class activity:
Video: "What is Computer Ethics?"

Principles of Ethical Argument

ACM Code of Ethics & Conduct

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F

9/27

Netiquette I

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ACM Code of Ethics & Conduct

Class Notes on Codes of Ethics

Assignment #2b (final of email message)

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6

M

9/30

Netiquette II

Pre-class activity, read and be ready to discuss and respond to:
Cyberspace voo-doo

In-class project to define Netiquette Guidelines for Debates

Netiquette

Netiquette Guidelines for Debates

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W

10/2

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Critical thinking

Review this scenario

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10/4 (good buddy)

Open

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Assignment #3 (review/edit article)

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7

M

10/7

Community Values and
The Rules We Live By

Pre-class activity:
A survey of driving values

Results of in-class survey of personal/community values

Short video clip, interview with Cliff Stoll, erstwhile hacker tracker

Community Values Awareness Program

Community Values and
The Rules We Live By

Dining Etiquette

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W

10/9

Hacking

"The Cuckoo's Egg"

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"The Cuckoo's Egg", a video of the story of tracking down a hacker by Cliff Stoll

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F

10/11

Open.

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Assignment #4 (memo to boss)

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8

M

10/14

Hacking

Pre-class activity: Hacking and Security

Hacking

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W

10/16

The Impact of the Computer

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All debate teams: topic selection deliverable due today

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F

10/18

Preparing for the debates:
Overview of mechanics of debates and particularly group assignments-

Decision Making Exercise

In-class activity:
Group decision-making exercise

Criteria for judging
Debate Presentations

Assignment #5a (metadocument for proposal writing)

Dummy On-line debate commences at Noon

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9

M

10/21

Intellectual Property Rights: Copyrights, Patents, Trademarks and Trade Secrets

In-class activity: Guest speaker Mr. Mike Martin, VP of VT Intellectual Properties

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W

10/23

Freedom of Speech Part I

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F

10/25

Freedom of Speech Part II

Pre-class activity:
The Hate Directory

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10

M

10/28

In-class: Student presentation on Section 508 requirements

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W

10/30

Universal accessibility

Bobby demos

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On-line debates commence for all groups

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F

11/1

Privacy, Censorship, and Freedom of Speech

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The Right to Privacy Virginia Right to Privacy
Privacy

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11

M

11/4

Privacy, Censorship, and Freedom of Speech

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Censorship

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W

11/6

Privacy, Censorship, and Freedom of Speech

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Privacy: The Harvard Dean Case 

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F

11/8

Open

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Assignment #5c (peer review of proposal)

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12

M

11/11

Workplace Issues:
Personal Relationships
Discrimination

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Workplace Issues
Personal Relationships
Discrimination

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W

11/13

Professional Dissent on Ethical Grounds

 

Video, Part 1 of the Challenger Disaster Series: "An Accident Rooted in History" (42 min.)

Video Review: "A Major Malfunction. The Story Behind the Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster''

IEEE Draft Guidelines for Engineers Dissenting on Ethical Grounds

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F

11/15

Whistle Blowing and the Challenger Disaster

Whistle Blowing and the Challenger Disaster Video, Part 2: "The Flawed Decision" (50 min.)

Whistle Blowing

Roger Boisjoly on the Challenger Disaster

Roger Boisjoly
Brief Biography

Review of the Challenger video

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13

M

11/18

Whistle Blowing and the Challenger Disaster

 

Whistle Blowing and the Challenger Disaster

Video, Part 3: "Disaster, deception and disclosure" (60 min.)

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All individual debate postings must be completed by noon today.

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W

11/20

Professional ethics applied

Professional ethics: Case study and discussion

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Assignment #5d (final draft of proposal)

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F

11/22

Open

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14

M

12/2

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In-class activity:
Debate Summaries
Presentations: Groups 1, 2

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Debate Presentations: Groups 1, 2

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W

12/4

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In-class activity:
Debate Summaries
Presentations: Groups 3, 4

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Debate Presentations: Groups 3, 4

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F

12/6

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In-class activity:
Debate Summaries
Presentations: Groups 5, 6

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Debate
Presentations: Groups 5, 6

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15

M

12/9

Attendance required today!!

Faculty evaluations for course

Review for final exam

In-class activity:
Debate Summaries
Presentations: Group 7

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W

12/11

Last day of class

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Friday

12/13

Final Exam, 1:05 - 2:05 PM, same room

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