Students will work in teams of two or three. Each team is responsible for reading one of the following and reporting on it to the class. Each team will prepare a 500-word summary of the article or chapter read and send it to all members of the class and the instructor by E-mail. Each team will be assigned a class meeting during which they will present a 5-minute oral report and lead a 5-minute class discussion of the reading.
 
 

1. Anderson et al. 1994

Ronald E. Anderson, Vicki Lundmark, Linda Harris, and Shon Magnan, "Equity in Computing," in Huff and Finholt, Social Issues in Computing: Putting Computing in Its Place, McGraw-Hill, 1994, pp. 352 - 385 (on reserve in the ERC).
2. Attewell 1987 and Grant et al. 1988

Paul Attewell, "Big Brother and the Sweatshop: Computer Surveillance in the Automated Office," in Dunlop and Kling, Computerization and Controversy, Academic Press, 1991, pp. 236 - 256
3. Oppenheimer, Todd, 1997

Todd Oppenheimer, "The Computer Delusion," Atlantic Monthly, July, 1997,  pp. 45 - 62.
4. Borning 1987

Alan Borning, "Computer System Reliability and Nuclear War," Communications of the ACM 30:2, 112-131, reprinted in Dunlop and Kling, 560-592; also reprinted in Computers in Battle, Will They Work?, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1987, pp. 101 - 147. On reserve in the ERC.
5. Burnham 1983 and Rule et al. 1983

David Burnham, "Data Protection," Chapter 3 of The Rise of the Computer State, reprinted in Ermann, Williams and Gutierrez, Computers, Ethics, and Society, Oxford University Press, 1990, pp. 94 - 106.

James B. Rule, Douglas McAdam, Linda Stearns, and David Uglow, "Documentary Identification and Mass Surveillance in the United States," in Huff and Finholt, pp. 445 - 461 (both in one packet on reserve in the ERC).

6. Bush 1945 and Greenberger 1964

http://www2.theAtlantic.com/atlantic/atlweb/flashbks/computer/tech.htm.

Read the overview, "The Technological Revolution", and the linked articles, "As We May Think" by Vannevar Bush and "The Computers of Tomorrow" by Martin Greenberger.

7. Carvin 1996

http://sunsite.unc.edu/edweb/edref.html.

"Trends in Education Reform," Andy Carvin.

Be careful to follow all of the links. This is a true hyperbook, so you need to also be aware of the paths you are following. DO NOT TRY TO PRINT THIS AND READ IT OFF LINE!

8. Cuban 1986

Larry Cuban, "The Promise of the Computer," Chapter 4 of Teachers and Machines: The Classroom Use of Technology Since 1920, Teachers College, Columbia University, 1986, reprinted in Huff and Finholt, 445-461 (on reserve in the ERC).
9. Jacky 1989

Jonathan Jacky, "Safety-Critical Computing: Hazards, Practices, Standards, and Regulation," The Sciences, September/October 1989, reprinted in Dunlop and Kling, 612-646 (on reserve in the ERC).
10. Meltzer 1995, Richards 1989, and Van Gelder 1985

Bonnie Meltzer, "Digital Photography--A Question of Ethics," Learning and Leading With Technology, 23(4) , pp. 18 - 21.

Evelyn Richards, "Proposed FBI Crime Computer System Raises Questions on Accuracy, Privacy, The Washington Post, February 13, 1989, reprinted in Dunlop and Kling, pp. 436 - 438.
 

Lidsy Van Gelder, "The Strange Case of the Electronic Lover," Ms. Magazine, October 1985, reprinted in Dunlop and Kling, 364-375 (all in one packet on reserve in the ERC).

11. Rimm 1995

http://www2000.ogsm.vanderbilt.edu/cyberporn.debate.cgi.

Read the overview at this site. Also read the following articles to this overview.

• Philip-Elmer DeWitt, "On a Screen Near You: Cyberporn," TIME cover story, July 3, 1995
• Martin Rimm,"Marketing Pornography on the Information Superhighway," Georgetown Law Journal, Volume 83, Issue 5 (sections 1,2,3 and 5)
• Donna L. Hoffman & Thomas P. Novak, "A Detailed Analysis of the Conceptual, Logical, and Methodological Flaws in the Article, 'Marketing Pornography on the Information Superhighway'"
• Donna L. Hoffman & Thomas P. Novak, "A Detailed Critique of the Time Article, 'On a Screen Near You: Cyberporn'"
12. Roszak 1994, I

Theodore Roszak, "The Computer and the Counterculture," Chapter 7 of The Cult of Information, pp. 135 - 155 (on reserve in the ERC).
 
13. Roszak 1994, II

Theodore Roszak, "Ben Franklin's Information Service," Chapter 9 of The Cult of Information, pp. 173 - 201 (on reserve in the ERC).
14. Roszak 1994, III

Theodore Roszak, "In the Wrong Hands," Chapter 10 of The Cult of Information, pp. 202 - 233 (on reserve in the ERC).
15. Sivin and Bialo 1992

Jay P. Sivin and Ellen R. Bialo, Ethical Use of Information Technologies in Education: Important Issues for America's Schools, National Institute of Justice, pp. 1 - 25 (on reserve in the ERC).
16. Stoll 1995

Clifford Stoll, "On Classrooms, With and Without Computers," Chapter 9 of Silicon Snake Oil, Doubleday, pp. 116 - 153 (on reserve in the ERC).
17. Tapscott 1996

Don Tapscott, "Learning in the Digital Economy," in The Digital Economy: Promise and Peril in the Age of Internetworked Intelligence, McGraw Hill, Chapter 8, pp. 197 - 216 (On reserve in the ERC).
18. Turkle 1984

Sherry Turkle, "Child Philosophers: Are Smart Machines Alive?" in The Second Self: Computers and the Human Spirit, Simon and Schuster, Chapter 1, pp. 29 - 63. (On reserve in the ERC).