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.

Team 1 -

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.
 
Team 2 -

7. Carvin 1996

http://k12.cnidr.org:90/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!
 

Team 3 - 

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).
 

Team 4 -

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).
 

Team 5 - Wed Jan 28

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).
 
 
Team 6 - Wed, Jan 28
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'"

 
Team 7 - Mon, February 2

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).
 
 
Team 8 - Mon, Fbruary 2
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).
 
 

Team 9 - Wed, February 4

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).
 
 
Team 10 - Wed, February 4
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).