Ester Dyson
Required Reading: Dyson, Ester (1998) Release 2.1,  Chapters 6-10

Security, Privacy, and Ethics

Chapter 14 of Web site for the book Discovering Computers 2001.  (note this chapter is not included in the "Brief Edition" used in class).
In Brief [http://www.scsite.com/dc2001/default.cfm?module=brief&chap=14] Click on image of speaker at top of page and listen to a summary of Chapter 14 of book.
Net Stuff [http://www.scsite.com/dc2001/default.cfm?module=stuff&chap=14]
Other resources at this site. Use menu along the left side. [http://www.scsite.com/dc2001/default.cfm?chap=14]

Michael McFarland, S.J., "Intellectual Property, Information and the Common Good"
[http://infoeagle.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/law/st_org/iptf/commentary/content/1999060503.html]

The Privacy Page [http://www.privacy.org/]

Access and the Digital Divide

Digital Divide Network: Knowledge to help everyone succeed in the digital age [http://www.digitaldividenetwork.org/] Collection of articles, reports, links, listserver, etc.01-09-01

Speech by United Nations Secretary General, Kofi Annan.[http://www.ctcnet.org/kannan.html]

Is the digital divide a problem or an opportunity? BusinessWeek Dec 18, 2000 special section. Concludes that just as the Internet is for everyone, the digital divide is both an opportunity and a problem. [http://www.wri.org/busiweek/bwfinal.pdf]

Bridging the Digital Divide: The Impact of Race on Computer Access and Internet Use Thomas P. Novak Donna L. Hoffman 1998 [http://ecommerce.vanderbilt.edu/papers/race/science.html]

Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) [http://www.w3.org/WAI/]

Bridging digital divide will take more than wires Study: Content is lacking for the poor or weak readers BY CHRIS O'BRIEN Mercury News Staff Writer [http://www0.mercurycenter.com/svtech/news/indepth/docs/divide031600.htm]**

Bridging the digital divide. Special report be BBC News Online. Probes the growing gap between the information rich and information poor. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/special_report/1999/10/99/information_rich_information_poor/newsid_466000/466651.stm]

Falling Through the Net: Defining the Digital Divide revised November 1999 [http://www.ntia.doc.gov/ntiahome/fttn99/contents.html] Read the executive summary, scan the rest.

Falling Through the Net: Toward Digital Inclusion, published October, 2000. [http://www.ntia.doc.gov/ntiahome/fttn00/contents00.html] Read the executive summary, scan the rest.

Lesson Plan and Resources for Grades 7-12 on Digital Divide [http://www.wnet.org/wnetschool/origlessons/digitaldivide/index.html]

The Digital Beat Vol. 1, No. 8, July 1999 The Digital Divide [http://www.benton.org/DigitalBeat/db070899.html]

Net Culture Digital Divide A look at the haves and have-nots of the Net. Who has Internet access, who doesn't, and demographics online. [http://netculture.tqn.com/internet/netculture/cs/digitaldivide/index.htm]

Art McGee Culture, Class and Cyberspace [http://www.well.com/~amcgee/e-race.html]***

Bridging the Information Technology Divide in Africa Congressman Ed Royce, U.S. House of Representatives [http://www.digitaldividenetwork.org/content/stories/index.cfm?key=140]**
 

Short hands-on activitiesIntroduction to Linux 

Introduction to Linux, including links by Matthew Mitchell. Begin here to learn about Linux.
[http://guweb2.gonzaga.edu/doctoral/ld703/linuxpage1.html]

Linux Online is a central clearing house for information and promotion of Linux. It endeavour to represent the hard work of everyone involved with this operating system and is operated as a not-for-profit business.

[http://www.linux.org/]

1. This is a watershed document first published in 1998. Covering, in detail, the context surrounding Unix (and Linux) development and it's relationship to Windows NT development.
[http://www.unix-vs-nt.org/kirch/] -- Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 versus UNIX 10-17-2001
2. An interesting article that pokes a few holes in Microsoft's Windows marketing campaign.
[http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2242246,00.html] -- NT beats Linux ... maybe
3. Microsoft's Performance Analysis
[http://www.microsoft.com/ntserver/nts/exec/compares/NtLinux.asp] -- Microsoft's View 10-17-2001
4. Linux Journal [http://www2.linuxjournal.com/index.html]