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 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]
 

Short hands-on activitiesState of the Art Web Sites
Please suggest your favorite.
ABC interactive [http://www.abcnews.go.com/index.html]
Flash technology [http://www.balthaser.com/]
The Digital Dude [http://www.xdude.com/flashed.htm]
If your browser does not support Flash technology you may need to Download Flash Player
PC Magazine 100 Top Web Sites
[http://www.zdnet.com/pcmag/stories/reviews/0,6755,2394453,00.html#]
Some thoughts on the r/evolution.  Washington Library Association's 2000 conference [http://www.wla.org/wla2000/links.htm]
To tranlate from one language to another [http://babelfish.altavista.com/]