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Computers and Society IST 2710

Computers and Society IST 2710. Section 006 Class #11: 4/2/08 http://www.is.wayne.edu/drbowen/casw08. Grade What-If. Excel spreadsheet to estimate your course grade Download from course website Save to local storage to preserve and update Can get grades from Online Grade Reports

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Computers and Society IST 2710

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  1. Computers and SocietyIST 2710 Section 006 Class #11: 4/2/08 http://www.is.wayne.edu/drbowen/casw08

  2. Grade What-If • Excel spreadsheet to estimate your course grade • Download from course website • Save to local storage to preserve and update • Can get grades from Online Grade Reports • Danger in leaving grades blank if not done Computers and Society, Class 11

  3. Staying for Lab • Two or more labs or assignments behind, must stay during Lab to get 100% attendance credit tonight - 3 labs in, and 2 assignments in. Who must stay: • EVERYONE! (Unless you have turned more in tonight). Computers and Society, Class 11

  4. Social Issues - Essay • From “Social Issues” handout on website • Topics for short homework essays and semester essay, and on Quiz 2 and final • Review of semester Essay (handout in first class) • 3 – 5 pages • One one of the social issues from web page • Must use course materials and discussion • Not a research assignment Computers and Society, Class 11

  5. Second makeup for Midterm? • There has been a request for a second makeup for the Midterm Exam • Proposed date-time-place: April 9, 4 – 6 PM in 213 State Hall (normal room) • LAST makeup for Midterm • If you want to retake it for a better grade, let me know. Computers and Society, Class 11

  6. Makeup for Quiz 2? • Only time for one • Two weeks, April 16, 5 – 6 PM in Room 213 Computers and Society, Class 11

  7. Upcoming Assignments • Quiz 2 this week, April 2 • Next week, April 9 • Another Midterm makeup, 4 – 6 PM • Essay, on diskette • Student Evaluation of Teaching (SET) • Two weeks, April 16 • Makeup for Quiz 2? • Last regular class, lab in class • All work to be counted in regular grade (*) • Review for Final • Three weeks, April 23: Final Exam Computers and Society, Class 11

  8. Social Issues • Children and Pornography • Most people feel children (especially very young) should be protected from pornography • Widely available on Internet, can come upon it by accident, or have it pushed on child • Many legal attempts, all struck down • May not restrict rights of adults to protect children • Adults have a right to access to almost all writing and imagery • Exception: pornographic pictures of children Computers and Society, Class 11

  9. Social Issues • Children and Pornography • Also, some people say to just pass a law outlawing pornography, or outlawing distributing pornography to children • Would that stop children’s exposure to pornography? That is, would it be a solution? • Software filters, but they “leak” • Put computer in family area • Monitoring software, or suggestion Computers and Society, Class 11

  10. Reading in Chapter 7 • Pp 245 – end of Chapter, for next week • Social effects of computers • Digital Divide – discussed this last week • Assistive Technology – using computers and Internet to help deal with disabilities • Large-print screens • Screen readers • Cursor follows eye • Other examples in book Computers and Society, Class 11

  11. Reading in Chapter 7 • Environmental effects of computers • In book: toxic chemicals during manufacture • Also toxic chemicals in parts • Paper • Electricity use • Book includes methods to control these • Also (not in book), computers used to monitor and control environmental damage, share information about cleanup Computers and Society, Class 11

  12. Linking Vs Embedding • For Lab 11 (tonight’s lab) • Putting an “object” from one application into another • Object: picture, document, text, chart, movie, sound, etc. • Application: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, Outlook, etc. • Document – A user file produced by an application • One method is linking, the other is embedding Computers and Society, Class 11

  13. Linking Vs Embedding • Diagramming • Embedding – a copy of the object is copied from the source document to the clipboard and from there into the destination document • After this is done, link doesn’t exit anymore An Object A Document clipboard clipboard source destination source destination Computers and Society, Class 11

  14. Linking Vs Embedding • Linking – a link to the original object in the source document is pasted into the destination document • Link stays (persists) • When destination wants to print or display, it gets object from source source destination Computers and Society, Class 11

  15. Linking Vs Embedding • Linking – when source is updated, destination is automatically updated the next time it is opened • Link gets broken if source or destination is moved (disadvantage) • Embedding – there is no persistent connection between the source and destination • If the source or destination is updated, that does not affect the other • In effect, two different objects Computers and Society, Class 11

  16. Lab 11

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