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INT197B CyberCitizenship Navigating Business,
Social, and Personal Ethics

• Prof. Harold BrownProf. Catherine Dwyer
• Week 01 class 01

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Agenda

• Class Introductions
• INT 197B Syllabus
• Using your Pace e-mail
• Class Blackboard site
• Setting up your blog
• Class homework and assignments
• Pre-course survey

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Prof. Harold Brown

• Professor of Philosophy Religious Studies
• Faculty member at Pace since 1969
• Courses taught include Logic, Ancient Greek,
  Ancient Philosophy, Modern Philosophy, Classical
  Political Thought, Modern Political Thought,
  Contemporary Philosophy and Hebrew Bible.

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Catherine DwyerLecturer IS Dept.

• Full time since Fall 2000
• Other classes taught CS121, CS122, IS112 (now),
  IS223, IS323, IS396E (Java), IS660Z(Programming
  Games Using VB)
• Lead developer for Web Assisted CIS101 (2002)
• Revision Chair for IS Undergraduate curriculum
  (2003)
• Co-author with Dr. Jeanine Meyer of Programming
  Games With Visual Basic, Course Technology, 2001

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My Background

• MS in CS (Pace), enrolled in IS PhD program at
  NJIT
• Two daughters, college first year and 7th grader
• Prior Experience Programmer/Analyst at NYC
  investment bank, Technology Coordinator at
  Graphics Design Firm
• Husband journalist with The New York Times
• Hobbies reading, bike riding, kayaking, cooking
• You?

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Harold Browns Background

• Ph.D. in Philosophy from the New School
  University
• Areas of Research include ancient philosophy and
  classical political thought
• Married with two married children
• One granddaughter
• Late Victorian house 100 years old

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What is INT197B?

• Interdisciplinary course combining CIS101 and
  PHI121
• 6 credits
• 3 credits of CIS101 and 3 credits of AOK 5
• Learning community
• Go to course syllabus at http//csis.pace.edu/dwy
  er/

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Your Pace e-mail

• Official university communications will be sent
  to your Pace e-mail
• E-mail from Blackboard (this course) will come to
  your Pace e-mail
• Need Pace e-mail to register for personal web
  space

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Finding your e-mail ID

• Find your e-mail ID in Pace Student E-Mail
  Directory (link to Directory from
  http//studentit.pace.edu/)
• Enter your first name and last name
• Your e-mail ID and Alias will be displayed
• You will need e-mail ID to access your student
  e-mail and access Blackboard
• Your Alias is another account name others can use
  to e-mail you

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Access your Pace e-mail

• Go to http//stmail.pace.edu/
• Initial password is social security number with
  no dashes and no spaces
• Enter ID and password (lower case)
• For further instructions on setting up Pace
  e-mail go to http//studentit.pace.edu/

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Using STmail

• All e-mail sent to Pace services (doit, etc) must
  originate from your student account
• All Pace communications will be sent to your
  student account
• To forward student account e-mail to another
  account
• Click Options and styles, select forwarding,
  enter e-mail you want messages forwarded to

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This is a web assisted class

• Hybrid class structure
• Combines in class meetings and online content
• 4 hours in laptop classroom
• 2 credits delivered online (equivalent to two
  classroom hours)

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What is online learning?

• Class interaction and learning delivered using
  technology
• Online site combines readings, blogs, and
  discussion forums
• Pace uses Blackboard course management software
  to administer online courses

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Sign on to Blackboard

• http//blackboard.pace.edu/
• Username is Pace e-mail ID
• Initial password is social security number with
  no dashes and no spaces
• Everything should be lower case

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What if it doesnt work?

• Access class documents at http//csis.pace.edu/dw
  yer
• Report Blackboard problem to http//doithelpdesk.p
  ace.edu

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INT 197B Blackboard Site

• Syllabus and course schedule
• Course Resources
• Assignments
• Course Documents
• Communication and Discussion Board (post message
  under welcome)
• Student Tools

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Pre-course survey

• Consent form
• Attitudes towards technology survey
• Ethical issues survey

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Set up your blog

• Blogging is a popular form of personal expression
  and communication
• We will use a blogging tool for our course this
  semester
• Will be a private blog community (to start)
• Go to http//int197b.21publish.com/ (or follow
  the link from the course syllabus)
• Create new account (use Pace e-mail address)

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Ethics and technology

• Civilizations have struggled with issues of
  property, privacy, responsibility, and power
• Modern networked technology dramatically
  increases the scale and speed of ethical issues
• Look at these examples of Ethical dilemmas

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Ethics and Truth-telling

• Italian tax mores
• What issues does this case study raise?

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Week 1 Assignments

• Chunking assignment for DC 2005 chapter one (due
  next Tuesday)
• Set up a home page for your blog (due by
  Thursday)
• Roth chapter one
• Bring your Excel text to next class (Thursday)