Readings and Homework

Readings  Read assignment before class

1st - Copyrights                                         http://www.whatiscopyright.org/SMU Computer Usage Policy

2nd -Intellectual Property on the Web         http://digitalenterprise.org/ip/ip.html

3rd - Business Models on the Web             http://digitalenterprise.org/models/models.html

 All readings will be discussed in class.  Log in to the Web and read them before the lecture.

Homework 15%

Homework Sign-In Sheet

There will be a homework sheet you must initial when you turn in your homework to your lab assistant.  This is to reduce discussion later in the term if there is ever a dispute about if an assignment was turned in on time or not.  Please be sure to sign the sheet.  If you don't we will assume the assignment was not turned in if it is in dispute.

Also, please keep all assignments as they are returned to you until the end of the term in case there is ever a dispute about a grade that may have been incorrectly recorded.

    No late homework will be accepted

Homework Questions

  1. Discuss IT-related ethical issues that you as a student encounter and how you respond to them.  What issues do you think you will encounter in the business world?  Due week of September 14

  2. Watch this video at http://www.flixxy.com/social-media-revolution.htm . Pick three of the statistics that include you. Explain whey you are in that group and how it affects you personally. Due week of September 21

  3. Imagine you didn't use your cell phone or computer for the last week. How would you have accomplished the things you usually use a cell phone or computer for? Would you wear clothes with built-in computers and why?  Due week of September 28

  4. Describe and compare your favorite news sites on the Internet (other than John Stewart and Stephen Colbert). Outline pros and cons of getting the news from the Internet rather than a newspaper. Due week of October 5

  5. What software applications do you use now and why?  After graduation, what applications do you think you will use in your chosen field and why? How will you keep up to date on new IT applications? Due week of October 12

  6. Conduct a search on your own name on the Internet. What did you find?  If you didn't find anything, why do you think that is? Due week of October 19

  7. Watch this video http://www.flixxy.com/perpetuum-jazzile-real-group-africa.htm . Explain why you do or do not think that computers will ever be as creative as people.  Due week of October 26

  8.  There are many databases that contain information about you.  What kind of things could happen to you in the next 10 years to make some of that information need to be updated?  Due week of November 2

  9.  Describe six different ways that you have used the Internet in the last year.  How would you have accomplished those tasks if there was no Internet?  Due week of November 9

  10.  Describe CCTV as you understand it.  What are the advantages and disadvantages of using it?  Go to this video link http://lyle.smu.edu/co/webcams.html and describe why it is necsaary. Due week of November 16

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