This is a preliminary schedule and things may change, especially in the
later part of the semester when we have guest speakers.



Date
Topic
Reading
 




August 19
FDOC
 
 


August 21
Course Introduction
Initial
Tasks
 


August 26
Course Introduction
Beginning to Think About Technology
Artist Video
overflow from last week


August 28
Course Introduction
Beginning to Think About Technology (continued)
powerpoint


Sept 4
Case Study: The Apollo Program
Apollo
videosVon Braun


Sept 9
Apollo (con't)
 
 


Sept 11
Apollo
Additional
Perspectives
 


Sept 16
Tools for Thinking About Technology
Stephen
Johnson, Where Good Ideas Come From
 



Sept 18
 
Open (go to career fair) --
 

Sept 23
 
Where Good Ideas Come From II--Slides on the Adjacent Possible
 


Sept 25
Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin
Franklin
 


Sept 30
Technology and Values
Wendell
Berry
 


 Oct 2
Technology and Values
41 Questions:  Do Technologies Have Ethics
 


Oct 7
Technology and Values
Automobiles and Bicycles, I
 


Oct 9
Technology and Values
Automobiles and Bicycles, II
 


Oct 16
Franklin Advising/Majors
Advising Workshop
Second Paper Due--Oct 18
 


Oct 21
Technology and Race
Technology and Race
 


Oct 23
What Computers Can and Can't Do
Sherry Turkle, Alone Together
 


Oct 28
Women in Computer Science
Women
in Computer Science
 


Oct 30
Alumni Interviews
Alumni Interviews
 


Nov 4
Technology and Science Fiction
William
Gibson, NeuromancerComputers in the 80s
 





 


 
 
 
 


Nov 6
No Class Work on Podcasts 
 
 


Nov 11
Rick Ballou
 
 


Nov 13
Franklin Capstone
 
 


Nov. 18
Talking About my Work
 
 


Nov 20
No Class (work on Podcasts)
 
 


Nov 25
Podcasts due (Listen to Podcasts)
 
 


Dec 2
Course Wrap Up