Spring 2006 INT197B – CyberCitizenship: Ethics and the Internet Prof. Harold Brown Prof. Catherine Dwyer Week 01 class 01

Spring 2006 Agenda Class Introductions INT 197B Syllabus Using your Pace Class Blackboard site Class homework and assignments

Spring 2006 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.

Spring 2006 Catherine Dwyer Lecturer 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

Spring 2006 My Background MS in CS (Pace), PhD candidate studying social networks at NJIT Two daughters, college sophmore and 8th 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?

Spring 2006 Harold Brown’s 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

Spring 2006 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

Spring 2006 Your Pace Official university communications will be sent to your Pace from Blackboard (this course) will come to your Pace Need Pace to register for personal web space

Spring 2006 Finding your ID Find your ID in Pace Student Directory (link to Directory from Enter your first name and last name Your ID and Alias will be displayed You will need ID to access your student e- mail and access Blackboard Your Alias is another account name others can use to you

Spring 2006 Access your Pace Go to 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

Spring 2006 Using STmail All 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 to another account: – Click Options and styles, select forwarding, enter you want messages forwarded to

Spring 2006 Sign on to Blackboard Username is Pace ID Initial password is social security number with no dashes and no spaces Everything should be lower case

Spring 2006 What if it doesn’t work? Access class documents at Report Blackboard problem to

Spring 2006 INT 197B Blackboard Site Syllabus and course schedule Course Resources Assignments Course Documents Communication and Discussion Board (post message under welcome) Student Tools

Spring 2006 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 dilemmasEthical dilemmas

Spring 2006 Plasma International What issues does this case study raise?

Spring 2006 Weekly assignments Refer to the class schedule Keep up with the reading First “chunking” assignment due next Tuesday