[Week 1]

Wednesday, January 10, 6:00 PM - 10:00 PM.

• Introduction to CIS winter quarter; 1 hr. (includes assignment of new people to groups?)
• Presentation (DS) -- Systematic Development of Anything / Software; 1 hr.
• Partnership (re)group meetings; 1.5 hr.

Assignments:

• Read Elements, Chapter 4: Sections 4.1-4.4 & 4.6 (due: January 17)
• Do Perl exercises - Elements, Section 4.7: Exercises 1 & 2 and handout (due: January 17)
• Readings -- (Due: January 17)
  • Requirements Happens... Brian Lawrence, American Programmer, April 1997 [handout]
  • What's in a Name? Steve McConnell, September / October 2000, IEEE Software (a discussion of common terms used in software engineering) [handout]
  • A Narrative Approach to User Requirements for Web Design, Stefana Broadbent and Francesco Cara; Interactions, november / december 2000 [handout]
• Read for seminar (January 20)
  • Social Capital and the Net, Eric Uslander. Communications of the ACM. December, 2000.
  • "Social Capital and Cyberpower: A Community Technology Center in an African American Community"
  http://www.communitytechnology.org/cyberpower/

  From the authors: Abdul and I would really appreciate you assigning our article to at least some of your students (as appropriate), because we are interested in their reactions. If they correspond with us, we will be happy to reply. -- Kate Williams (katewill@umich.edu) and Abdul Alkalimat (abdul.alkalimat@utoledo.edu)

  • "Computer Professionals and the Next Culture of Democracy," Doug Schuler, Communications of the ACM, January, 2001. (due January 20) http://www.scn.org/ip/commnet/cacm-2001.html
• Write Journal Entry #1 - Question: What forces are working to increase social capital on the net? What forces are working to decrease social capital? (due: January 20)
• Partnership Project midquarter status report (due: February 7)
• Partnership Project presentation (due: March 10 or 14)
• Partnership Project notebook (due: March 14)

Assignments due: Nothing!

Handouts: CIS Winter Syllabus; CIS Winter Schedule; Readings; Covenents for new students; Perl Exercises.

Notes: Students interested in the additional four credit option and faculty members will meet outside of Doug's office from 5:00 to 6:00 to discuss the tasks for the quarter.

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[Week 2]

Wednesday, January 17, 6:00 PM - 10:00 PM.

• Systematic Development of Software: Requirements (DS); 1 hr.
• Perl I presentation -- Reintroduction (RG); 1 hr.
• Perl Lab - 12 easy pieces; 1.5 hr.

Assignments:

• Read Elements, Chapter 5 (due: January 20)
• Read MySQL, pages 3 - 70 (due: January 24)
• Read Why the Future Doesn't Need Us, Bill Joy [http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/8.04/joy_pr.html] (due: January 24)
• Do Perl exercises - Elements, Section 5.6: Exercises 1 & 3; [2 optional] and handout

Assignments due:

• Read Elements, Chapter 4: Sections 4.1-4.4 & 4.6
• Exercises - Elements, Section 4.7 and handout

Handouts:

Notes:

Saturday, January 20, 9:15 AM - 5:00 PM.

• Seminar #1; 1.5 hr.
• Video and/or other entertainments (Ad Critic, Paper Tiger, e.g.) 1 hr.
• Lecture: Perl (RG); .5 hr.
• Lab: Perl (including Q & A and Randy and Doug give personal attention); 1.5 hr.
• Partnership group meeting (meet with faculty for about 10 minutes per group); 2 hr.

Assignments:

• Read Elements, Chapter 6: Sections 6.1-6.3 & 6.5 (due: February 3)
• Do Perl exercises - Elements, Section 6.6: Exercises 1 & 2 and handout (due: Februay 3)
• Read MySQL, pages 79 - 139 (due: February 7)

Assignments due:

• Read seminar readings
• Journal entry #1
• Read Elements, Chapter 5
• Exercises - Elements, Section 5.6: Exercises 1 & 3; [2 optional] and handout

Handouts:

Notes:

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[Week 3]

Wednesday, January 24, 6:00 PM - 10:00 PM.

• Plato lecture: Don't Take Liberties with our Genes! Phil Bereano, University of Washington; 1.5 hr.
• Group design session: CIS web site collaborative development; 1 hr.
• Lecture / Lab: MySQL; 1 hr.

Assignments:

• MySQL easy pieces (Due: January 31)
• Read the following on privacy (due for seminar -- February 3):
  • "When your personal privacy is at stake online, would you prefer to be left alone except when you grant permission? Or are you comfortable having your movements tracked unless you specifically object?" by Tom Weber, Wall Street Journal;
  • "A security specialist explains why his open-source version of the FBI's snooping technology is a victory for privacy fans" by Sean Dugan, Salon.com;
  • "Major Internet companies and the Web's standard-setting body on Wednesday unveiled some long-awaited technology that would alert computer users before they visited Web sites that collect more personal information than they are willing to share" by Jeri Clausing, NY Times; [all handouts]
• Write journal entry #2 - Question: (due: February 3)
What are the positives and negatives of providing personal information on web sites? What controls, if any, do you think should be placed on web site regarding use of personal information?

Assignments due: Read "Why the Future Doesn't Need Us," Bill Joy

Handouts: MySQL easy pieces (Due: January 31)

Notes:

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[Week 4]

Wednesday, January 31, 6:00 PM - 10:00 PM.

• Presentation: Planning (DS); .5 hr.
• Workshop: Planning; 1 hr.
• Lecture / Lab: MySQL; 2 hrs.

Assignments: MySQL Easy Pieces II (Due: February 7)

Assignments due: MySQL Easy Pieces I

Handouts:

Notes:

Saturday, February 3, 9:15 AM - 5:00 PM.

• Partnership Project group meeting; 2 hrs.
• Seminar #2; 1.5 hrs.
• Perl Lab; 1.5 hrs.
• Lecture: Database normalization; .5 hr.
• Lab: Database normalization; 1 hr.

Assignments:

• Read Elements, Chapter 7: Sections 7.1-7.6 & 7.8 (due: February 14)
• Do Perl exercises - Elements, Section 7.9: Exercises 1 & 2; [3 optional] and handout (due: February 14)

Assignments due:

• Read Elements, Chapter 6: Sections 6.1-6.3 & 6.5
• Do Perl exercises - Elements, Section 6.6: Exercises 1 & 2 and handout
• Seminar readings from January 24
• Journal entry #2

Handouts:

Notes:

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[Week 5]

Wednesday, February 7, 6:00 PM - 10:00 PM.

• Presentation: Norm Buske, Government Accountability Program, "Modern Communications and Globalization of Public Interests"; 1.5 hrs.
• Presentation: Security and/or Privacy (RG); 1 hr.

Assignments:

• Read "Social Navigation: Techniques for Building More Usable Systems" by A. Dieburger, P. Dourish, K. Höök, and A. Wexelblat; Interactions, november / december 2000 and
• Interface, Jonathan Grudin, from CSCW 90 Proceedings [handouts] by February 14.

Assignments due:

• Partnership Project mid-quarter status report
• MySQL Easy Pieces II

Handouts: Seminar articles (above)

Notes:

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[Week 6]

Wednesday, February 14, 6:00 PM - 10:00 PM.

• Presentation: Software Design (DS); 1 hr.
• Perl Lab (may split); 2 hrs.

Assignments due:

Notes:This is higher education "International day" at state capitol. Hopefully some or all of the partnership teams will be involved with this.

Assignments:

• Read MySQL, Chapter 7: pp 275-309 (due: February 21)
• Do Perl/MySQL exercises - Handout (due: February 21)
• Read the following on privacy (due for seminar -- February 21):
  • "The Internet wants your personal info. What's in it for you? Business Week 4/5/99;
  • Surfer Beware: Personal Privacy and the Internet, EPIC Report http://www.epic.org/reports/surfer-beware.html
  • "FBI's System to Covertly Search E-Mail Raises Legal Issues, Privacy Concerns" by Neil King Jr. and Ted Bridis, Wall Street Journal;
  • "Technology Will Solve Web Privacy Problems" by Lawrence Lessig, Wall Street Journal) [all handouts unless marked as web site]
• Write journal entry #3 - Take a position on either side of this assertion: People need to fight to maintain their privacy. Why or why not? How?

Assignments due:

• Read Elements, Chapter 7: Sections 7.1-7.6 & 7.8
• Do Perl exercises - Elements, Section 7.9: Exercises 1 & 2; [3 optional] and handout
• Readings from February 7

Handouts: Seminar articles (above)

Notes:

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[Week 7]

Wednesday, February 21, 6:00 PM - 10:00 PM.

• Partnership Project group meeting; 1 hr.
• Seminar #3: 1.5 hr.
• Lab: Perl DBI (RG); 1 hr.

Assignments:

• Read MySQL, Chapter 7: pp 309-346 (due: February 28)
• Do Perl/MySQL exercises - Handout (due: February 28)

Assignments due:

• Read MySQL, Chapter 7: pp 275-309
• Do Perl/MySQL exercises - Handout
• Seminar readings from February 14
• Journal entry #3

Handouts:

Notes:

Saturday, February 24, 9:15 AM - 5:00 PM.

• Presentation: Software Development (DS); 1 hr.
• Partnership Project group meeting; 2 hrs.
• Toolkit discussion 1.5 hours ???
• CIS Site discussion .5 hrs.

Assignments:

Assignments due:

Handouts:

Notes:

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[Week 8]

Wednesday, February 28, 6:00 PM - 10:00 PM.

• Guest Speaker [TBD] 1.5 hrs.
• Perl Lab 1 hr.

Assignments:

• Read for seminar (by March 7):
  • "We Now Interrupt Your Browsing for This Commercial Message" by Susan Stellin, New York Times, December 18, 2000;
  • "For Microsoft, A Shift Toward New Vistas: The Software Maker Gambles on a Strategy to Provide a Broad Array of Computer Services" by John Markoff, New York Times, December 18, 2000; and
  • 'Software Gap' Solution: Tools and Technology" by Steve Lohr, New York Times, December 18, 2000. [all handouts]
• Write journal entry #4 - Question: [TBD]

Assignments due:

• Read MySQL, Chapter 7: pp 309-346
• Do Perl/MySQL exercises - Handout

Handouts:

Notes:

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[Week 9]

Wednesday, March 7, 6:00 PM - 10:00 PM.

• Partnership project group meetings; 1.5 hrs.
• Seminar #4; 1.5 hrs.

Assignments:

Assignments due:

• Seminar readings from February 28
• Journal entry #4

Handouts:

Notes:

Saturday, March 10, 9:15 AM - 5:00 PM.

• Partnership project group meetings; 1 hr.
• Partnership project group presentations (8); 4 hrs.
• CIS Winter Potluck 1.5 hrs.

Assignments:

Assignments due:

Handouts:

Notes:

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[Week 10]

Wednesday, March 14, 6:00 PM - 10:00 PM.

• Partnership project group presentations (4); 2 hrs.
• Quarter debrief and ideas for next quarter...

Assignments:

Assignments due:

Handouts:

Notes: