CSE 1111 Notes for Week 1

1/16/03

 

  1. Obtain a UT Arlington email account, or be sure you already have an email account which allows you to send attachments and has its “reply-to” set to your own account.  If the account name is not your own name, include your name in every email message you send.   If you are not clear on following these instructions, stay after class for a few minutes to clarify this.

 

  1. Send email to Dr. Peterson from that account, with

subject: “ Intro – Your Name”    (e.g., “Your Name” should be in the form: Mary Smith.)

sent to: peterson@uta.edu

when: as soon as you obtain an account but before 1/23/03

contents: introduce yourself (including your name, your ID number, your email address)

and then tell a little about yourself (including something interesting that makes

you unique …. something you don’t mind other people knowing about.)

 

  1. Locate the College of Engineering Ethics Statement on the class web site (see syllabus for class web site’s URL).   Read and print it.  If you have questions about it, discuss them with your instructor.  Otherwise, sign and return the Ethics Statement at class on 1/23/03.

 

  1. Rather than use a textbook this semester, we are assigning readings from the web on certain topics.  The topic for this week is:   What is Computer Ethics?     You are to find some information about that topic on the web.  Here are 2 sources to get you started but you can certainly find others:

http://www.onlineethics.org/

http://library.thinkquest.org/26658/links.html

Answer the following questions using resources you find on the web.  If you use any of the information from one of the web pages directly, be sure to cite your source, i.e., include the web page address (URL) in your answer.

1)      What kinds of problems that existed prior to computers have been changed or made more difficult thanks to computers?   (Identify at least 4, and describe each in 1-2 sentences)

2)      For each one of these problems, how is it related to ethics?  (Describe in 1-2 sentences)

3)      In general, how are laws related to ethical issues?

You are to put your answers to these questions in a text file or a Word file, and save that file for later use.   If you are not clear on following these instructions, stay after class for a few minutes to clarify this.

 

  1. Computer Use Proficiency (CUP):  Prepare for the Word and Excel exams (which will be given beginning 1/23/03 at times which will be posted at the next class)

 

  1. Before you leave today, be sure