Monday September 29, 2008
Due Today:
Class Topic:
        Today's notes
        Brainstorming
        Goals & Strategies. Univerity Studies Goals
        Facts of Life
        	Tutoring Resources
        	Students First Success Program
        1/2 the sum game (critical thinking)

Mentor-session Activity:
        Pictures
        Get an Odin account.
        	Bookmark the Daily Record
        Prior Learning Survey
        	click "Our Program", "Assessment", "Take Survey", "Prior Learning Survey"
        	use the number on the sticker given out in mentor session.
        Ice Breaker
Assigned today:
        Personal Goal Writing Assignment. Due Wed Oct. 1, 2008.

Wednesday October 1, 2008
Due Today:
    1 page Personal Goal due in class today.
Class Topic:
	View the class gallery to learn classmates names.
	Student Note Taker (DRC).
	Writing Center Notes.
	Notes on reading a paper
	Are machines intelligent? Brainstorm what it means to be intelligent.
	Views from the popular media about machine intellignece.
		The 50 best robot movies.
		10 top movie robots
		Androids and Robots in the  movies
Mentor-session Activity:
	Talk to Eliza
	Review the Turing Paper Reading Guide
	Campus Tour. Visit:
		Writing Center.
		Library
		Student Health Center

Assigned today:
	Read Alan Turing's 1950 paper Computing Machinery and Intelligence 
		Complete and hand in the Turing Paper Reading Guide on Monday, Oct 6.

Monday October 6, 2008
Due Today:
	Turing Paper Reading Guide due today.

Class Topic:
	Announcements
		Education Abroad
		Library News-Letter
		Mark your calendar - Computer Science Dept. Freshman Reception.
				     Thursday Oct 16, 4:00-6:0pm, SMU 228
	Discussion of Syllabus
	Notes on Turing's paper
	A timeline of the events discussed in Alan Turings paper
	The Alan Turing Scrapbook

Mentor-session Activity:
	Explore the Students First Website
	Read Joseph Weizembaum's article
		Fill in the worksheet, and hand it in at the end of mentor session.
Assigned today:
	Read Turing's critics. Take notes on what you read.
		Bring the notes to class. The notes will be used for an inclass exercise.
		Be sure your name is on the notes. Try and answer the questions found in
		the notes on reading a paper.

Wednesday October 8, 2008
Due Today:
	Notes on Turing's critics to be used in class today.
Class Topic:
	Announcement - SHAC Walkin hours, Cramer 117, Tuesday 10:00-1:00
	             - McNair Student Scholarship Program.
	             - Paul Theroux speaks at PSU
	             - Invitation to attend the Computer Science Freshman Reception.
	The Halting Problem. Proof, and in poetry a la Dr. Seuss
	The Loebner Prize
	Lessons from a Restricted Turing Test
	Work in Groups to summarize both sides of Turings argument.
Mentor-session Activity:
	Fill in the note takers peer review worksheet.
	Talk to Alice, the 2000, 2001, 2004, Loebner Prize Winner.
	Sign up for an individual meeting with Prof Sheard.
Assigned today:
	Begin reading chapters 1-2 of Philip K. Dick's Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep (pp 3-26).
	be prepared to discuss in class on Monday Oct 13.

Monday October 13, 2008
Due Today:
	Sign ups for Individual meetings with professor Sheard
	Chapters 1 & 2 read. pp 3-26
Class Topic:
	Group Work Dynamics
	Group Activity: setting the scene.
		Here are the 100 word essays from the setting the scene group project.
	Group Activity Evaluation.
Mentor-session Activity:
	Create some ideas on how to grade group work
		Each mentor session is to come up with a proposal for grading group work
		Create a document, present it to class on wednesday.
Assigned today:
	Read chapters 3-7 of Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep (pp 27-83)
    Be sure and fill out the Chapt. 3-7 worksheet.

Wednesday October 15, 2008
Due Today:
	Read chapters 3-7 (pp. 27-83)
Class Topic:
	Announcement: Don't forget to attend the CS Freshman Reception.
		Dark Horse Celebration
	Academic Advising for Freshman.
	Reports from mentor sessions on group work grading proposals
	Create a group grading policy
	Ways of Writing - Generating ideas strategies.
	Chapters 3-7 free write.
	Praise for a Good Dog, an example of free writing

Mentor-session Activity:
	Find a partner.  Read your partner's essay.
	Exchange comments
	Revise your work, using the looping strategy.
	create an electronic text document
Assigned today:
	Read chapters 8-13 pp. 84-153. Due Monday Oct 20.
	Revise free write work. Due in class Monday Oct 20.

Monday October 20, 2008
Due Today:
	Reading chapters 8-13 pp. 84-153. due today
	Revised free write due today.
Class Topic:
	Announcement: University Success Program
	Review Group grading policy
	Presentations of free write work

	Discuss chapters 8-13
	Democratic Election Standards
	The Help America Vote Act
	Create Debate Teams

Mentor-session Activity:
	Early Term Assessment survey
	Research Debate Techniques. See the link.
Assigned today:
	Read chapters 14-23 pp. 154-244. This finishes the book.

Wednesday October 22, 2008
Due Today:
	Read chapters 14-23 pp. 154-244. This finishes the book.
Class Topic:
	Watch: "Blade Runner"
Mentor-session Activity:
	Continue watching "Blade Runner"
Assigned today:
    Team Debates assigned today. Debates Held Monday, Nov 3. 2008

Monday October 27, 2008
Due Today:
Class Topic:
        Guest Discussion Leader: Leslie Batchelder
Mentor-session Activity:
	See  Prof. Sheard on the Great Wall of China
Assigned today: Read:
	Clive Thompson, Can You Count on Voting Machines?, New York Times Magazine, January 6, 2008

Wednesday October 29, 2008
Due Today:
	Clive Thompson, N.Y. Times article, due today.
Class Topic:
	Review Debate grading procedure.
	Trust and Voting machines.
		Notes from class discussion
	Voting Mixups
	Freedom to tinker
	Princeton Studies on Voting
	California review of voting machines
	Pvote open source voting machine software. A Ph.D. thesis
		A video about Pvote
	The Acurate Voting Center
	Ed Felten's blog entries on Freedom to Tinker on recent New Jersey election issues.
	Judge Surpreses Voting Machine Study

        Other interesting links about electronic voting issues.
        Computerized Registration lists
Mentor-session Activity:
	Work on Team Debates.
	Be sure and keep grading documents as described in Team Grading Policy
Assigned today:

Monday November 3, 2008
Due Today:
	Team debates held today.
Class Topic:
	Team debates
	grading procedure
Mentor-session Activity:
	drafting thesis statements.
	Explore links for voting essay.
Assigned today:
	Essay on role of computer technology in the voting process. Due Wed, Nov 5.
	4 Part, Term Paper
	Team debate self and peer evaluation sheet

Wednesday November 5, 2008
Due Today:
	Role of computer technology essay due today.
		Bring 2 copies to class and mentor session.
	Self and peer evaluation sheet due today
Class Topic:
	Announcment: Engineering Tutoring times.
	Libray Visit. Meet with Michael Bowman, Cyborg-Library Liason
	   meet in Room 160, which is across from the elevators on the 1st floor of the Library.
	   Be on time.
Mentor-session Activity:
	Peer review on Voting and Computers essay.
	Get started on annotated bibliography. Here are some hints.
Assigned today:
	Fall term-paper part 1 annotated bibliography assigned. Due Nov 10.

Monday November 10, 2008
Due Today:
	Fall term-paper, part 1,  annotated bibliography due in class.
		Bring library materials and hard copy.
Class Topic:
	Announcement and Extra Credit Activity
	Election topic wrap-up issues.
	The term paper process
	How to read a paper. notes.
	How to read an assignment
Mentor-session Activity:
	Thesis Statement workshop
	Activities to generate a thesis statement
		Write a list of questions you might ask
		which ones do you most care about
		write new questions relating to the one you care about
		Create a theory that answers your new questions
		Is their a paradox or constradiction?
		how can you explain it?
	Activity from Ways of Writing (pages 70-71 72).
Assigned today:
	Fall term-paper part 2 Thesis and Outline assigned. Due Nov. 12.
	Read: Ethnographic Study of the Effects of Facebook.com on Interpersonal Relationships
		Answer the 8 questions asked in the survey, bring the answers to class on Wednesday.

Wednesday November 12, 2008
Due Today:
	Fall term-paper part 2 Thesis and Outline due today.
	Bring the 8 questions asked in the survey to class.
Class Topic:
	5 core rules for writing. notes.
	Tally the Facebook survey for our class.
	case study - Technology and social interaction
		What is social interaction
		How do we know when it is good? or bad?
		How does technology magnify the good? or the bad?
	Small Group exercise. come up with several cases where
		technology is used in a good way in social interaction, and where it used in bad way.
		results of the small group exercise.

Mentor-session Activity:
	Rewrite bad paragraph using core rules.
Assigned today:
	Fall term-paper, part 3, First draft assigned. Due Nov. 19.

Monday November 17, 2008
Due Today:
Class Topic:
	Announcement Frinq Advising Day Thursday, November 20, 2008 10am-2pm
	List of technology enabled interpersonal relationships.
	Evaluating interpersonal relationships.
		At the workplace Interpersonal Standards
	Effects of technology. How does it magnify relationships?
	Going deeper, A guided walk through of todays assignment.
Mentor-session Activity:
	"Jacking into the Brain", By Gary Stix

Assigned today:
	Interpersonal relationship assignment.
		discovery, analysis, synthesis. See walk through for an example.
		1 Page powerpoint. Due Monday Nov. 24

Wednesday November 19, 2008
Due Today:
	Fall term-paper, part 3, First draft, due today
		Bring 2 hard copies to class.
Class Topic:
	What makes a strong Thesis
		Thesis1
		Thesis2
		Thesis3
		Thesis4
	Miniportfolios
	Classifying your work
		example portfolios
Mentor-session Activity:
	powerpoint skills
	Peer review of first drafts.
Assigned today:
	Fall term miniportfolio assignment.

Monday November 24, 2008
Due Today:
	1 Page powerpoint due today
Class Topic:
	First Draft comments returned.
	One Page powerpoint
	Notes on Absoulute and Relative Links
Mentor-session Activity:
	Web based software
	Unix Html Drive - Publishing websites.
	Bring Projector
Assigned today:
	Fall term-paper, part 4, Final Draft assigned. Due Dec. 3, 2008

Wednesday November 26, 2008
Due Today:
Class Topic:
	No Class today
	Work on miniportfolio
	Work on final draft
Mentor-session Activity:
	No Mentor Session
Assigned today:

Monday December 1, 2008
Due Today:
Class Topic:
	Inclusion / Exclusion
	A Class Divided
Mentor-session Activity:
Assigned today:

Wednesday December 3, 2008
Due Today:
	Fall term-paper, part 4, Final Draft due today
Class Topic:
	Finish 1 page powerpoint.
	View the last 2 parts of A Class Divided.
	Right Handed Privelege exercise.
Mentor-session Activity:
	End of Term Assesment.
	Review parameters of miniportfolio.
	Exercise on building webpages. Translating powerpoint and word documents.
Assigned today:

Thursday December 11, 2008
Final Exam Block: 12:30-14:20
Mini portfolio presentations.
Links to students portfolios
End of Term Celebration.