The schedule details will be filled in as the semester progresses (and future weeks are subject to change, but as much as is known is documented here).
Week | Lead Team | Blog Team | Topic |
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1: 2/4 Feb | Dave | Introduction; Views of Technology | |
2: 9/11 Feb | 1 | 4 | Race Against Technology, Intro, Ch 1 |
3: 16/18 Feb | 2 | 5 | Race Against Technology, Ch 2–3 |
4: 23/25 Feb | 3 | 1 | Race Against Technology, Ch 4–5 |
5: 2/4 Mar | 4 | 2 | Deepfakes |
6: 11 Mar | Dave | Project Ideas Discussion (Break day 9 Mar) | |
7: 16/18 Mar | 5 | 3 | Social Scoring |
19 March | Project Idea Proposals Due (4:59pm) | ||
8: 23/25 Mar | 1 | 4 | UI Design Ethics |
9: 30 Mar/1 Apr | 2 | 5 | Recommendations and Manipulation |
10: 6/8 Apr | 3 | 1 | Privacy and Surveillance |
11: 13 Apr | Guest: Saiph Savage | Crowd Workers (Break day 15 Apr) | |
12: 20/22 Apr | 4 | 2 | Centralization and Anti-trust |
13: 27/29 Apr | 5 | 3 | End-to-end Encryption |
14: 4/6 May | Everyone | Project Presentations |
Typical Biweekly Schedule
Week | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Sunday |
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Week N (led by team E) |
Team A: have initial idea ready for Week N+1 Teams B and D: Responses due (5:59pm) Team E: meet with Dave (10am) to go over plans for Week N |
Everyone (led by Team E): Class meeting (9:30-10:45am) Team A: meet with Dave after class to discuss plan for Week N+1 Team E: post class assignment for Thursday |
Team A/Dave: Finalize assignment for Week N+1 |
Everyone (led by Team E): Class meeting (9:30-10:45am) |
Team C: Finish Blog for Week N (5:59pm) Teams B and D : Responses due (10:59pm) |
Week N+1 (led by Team A) |
Team C and E: Week N+1 Responses due (5:59pm) Team E: meet with Dave (10am) to go over plans for Week N |
Everyone (led by Team A): Class meeting (9:30-10:45am) |
Team B/Dave: Finalize assignment for Week N+2 |
Everyone (led by Team A): Class meeting (9:30-10:45am) |
Team D: Finish Blog for Week N (5:59pm) Teams C and E: Responses due (10:59pm) |