Read Chapters 1, 2, 5-9 of "Leonardo's Laptop" by Ben Shneiderman.
On Friday, November 4th at the beginning of your lecture section, you
need to turn in a paper based on your reading of the specified chapters
of the book, as well as the other readings and materials for this course.
This is an INDIVIDUAL assignment. You will be able to turn the paper in
late with a 50% penalty. Late papers must be turned in by the beginning of
class on Friday, November 11th.
- Write the paper using a word processor double-spaced in 12-point font
with 1 inch margins. The paper must have a header or footer with
automatic page numbering.
- Make a cover page that has your name and your section number, and your
University ID number. Be sure to staples all pages together securely.
- The paper is divided into individual questions (given below). For
each question, you need to write a one to two page answer. Each
answer must begin at the top of a new page. In other words, use
a page break between your answer to question 1 and your answer to
question 2, another page break between your question 2 and question 3
answers, etc.
- Spelling and grammar do count. If the paper is difficult to follow
due to bad grammar or organization, it will receive a lower grade.
- You are not required to use any resources besides the ones mentioned,
but you are expected to have specific references to back up the claims
in your paper. When you reference a specific point from the book, you
must indicate the page on which it was discussed by placing the page
number inside of parenthesis at the end of the first sentence in your
paper which mentions it. Use references of the following form: (LL P.190)
to refer to page 190, (LL P.183-185) to refer to pages 183-185. If you
refer to points from another source (such as an article from the readings),
you must fully indicate this within your paper and give a citation for
that reference (such as the URL) in a bibliography.
- Minimal work will receive a minimal grade.
Answer each of the following based upon material presented in the book
and class discussions:
- Explain what Dr. Shneiderman meant by the "old computing" and
the "new computing". Give definitions in your own words, and
practical examples to assist your explanations.
- There are times when an application crashes in Windows XP and
you are presented with the opportunity to send an error report
to Microsoft. Discuss the pro's and con's of this feature
within the context of Chapter 2, as well as in the context of
security and privacy.
- Select *ONE* of the following areas:
- eCommerce
- eHealthCare
- eGovernment
- eEducation
and all within that *ONE* area that you selected, explain/discuss
each of the following based on what you read in the book, in the
other reading where applicable, and you own experiences:
- What are benefits/drawbacks to the public users
(eg: the customers, patients, voters, students)?
- What are benefits/drawbacks to the providers
(eg: the sellers, doctors, politicians, teachers)?
- What, in your opinion, are the most important issues
to consider in this area when trying to implement the
types of things discussed in the book?