Unit 5
Nicole Byerley, Jonathon Green, Jonathon Leff, Brad Millikan,
Haylee Sark, Chad Westerick
“The Coming Robot Army”
 Military shaped
by two
trends…
I.
II.

Aversion to
casualties
Reliance on
technology
Force Multiplier:
“doing the most
damage, with less
people”
•
Raven
• Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV)
• Over 3,000 purchased
“The Coming Robot Army”
Pros:
I.
II.
III.
IV.
More firepower
Decreased risk for human
life
Not bound by human limits
Save lives
Cons:
I.
Robots fire
autonomously
II. More difficult to assign
responsibility for deaths
III. Dehumanization of war
IV. War becomes routine/a
progarm
Google and the Future of
Books
1998 Copyright Act Term Extension Act
“Archiving Writers’ Work in the
Age of E-mail”
 Article starts out with story about John Updike and his
writing on floppy disks.
 Three thoughts went with this situation:
 “These trappings of the digital age will transform the
way libraries preserve and exhibit literary collections”
 Universities are going to have to spend money on
new equipment and training
 People will be able to learn more about writers than
they ever have before
“Archiving Writers’ Work in the
Age of E-mail”
 Some universities are hiring in people to transfer info
from old computers to new systems (one of the hardest
tasks)
 New discoveries happen everyday since computers
appeared in writers lives
 Tracing back the URL’s for possible inspiration
 Social Networking Sites
Wikipedia in the Newsroom
 Some Wikipedia citations seem to sneak into the print
mainly because editors don’t catch them.
 “Turducket” is an odd word that describes the method in
which information gets transferred.
 Wikipedia is made up by about “1/5 of the editing is done by
anonymous users” (Computers in Society)
 Online disclaimer: “Anyone with an internet connection can
alter the content…nothing found here has been necessarily
reviewed by people with expertise required to provide you
with complete, accurate, or reliable information”.
Wikipedia in the Newsroom
 Wikipedia nowadays appears to be a useful “source
guide”.
 Names of researchers books have been published and
can be used as a quick way to find resources through
wikipedia
 College professors have discouraged students from
using any information from wikipedia in their
assignments
E-Mail in Academia
(Meredith Weiss and Dana Hanson-Baldauf)
 Cognitive Presence
 “an atmosphere of inquiry and higher-order learning that
supports critical thinking, reflection, knowledge
construction, collaboration, and discourse”
 Purpose of study
 Explore differences between professors (digital
immigrants) and undergraduate students (digital natives)
at the University of North Carolina.
 Regarding their expectations
 Regarding their use of email
 Regarding e-mails perceived impact on instructional outcomes and
student success
 Study posed questions:
1.
What do faculty and students perceive as appropriate e-mail use in their
communication?
2.
How do faculty and students actually use e-mail in communicating with one another?
3.
Does e-mail communication have a perceived positive impact on learning, grades, and
faculty-student familiarity

1.
Results:
Both faculty and students generally agree on appropriate use of e-mail correspondence,
although faculty are less likely
2.
E-Mail usage
Faculty: send out reminders, feedback, announcements, items of interest
Students: set appointments, turn in and discuss assignments, grade clarification
3.
Both agree e-mail has positive impact but research shows positive and negative
‒
Faculty: Feel students can become apprehensive about using email due to direct
communication with instructor rather than group communication

Students: More often believe e-mail leads to higher grades
Conclusion

Faculty presence thorough e-mail usage highly effective in establishing
cognitive thought in students by using scholarly thought and dialogue
 Continued collegial advancement and student- instructor interaction
dependent on one-on-one communication with each other
 Faculty:

Critical for faculty to understand e-mail in order to save them time, and alleviate student
communication concerns
 Students:

E-mail etiquette is needed amongst student to help clearly and effectively communicate with
faculty and one another
Questions
 True or False: Google is infringing on copyright issues.
 How long dies the copyright extend today?
A: Lasts as long as author plus 70 years
B: Lasts as long as the record label
C: None of the above
Questions
 True or False: Google is infringing on copyright issues.
 How long dies the copyright extend today?
A: Lasts as long as author plus 70 years
B: Lasts as long as the record label
C: None of the above
Questions
1. True or False; Doing the most damage, with less
people is a Force Multiplier.
2. What is a Raven?
A: Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV)
B: Aerial Vehicle
C: A Plane
D: None of the Above
Questions
1. True or False; Doing the most damage, with less
people is a Force Multiplier.
True
2. What is a Raven?
A: Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV)
B: Aerial Vehicle
C: A Plane
D: None of the Above
Questions
3. True or False: Wikipedia nowadays appears to be a
useful “source guide”.
4. Wikipedia is made up by about “_____of the editing is
done by anonymous users”
A: 1/3
B: 1/5
C: ½
D: 4/5
Questions
3. True or False: Wikipedia nowadays appears to be a useful
“source guide”.
False 1/5
4. Wikipedia is made up by about “_____of the editing is done
by anonymous users”
A: 1/3
B: 1/5
C: ½
D: 4/5
Questions
5. True or False: Some universities are hiring in people to
transfer info from old computers to new systems
6. Article starts out with story about John Updike and his
writing on _______.
A: USB Drives
B: a notebook
C: Floppy Disks
Questions
5. True or False: Some universities are hiring in people to
transfer info from old computers to new systems
True
6. Article starts out with story about John Updike and his
writing on _______.
A: USB Drives
B: a notebook
C: Floppy Disks
Questions
7. Is it a students responsibility to assist the faculty in
improving their e-mail etiquette or is it the faculties
responsibility to improve the student etiquette?
8. Has e-mail generated loss of interpersonal
communication between instructors and students?