AI Calendar for the week of March 24, 2014 to March 31, 2014

  1. Quarterly Examination: Wednesday, March 26, 2014.

Same format as the Midterm. Topics are all notes on the Foundations of AI. Make sure you have the sheet “the Generations of Computers.” A word bank/fill in the chart worth 30 points will be on the test.”

Not directly in the notes: Know the difference between knowledge and perception. Two examples: you get tapped on your right shoulder. Your knowledge tells you that someone is pulling a fast one. Your perception says to turn right, which causes you to fall for the prank. Second, you look at an optical illusion: which line is longer? Your knowledge tells you they are both the same, but your perception say one is longer than the other.

  1. Last Homework (20 points, due Thursday, March 27, 2014). View chapters 4 and 5 of Frontline. Do the following:
  2. Identify 3 points you agree with and 3 points you disagree with in both chapters. Use the directions for the “3” of a 3-2-1 as your guide to each of these points. This should cover about a page to a page and a half.
  3. Mr. Sciame would guess that you would agree more with Chapter 4 than Chapter 5. In a well planned essay on 1 full page, discuss whether I am right or wrong. Use facts from the chapters to defend your answer.
  1. Extra Credit (10 points, due Friday, March 28, 2014) – Go back to Chapter 3 of Frontline. Do a 3-2-1. You have done previous 3-2-1 assignments, so you know how much you have to write. During the summary (the 1 part) make sure to include whether South Korea’s attempts at “internet etiquette” would work in the USA.
  1. Portfolio #3 (20 Points, due Monday, March 31, 2014)

First, download the book Blown to Bits. The download for just chapter 2 is:

or the whole book is:

  1. READ all of Chapter 2. Then select one of these three sections:
  2. Footprints and Fingerprints/Why We Lost our Privacy (pages 22-42)
  3. Little Brother/Big Brother (pages 42-56)
  4. Technology Change, Lifestyle Change/Beyond Privacy
  5. In a well-planned 2 page essay, write a summary that explains what the section you selected MEANS TO YOU. Use specific examples the author speaks about and compare those events to events in your life. The paper must have a cover sheet, 12 point font, 1 inch margins, and has a line and a half spacing (not single or double spaced, but 1.5 space).