2.4.2. Artificial Intelligence and Expert Systems

BBC News Article: Emotion robots learn from people

ITGS Robotics: More Articles

Study the following articles and write a paragraph for each one stating the social/ethical issues and the area of impact.

• Robots could demand legal rights
• Robots battle for military prize
• Dextrous mini-robots to aid ops
• Brain-controlled ‘robo-arm’ hope

ITGS: Robotics (Revision Notes)

Book reference: Computer Confluence pages 602-604 The Robot Revolution

Robotics in the news: http://del.icio.us/pkafkarkou/robotics

Download the Revision notes: ITGS Robotics – Revision (PDF)

ITGS 2.3.2. Personal and Public Communications

• Computer Confluence chpt 8 revision slides
• A Gift of Fire
  • 3.2 Intercepting Communications
  • 5.3 Anonymity
• Podcasting is the distribution of digital media files (audio or video) over the internet by a subscription service (usually RSS). It is an example of a push technology as, once subscribed, the user does not have to search for new content; it is delivered to their computer automatically.
  • How Podcasting Works
• Telework (Telecommuting): the Benefits – and some Issues!

Internet misuse

Study the following articles and discuss them in class.

Threats on the Net 

Tiscali e-mail ‘hit’ by spammers

Employee Monitoring: Is There Privacy in the Workplace?

2.3.1 The internet: Articles

Read the linked articles and answer the following questions.

Designing a more accessible web

English Today, Mandarin by 2020?

Search Engine Marketing

1. Analyze each article according to the ITGS triangle
2. Discuss the social/ethical issues of using English as the main language of the WWW.
3. How the WWW can be more accessible for disabled people?
4. Wikipedia says “Paid search advertising hasn’t been without controversy, and issues around how many search engines present advertising on their pages of search result sets have been the target of a series of studies and reports by Consumer Reports WebWatch, from Consumers Union. The FTC also issued a letter in 2002 about the importance of disclosure of paid advertising on search engines, in response to a complaint from Commercial Alert, a consumer advocacy group with ties to Ralph Nader.” What is your opinion about the ethics in Search Engine Marketing?

2.3.1 The Internet – Homework

Define the following terms. Use your book as your main reference

Antonis 

• • HTTP

  • FTP

  • TCP/IP

  • cookies

• Marios

  • listserv

  • web cam

  • Internet languages

• Christina

  • netiquette

  • Intranet

  • URL

• Athina

  • hyperlink

  • bandwidth

  • WWW

• Elena

  • browser

  • search engine

  • e-mail

 

Article: Today’s tutorial will take place on the virtual beach

[Times Online Article June 18, 2007]

The real thing may be a pasty-faced, greasy-haired science student but on a virtual campus he could be an Adonis.

Increasing numbers of British universities are setting up shop in Second Life, the virtual world where users can design exactly how they look – and where the educational establishments say that there are boundless new opportunities for teaching and research.

2.2.6 Tutorials, training and wizards: Key terms

Tutorial software: Computer programs that give instruction in how to use the software program or system that they support. These programs simulate the capabilities of the system.

Training software: Computer programs that training, usually job related, e.g., how to perform tasks, about company procedures or policies. Training programs may also be used to teach basic knowledge and skills. They permit users to learn at a pace determined by the user, easy repetition of material, and some give information in response to answers or choices made by the users.

Wizard: A program that guides users through a sequence of choices and helpful information, leading to the completion of specific tasks such as software installation, mail merges, or computer configuration. An assistant is able to answer specific questions.

Help menu and help features: Almost similar to the wizards and assistance this feature is designed to provide the user with help and is generally provided in most software’s such as the tutorial software, training software and most word processors. This feature generally provides the user with a search in which the user can type to what he wants a solution to.

Read Me files: A “read me” file contains data relating to other files which are in a directory or an archive. It is very commonly distributed with most computer software these days. These files are called text files and are usually under these types of names TXT, README.1ST, READ.ME, or simply README.

Study guides submitted by IB1 students: 2.2.5 Modelling and Simulations

These study guides were submitted by IB1 students

Antonis part 1 part 2 | Marios | Christina part 1 part 2 | Athina | Elena