Thread 3, Day 3 - Tuesday, April 2, 2024

Agenda

1. Assessment and Evaluation for Thread 3
   • Discussion of how your progress will be assessed and evaluated
2. Packet Posting: A Hands-on Activity
   • We'll jump on to Zoom to do some role play and to experience the meaning of some of these key terms
     • Here are the slides that contain the summary of key networking terms from this activity.
3. The Internet
   • Learn how the physical layers (Ethernet, WiFi, fibre optic cable, et cetera), protocols (IP, TCP, HTTP, and others), work together to connect people around the world.
   • To be completed via self-paced study: Khan Academy AP CSP portal
     • This is another decent option for building and checking general knowledge
     • Some time will be given now, in class, to get an account set up and to start using this
4. Computing Innovations: Harmful and Beneficial Effects
   • What is a computing innovation?
     • How can an innovation have both beneficial and harmful effects?
     • How can an innovation's effects be both intended and unintended?
     • What can be done to avoid bias in the development of computing innovations?

Things to do before our next class

• From Item 3, please post full-screen screenshot(s) of your results on quiz 1 from The Internet unit on Notion.
• Then please complete one of these options:
  • From Ruined by Design, read the excerpt titled "All the White Boys in the Room"
  • Listen to episode 363 of the podcast 99% Invisible, titled "Invisible Women" (30 minutes)
• ... then respond to the prompts given and post your responses on Notion.