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OWI Societal Impacts of Computerization Teachkit A resource for secondary school and college computer teachers who try to help students understand complex value conflicts and ethical choices associated with electronic communications. Resource is divided into two units: Introduction to Socio-Technology

• The social and cultural dimension of technology.
• Unanticipated consequences of technology.
• Human values and technology: The myth of technological neutrality.
• Questioning technology.
• Appropriate technology.
• How to critically analyze the social significance of technology.

Critical Issues in Computerization

• Cyberstalking.
• Communication (In what ways does technology enhance or inhibit human communication?)
• Democracy (Does technology enhance or limit democracy?)
• Educational (To what extent, or not, is technology educational?)
• Environmental consequences of electronics industries.
• Gadgetization.
• Gender and technology (Why are so few women in computer science?)
• Hackers (risks, protection, personal, institutional, and national security).
• Health hazards (eyesight, ergonomics, EM radiation, ion depletion)
• Privacy of data (hazards, protection, legislation).
• Psychological hazards (over-mentalization, hyperculture).
• Professional practice (ethical practice of computer professionals)
• Safety-critical systems (air traffic control, power grids). Work and employment.

User site license allows teachers to photocopy or electronically post the resource on a local area network. Over 40 master pages and 1 CD that is PC/PowerMac compatible. Flexible, non-sequential curriculum format.

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