Class schedule

This six-week course will roughly follow this schedule:

Week 1, Feb. 18: Social networking - Facebook, YouTube, Blogs, etc.

Week 2, Feb. 25: Search - The many functions of Google!

Week 3, March 4: New media (e-readers like Kindle), ipod Touch, online newspapers, etc.

Week 4, March 11: Privacy and security, including identity theft. Legal and ethical issues, such as copyright.
No class March 18 (Spring Break)

Week 5, March 25: What's inside the box? How does all this stuff work?

Week 6, April 1: Meet at computer museum. Technology's past, present and future. Plus, some crazy, fun technologies and other topics the class wants to discuss.