CSP Materials
(Resource book)
28 Oct 2013 - 23:40
IBM's Watson: Reading Description: This article from the New York Times discusses the story behind IBM's new Jeopardy-playing supercomputer, and why natural language processing is such a hard problem in computer science ...
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(Resource book)
28 Oct 2013 - 23:36
NOVA: VIDEO Description: The Great Robot Race is a documentary about the DARPA Grand Challenge in which autonomous vehicles participate in a 100+ mile race across the Mojave desert: "Twenty-three bizarre looking vehicles line up at the...
Tags: CSP LO 7.2.1 - Connect computing with innovations in other fields BYOB/SNAP! Impact Student reading
(Resource book)
28 Oct 2013 - 21:39
Blown To Bits: Reading Description: Chapter from Blown to Bits on the Federal Communications Commission's regulation and censorship of the public airwaves.
Tags: CSP LO 7.4.1 - Connect computing within economic, social, and cultural contexts BYOB/SNAP! Impact Student reading
(Resource book)
28 Oct 2013 - 21:36
Blown To Bits: Reading Description: This chapter from Blown to Bits discusses regulation on the Internet: Where should regulation occur? Who gets to decide which content is okay? The chapter emphasizes the importance and difficulty of...
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(Resource book)
28 Oct 2013 - 21:34
Blown To Bits: Appendix Description: A detailed but accessible description of how the internet works.
Tags: CSP LO 7.2.1 - Connect computing with innovations in other fields BYOB/SNAP! Internet Student reading
(Resource book)
28 Oct 2013 - 21:24
Blown To Bits: Chapter 5 Description: Chapter from Blown to Bits on encryption and cryptography.
Tags: CSP LO 7.4.1 - Connect computing within economic, social, and cultural contexts BYOB/SNAP! Impact Student reading
(Resource book)
28 Oct 2013 - 21:25
Blown To Bits: Chapter 6 Description: Chapter from Blown to Bits about copyright and intellectual property on the Internet. Discusses file sharing, digital rights management, and related topics.
Tags: CSP LO 7.4.1 - Connect computing within economic, social, and cultural contexts BYOB/SNAP! Impact Student reading
(Resource book)
28 Oct 2013 - 21:20
Blown To Bits: Reading Description: Chapter from Blown to Bits on search engines as a guide through the unorganized mass of information presented by the internet.
Tags: CSP LO 7.4.1 - Connect computing within economic, social, and cultural contexts BYOB/SNAP! Impact Student reading
(Resource book)
28 Oct 2013 - 21:21
Blown To Bits: Reading Description: Chapter from Blown to Bits comparing how information stored on a computer differs from information stored using other methods, and the benefits and risks these differences present.
Tags: CSP LO 7.4.1 - Connect computing within economic, social, and cultural contexts BYOB/SNAP! Impact Student reading
(Resource book)
28 Oct 2013 - 20:03
Blown to Bits: Reading Description: How had the digital explosion affected consumer privacy? This chapter of Blown to Bits explores the many, sometimes disturbing ways consumers are tracked using modern technology.
Tags: CSP LO 7.4.1 - Connect computing within economic, social, and cultural contexts BYOB/SNAP! Impact Student reading
