Facey Computers Activities for Everyone
Computer Setup
- You may use your own computer and connect to the
bfhschoolguest or Comp Works WiFi.
- A FaceyComputers laptop computer can be assigned to you for the semester, but may not be taken home except with explicit permission.
- Use tape to label the lid with your name and period number.
- Remove any Chrome profiles from former students.
- Always check that you are using the correct power adaptor.
- You may install programs or other operating systems if you prefer. Laptops will likely be wiped at the end of the semester.
- You may also choose to connect and use additional monitors.
- At the end of every class period, ensure that your work has been backed up online (e.g. Google Drive, Microsoft OneDrive, GitHub) in case of local file loss.
Knowledge and Skills
- Policies and Procedures
- Web Browsers, Brightspace, Google Drive
- File Management and Password Management
- Version Control and GitHub (GitHub Classroom)
- Project Management, Agile Development, and Collaboration
- Security and Privacy
Impact of Computing (Issues and Ethics) Topics:
- Artificial Intelligence: Inequality, Job Loss, and Uniquely Human Abilities
- Utility, Security, and Privacy
- Why are devices, especially mobile devices, so compelling? Social Media: Engagement and the Attention Economy
- Freedoms, Rights, and Responsibilities, and an AI “Bill of Rights”
- Misinformation and Disinformation: Filter Bubbles, Polarization, and the Death of Discourse
- Training an AI Model
- User Tracking and Targetted Advertisting
- VPN, Spoofing, Man-in-the-middle, Network Traffic Surveillance
- Net Neutrality, Equitable Access, and the Digital Divide (locally and internationally)
- Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning: Errors, Bias, and Automated Discrimination
- Blockchain and Crypto: Potential, Solutions, and Impacts (environmental, social, political, etc.)
- Cybercrime, Cyberbullying, and Anonymity
- Intellectual Property: Copyright and Trademarks, Creative Commons, Open x, Public Domain
- Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning: Potentials and Pitfalls, Success Parameters and Grey Goo
- Genetics: CRISPR, Discrimination, Targetted Therapies, Predictive Medicine, Bioweapons
- Environmental Issues: Large and Small Scale Effects and Possible Solutions