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Tomorrow’s Technology and You
Chapter 5 Applications
© 2006 Prentice-Hall, Inc.
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Chapter 5Objectives
What we can we learn from Doug Engelbart?What are the benefits (and limitations!) of using
computers to augment our writing, and to reduce paper use?
What are some important ways in which spreadsheets can be misleading and how can we avoid them?
What are the pros and cons of computer modeling and intelligent agents
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What can we learn fromDoug Engelbart? (p 143-144)
What did he demonstrate in 1968? What is he best remembered for? He believes we should focus…
not on automation but on? What does this mean? Examples of both?
Do computers help people ‘cope with the urgency and complexity of life’? or do they contribute to it?
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Chapter 5Objectives
What we can we learn from Doug Engelbart?What are the benefits (and limitations!) of using
computers to augment our writing, and to reduce paper use?
What are some important ways in which spreadsheets can be misleading and how can we avoid them?
What are the pros and cons of computer modeling and intelligent agents
© 2006 Prentice-Hall, Inc.
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Augmenting our writing (p 144-150)
Formatting – WYSIWYG guidelines? (p 154-155)
use these in your research project report! is this what matters most?
Spell check and Edit! Spilling and gramma cheque on my commuter
insure I have no miss steaks. “In my last job, I was responsible for most of the
problems in our department.” Outliners – how do they help? Mail merge – does what? so what?
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Augmenting our writing (p 150-158) Collaborative writing tools – e.g.?
use for your Research Project? possible problems?
Processing Handwriting why? how reliable?
Speech recognition where are we at? pros and cons?
Intelligent Word Processing pros and cons?
Desktop Publishing How does it further augment writing?
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Paperless Publishing (p 158-161)
‘Soft-copy’ advantages? are there still advantages to paper?
E-books examples? pros and cons?
Web Publishingopen to everyone – pros and cons?how do authors get noticed? get paid?
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Chapter 5Objectives
What we can we learn from Doug Engelbart?What are the benefits (and limitations!) of using
computers to augment our writing, and to reduce paper use?
What are some important ways in which spreadsheets can be misleading and how can we avoid them?
What are the pros and cons of computer modeling and intelligent agents
© 2006 Prentice-Hall, Inc.
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Spreadsheet Caveats (pp 168-169) Useful to Designers and Readers - Which are you?
What is this tool for? Check assumptions
what assumptions are in the payroll formula (p168)? Check for errors
what does GIGO mean? so what? how can we do this? (4 ways in text)
Cultivate a healthy skepticism what 3 charting errors are shown in text? which one appears here? other examples?
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Chapter 5Objectives
What we can we learn from Doug Engelbart?What are the benefits (and limitations!) of using
computers to augment our writing, and to reduce paper use?
What are some important ways in which spreadsheets can be misleading and how can we avoid them?
What are the pros and cons of computer modeling and intelligent agents
© 2006 Prentice-Hall, Inc.
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Computer Modeling Rewards & Risks (p 174-178)
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Rewards – what examples are in the text for each?Safety EconomyProjectionsReplication
Risks – examples in text?Faulty assumptionsOversimplificationThe Illusion of Infallibility
What other real life examples can you find?
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Intelligent Agents & Multitasking(pp 178-179)
What is an intelligent agent? is this a good idea?
Current agents Wizards in Windows “Emily” etc. What problems have you found with these?
Future projections More intelligence – examples? pros and cons? “Affective computers” – uses? pros and cons?
Multitasking – is this culture shift a good thing?
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