As you work on your final papers, you might find these notes from our class surveillance vs. privacy debate useful. Thanks to our three notetakers for capturing the debate so well!
Below you’ll find my photos of our final class activity, the one that asked you to identify and then group “enduring understandings” about cryptography that you felt were important to remember. Click on any of the photos to see a larger version.
Your online participation in this course contributes 10% of your final course grade. Now that the course is almost over, I’m asking you to review your online participation in this course, compare your participation to that of your peers, and assess your contributions to the learning community. Please give yourself an online participation score between 0 and 10 points, and email it to me with a justification (a paragraph or two). If I think your score is reasonable, given your justification, I’ll use that as your online participation grade. Your online participation self-assessment is due at the start of class on Wednesday, December 4th.
To assess your online participation, focus on blog posts and bookmarks on Diigo, as well as other forms of online participation, if any. In each of these areas, I usually ask you for specific contributions — posts that responded to particular questions, or bookmarks about specific topics, or tags and comments that fit certain parameters. As you look over your contributions to the course, keep these requests in mind. Also consider how your online participation contributed to the learning of your peers in the course.
In class the other day, I asked you to brainstorm questions that you might need answered as you prepare your final argumentative essays. Below is a curated list of those questions. I’ll ask you in this week’s bookmark assignment (see next post) to find a source that helps answer one or more of these questions.
Here’s the info on your final paper assignment, due Monday, December 9th.
It’s a busy week, so here are some reminders and updates.
The math exam, scheduled for Friday, November 8th, will cover the mathematical concepts and techniques we’ve explored this semester. The exam will not involve any codebreaking, although some questions on the exam may draw on cryptography for context. You are encouraged to bring a calculator (scientific or graphing) to the test, but you will not be allowed to use a laptop during the test.
For a topic list and suggested practice problems (with solutions!), see the study guide.
Your online participation in this course contributes 10% of your final course grade. At the end of the semester, I’ll ask you to review your online participation in this course, compare your participation to that of your peers, and assess your contributions to the learning community. I’ll ask you to give yourself an online participation score between 0 and 10 points, and email it to me with a justification (a paragraph or two). If I think your score is reasonable, given your justification, I’ll use that as your online participation grade.
Your assignment for Monday, October 14th, is to email me your self-assessment of your online participation in this course as it stands now. This is your chance to reflect on how you’ve been contributing to our little learning community.
To assess your online participation, focus on blog posts and bookmarks on Diigo, as well as other forms of online participation, if any. In each of these areas, I usually ask you for specific contributions — posts that responded to particular questions, or bookmarks about specific topics, or tags and comments that fit certain parameters. As you look over your contributions to the course, keep these requests in mind. Also consider how your online participation contributed to the learning of your peers in the course.
Here are the details on your podcast assignment, along with a draft rubric I’ll use for assessing your podcast episodes.
At some point soon, I’ll show how to use Audacity to edit audio and to walk you through some of the podcasting resources my Center for Teaching colleague, Rhett McDaniel, has collected.
See below for your first paper assignment, along with the provision rubric I’ll use to evaluate your papers. Please note the various deadlines listed in the assignment. We’ll talk about the assignment in class, but feel free to reach out to me if you have questions about it.
I’m excited to teach “Cryptography: The History and Mathematics of Codes and Ciphers” again this fall. It’s my favorite course to teach, and I hope you find it interesting, too.
Here’s a copy of the Fall 2019 syllabus. Please read this before class on Friday, August 23rd, when we’ll talk about various aspects of the course and I’ll take your questions on the syllabus.
On the Contact page, you’ll find directions to my office, which you’ll need for the “get to know you meetings” next week. Be sure to give yourself a few extra minutes to find my office the first time, and feel free to call the Center for Teaching (where I work) if you get lost: 615-322-7290.
I’ll also remind you that you should read the first chapter in our textbook, The Code Book by Simon Singh, before class on Monday.
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bob Dawson
"Derek Thank you for your explanation of Egyptian Hieroglyphics. Wishing you continuing success bob Dawson "
Derek Bruff
"They seem to be working for me. Try this link: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cDovL2ZlZWRzLnNvdW5kY2xvdWQuY29tL3VzZXJzL3NvdW5kY2xvdWQ6dXNlcnM6MzM4Njk0NTU2L3NvdW5kcy5yc3M?sa=X&ved=0CAcQrrcFahcKEwjQ9qGnv9X5AhUAAAAAHQAAAAAQNQ "
Marcos Paixão
"Hi The old episodes are not working on google podcast. Can you fix it? ..."
Derek Bruff
"You raise an important distinction here between loss of military lives and loss ..."
Derek Bruff
"These moral questions are always complicated. One could argue that the Germans were ..."
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