SOFT6008 Class 11

Students continued to work on getting to grips with cookies.

I gave out a handout.

SOFT6008 Class 10

I asked students to take a look at this online class about cookies from the class podcast.

Podcast URL http://mcom.cit.ie/staff/computing/cmanning/soft6008.xml

SOFT6008 Class 09

We started to look at cookies. But it didn't go very well.  Lots of puzzles faces.

Things might be clearer after lunch.

Computing Ethics Class 06

Class was canceled do to a timetable clash. We were in fact 100% right and entitled to stay. But we were few and they were many.

The promised examples of supernaturalism in tech debate:
http://www.whatwouldjesusdrive.info/
http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2006/06/70308 

SOFT6007 Class 08

We looked at how colspan and rowspan can be used to merge table cells.

Students did an exercise in class with a complex table.

I explained how to code non-English characters

SOFT6008 Class 08

[Class on Thursday 10 Feb 2011]

We looked at functions and arrays.

Attendance was very poor today

SOFT6007 Class 07 Lab A

[Class on Thursday 10 Feb 2011] 

I explained how tables work. We looked at an example and I asked students to code a table of their timetable.

SOFT6007 Class 06 Lab A

[Class on Thursday 10 Feb 2011] 

Students coded the nested list from class and another list I displayed on the screen. Some students still don't get where to end li tags.

SOFT6007 Class 07 Lab B

I explained how tables work. We looked at an example and I asked students to code a table of their timetable.

SOFT6007 Class 06 Lab B

Students coded the nested list from class and another list I displayed on the screen. Some students still don't get where to end li tags.

Computing Ethics Class 05

We talked about consequentialism and the trolley problem

SOFT6007 Class 05

We looked at nested lists. Nesting lists demonstrates some important points about the structure of HTML.


I gave students a nested list exercise to code on paper. I advised students who correctly completed the exercise that they could leave early. Some students when they were nearly finished. That's the kind of attitude that causes students to nearly pass.

Computing Ethics Class 04

We discussed the origins of right and wrong. We talked about supernaturalism, intuitionism, and started to think about consequentialism.

Slides were taken from http://www.bbc.co.uk/ethics/guide/

I asked students to find examples of supernaturalism in a debate about technology. (Apart from the obvious examples of genetic engineering and reproductive technology)

Students should listen to:
Defending The Faith, And Morality, Of NonBelievers
Would you Kill the Big Guy Parts I and II

In the next class we will discuss the trolley problem. What implications does the trolley problem have for CyberEthics.

SOFT6008 Class 06 & 07

Students continued working on the rollover exercise.

I asked those students who were finished to start work on a navigation bar of their own. It should demonstrate that the students understand show rollovers work.

I warned students of the dangers of copying and pasting code from the web.

SOFT6008 Class 05 Table Structure

SOFT6008 Class 05

I asked students to build a navigation bar with rollovers using the images I provided.


Some important points:
Need to have colspan and rowspan clear in your head
Set border cellpadding and cellspacing attributes all to zero
Beware of stray space characters
Using a table for layout in this way is a bit 90s. CSS would probably be the way to go. But that's not important right now



La Casa del Gringo exercise:

SOFT6007 Class 04

I was late because I went to the wrong room.

We looked again at how to include images in a web page and I told a few cautionary tales.

We took a brief look at lists. Lists are a lot less important than the time we will devote to them, but their use illustrates some very important points about the structure of html documents.

Students can subscribe to the class podcast in iTunes by choosing Advanced> Subscribe to a Podcast... and entering http://mcom.cit.ie/staff/computing/cmanning/soft6007.xml

Searching for Cork Institute of Technology might be easier.

Clicking here might work too

SOFT6008 Class 04

We looked at rollovers, dialog boxes, and prompts

Slides: JS02

SOFT6007 Class 02 & 03 Lab Group A

We started a bit late because someone stole the handouts I had left earlier in the day. Perhaps they were used to print on or recycled.

We looked at HTML Example 1 and Example 2. Students typed Example 2 and saw how it looked in the browser.

We added 2 links.

We added images.

I asked student to make a small website with 2 connecting pages. I allowed students who were done to leave early. Not all students finished by the end of class.

Many students were keen to leave before they were not finished.


Some important points:
It's all about the structure. To be compliant the html must be perfect. There is no half-right
Tags must be in lowercase
The header must include a title tag
All image tags must include width height and alt attributes

Computing Ethics Class 03

Is technology is neutral?

We started our look at ethics in general and started to think about where ethics and morals come from.


I asked students to set up their blogs and to e-mail me the URLs. For this week's entry I want each student to:

• Find an example of a cyberethics issue that can be effectively dealt with using current laws and morals
• Find an example of a cyberethics issue that cannot be effectively dealt with using current laws and morals and needs some new thinking
• Find an example of a cyberethics issue from popular culture (e.g. Is Lt. Data from Star Trek TNG entitled to the same civil rights as humans?) and identify which into phase of cyberethics evolution it belongs.
• Google "Is technology neutral" and attempt to summarize some of the ideas presented

Students should listen to the following programmes in reading list podcast.

"Would you kill the big guy?" Parts I & II
"Defending the faith, and morality, of non-believers"