[Air-L] [AIR-L] History of the Internet tonight in SL

Scott MacLeod helianth at gmail.com
Wed Sep 12 10:32:34 PDT 2007


Greetings,

I'm teaching a "Society and Information Technology
in Second Life" course again this fall in the amphitheater
on Berkman island on Wednesday evenings from 7:00 - 9 ET, 1600-1800 SLT :
http://socinfotech.pbwiki.edu. This course draws on long time Berkeley
Professor Manuel Castells' examination of the Network Society, and
offers ways to analyze significant aspects of the information
technology revolution.

In this evening's class, we'll finish examining what gave rise to the
information technology revolution - microelectronics, computers, and
telecommunications - and then begin to look at the history of the
Internet.

Watch the videos linked to the wiki above, and let me know if you
would like me to send you some of the readings for this week and next,
mentioned below.

Second Life shapes the possibility for rich discussion - and
at-large participation is welcome - so come and join this
conversation, tonight and subsequently.

See you in-world,
Scott



Manuel Castells, "The Rise of the Network Society," 2nd edition,
Oxford: Blackwell, 2000, Chapter 1: "The Information Technology
Revolution," pp. 28- 76.

Janet Abbate,  "Inventing the Internet," Cambridge: MIT Press, 1999,
pages 1-6, 44-81, and 181-220.





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