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https://digitalage19.sites.grinnell.edu/uncategorized/csc105-in-the-world-of-programming/ CSC 105, Spring 2019 Fri, 17 May 2019 16:58:43 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.1 https://digitalage19.sites.grinnell.edu/uncategorized/csc105-in-the-world-of-programming/#comment-142 Fri, 17 May 2019 16:58:43 +0000 https://digitalage19.sites.grinnell.edu/?p=764#comment-142 I was speaking with professor Rodrigues during her office hours about the importance for understanding computing concepts for lay people. It seems to me that although I never see myself going into the field of computer science I also think that to be a responsible global citizen we should have a basic understanding of computing concepts. If we take a look at the Senate hearings on Cambridge Analytica scandal we can see that the digital age is not well understood by our political elites. Perhaps it could also be part of the open source community (if this doesn’t already exist) that could provide educational material about the tech sector. This seems to be a recurring theme especially in politics that the complexities of specialized sectors of the market (ie banking and the housing crisis).

]]> https://digitalage19.sites.grinnell.edu/uncategorized/csc105-in-the-world-of-programming/#comment-112 Thu, 02 May 2019 04:03:05 +0000 https://digitalage19.sites.grinnell.edu/?p=764#comment-112 As someone who has never taken a class in the traditional CS track, it is interesting for me to hear your perspective on this. I think in many Grinnell courses, there are things that get cut out because there simply is not time to cover everything. In computer science, the big ethical questions apparently do not make the cut. Maybe this is another reason the liberal arts are beneficial even to computer science majors. You may not talk extensively about ethics in your CS class, but it’s likely you’ll take a philosophy or sociology class that would make you think about the ethics of technology and its role in society.

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