Spring 2005 -- SPCM 496-CS, Prof. Sandvig
 
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12 May (Thu): Turn in papers/finals to faculty mailboxes, 244 Lincoln Hall
12 May (Thu): Don't forget that 244 Lincoln Hall is closed from 12-1
12 May (Thu): Papers and finals are due at 1:30 p.m., 5/12
2 May (Mon): The Final Exam Study Guide is online
2 May (Mon): Recommended CAMPUS EVENT Tuesday 5/3
2 May (Mon): The results of the Mapping Project are online
27 Apr (Wed): The next blog post is due Monday, 5/2
21 Apr (Thu): Post a question for our GUEST SPEAKER
20 Apr (Wed): Forgot how to post a comment? See Help
20 Apr (Wed): There is NO blog post due Monday, 4/25
20 Apr (Wed): The Map Project page is now up
13 Apr (Wed): The next blog post is due Monday, 4/18
13 Apr (Wed): On 4/13 the class chose Wi-Fi mapping groups
11 Apr (Mon): On 4/11 the class voted to do a Wi-Fi mapping project
6 Apr (Wed): The next blog post is due Monday, 4/11
30 Mar (Wed): The next blog post is due Monday, 4/4
16 Mar (Wed): There is NO blog post due on 3/28
16 Mar (Wed): Have a great spring break!
7 Mar (Mon): The URL has been fixed for the Weber reading
2 Mar (Wed): Your fifth blog assignments are due Monday 3/7
23 Feb (Wed): Grad paper guidelines passed out Wed, 2/23
23 Feb (Wed): Midterm is Mon, 2/28
23 Feb (Wed): Grad proposal deadline EXTENDED to Wed, 3/2
16 Feb (Wed): Your fourth blog assignments are due Monday, 2/21
16 Feb (Wed): Recommended event: Origins of a Networked World
16 Feb (Wed): Don't miss the handouts for Wednesday, 2/16
9 Feb (Wed): Your third blog assignments are due Monday 2/14
2 Feb (Wed): Your second blog assignments are due Monday 2/7
26 Jan (Wed): Your first blog assignments are due Monday 1/31
26 Dec (Sun): The class Web site is now online

2 May (Mon): BLOG POST: Wireless Internet
25 Apr (Mon): This blog post was ELIMINATED so that you can work on the mapping project
18 Apr (Mon): BLOG POST: Against licensing
11 Apr (Mon): BLOG POST: Critically reading policy
4 Apr (Mon): BLOG POST: Keeping up with new developments
14 Mar (Mon): BLOG POST: Reverse engineering
7 Mar (Mon): BLOG POST: Hacktivism
21 Feb (Mon): BLOG POST: New media change old laws
14 Feb (Mon): BLOG POST: How do laws fail?
7 Feb (Mon): Post a test comment to anyone's blog
7 Feb (Mon): BLOG POST: Explain how to be a policy expert.
31 Jan (Mon): BLOG POST: Is it useful to think of the Internet as a place?
31 Jan (Mon): Post a test posting to your blog

12 May (Thu): GRAD PAPERS DUE
12 May (Thu): FINAL EXAM DUE
4 May (Wed): FINAL EXAM PASSED OUT
2 Mar (Wed): GRAD PROPOSALS DUE
28 Feb (Mon): MIDTERM DUE
23 Feb (Wed): MIDTERM PASSED OUT

2 May (Mon): Final Exam Study Guide
23 Feb (Wed): Graduate Research Paper Guidelines
16 Feb (Wed): Writing Requirements and Expectations
16 Feb (Wed): Midterm Study Guide / Example Paper Topics
2 Feb (Wed): An Illustrated Guide to Commenting on Blogs
26 Jan (Wed): An Illustrated Guide to Blogging

23 Mar (Wed): SPRING VACATION
21 Mar (Mon): SPRING VACATION

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20 Dec (Mon): Image Credits
20 Dec (Mon): Essentials

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20 Dec (Mon): Class Policies
20 Dec (Mon): Grading Scale
20 Dec (Mon): Class Requirements
20 Dec (Mon): Class Structure
20 Dec (Mon): Instructor and Office Hours
20 Dec (Mon): Class Description

12 May (Thu): GRAD PAPERS DUE
12 May (Thu): FINAL EXAM DUE
4 May (Wed): FINAL EXAM PASSED OUT
4 May (Wed): Conclusion
2 May (Mon): Wireless Internet activism
27 Apr (Wed): Wireless Internet from ALOHANET to Wi-Fi
25 Apr (Mon): Licensing broadcasters *
20 Apr (Wed): Organizing the spectrum: Open spectrum
18 Apr (Mon): Organizing the spectrum: As Property
13 Apr (Wed): Radio pirates and license enforcement
11 Apr (Mon): Licensing the spectrum -- Administrative review and the public interest
6 Apr (Wed): What is the electromagnetic spectrum and how is it regulated?
6 Apr (Wed): Part III: THE SPECTRUM
4 Apr (Mon): Graduate Seminar Paper Workshop
30 Mar (Wed): Development and Inequality
28 Mar (Mon): Searches and Directories
16 Mar (Wed): Broadband and Open Access
14 Mar (Mon): Reverse Engineering and Internet Development
9 Mar (Wed): Open Source Software (Intellectual Property 2)
7 Mar (Mon): File Sharing (Intellectual Property & Rights Management)
2 Mar (Wed): Hacking, Security, and Freedom of Speech
2 Mar (Wed): GRAD PROPOSALS DUE
28 Feb (Mon): MIDTERM DUE
28 Feb (Mon): User resistance, activism, and innovation
28 Feb (Mon): Part II: BATTLEGROUNDS
23 Feb (Wed): MIDTERM PASSED OUT
23 Feb (Wed): Midterm review and catch-up
21 Feb (Mon): How is Internet policy different in other countries?
16 Feb (Wed): How are telecom companies regulated?
14 Feb (Mon): What does the telecom industry have to do with the Internet?
9 Feb (Wed): Who has the Internet and who needs it?
7 Feb (Mon): Who makes law & policy and how do they do it?
2 Feb (Wed): Where did the Internet come from? *
31 Jan (Mon): How does the Internet work?
26 Jan (Wed): What is media convergence?
24 Jan (Mon): Why should I care about Policy?
19 Jan (Wed): What is "New Media Law & Policy," exactly?
19 Jan (Wed): Part I: TEN BASIC QUESTIONS

6 Apr (Wed): Part III: THE SPECTRUM
28 Feb (Mon): Part II: BATTLEGROUNDS
19 Jan (Wed): Part I: TEN BASIC QUESTIONS

25 Apr (Mon): Sample Broadcaster's Association Announcement
25 Apr (Mon): Sample Legal Opinions Commissioned by WPGU-FM
25 Apr (Mon): Sample FCC materials from WPGU-FM
18 Apr (Mon): The Federal Communications Commission
11 Apr (Mon): But Not the Ownership Thereof
6 Apr (Wed): The Spectrum and its Utilization
30 Mar (Wed): Value Issues in Telecommunications in the Third World
9 Mar (Wed): Property and the Problem of Software
2 Mar (Wed): Hacktivism and Cyberwars
28 Feb (Mon): Innovation Communities
9 Feb (Wed): The Digital Divide in a Global Perspective
7 Feb (Mon): Administrative Law
7 Feb (Mon): Inside the Beltway
2 Feb (Wed): Networking ARPANET
28 Dec (Tue): How to use the Online Class Reader

4 May (Wed): Defense Electromagnetic Spectrum Chart
4 May (Wed): US Frequency Allocations
27 Apr (Wed): Building the Wireless Internet Infrastructure
20 Apr (Wed): Some Economics of Wireless Communications
13 Apr (Wed): The American People are Without a Voice
13 Apr (Wed): Free Speech, a Fable
13 Apr (Wed): Confronting the FCC
6 Apr (Wed): The Citizen's Guide to the Airwaves
28 Mar (Mon): Shaping the Web
16 Mar (Wed): Access and Innovation Policy for the Third-Generation Internet
14 Mar (Mon): The BnetD case
14 Mar (Mon): The Law and Economics of Reverse Engineering
7 Mar (Mon): The Digital Dilemma
21 Feb (Mon): Regulating Internet Content Through Intermediaries in Europe and the USA
16 Feb (Wed): Telecommunications Regulation
14 Feb (Mon): Letter From Washington
31 Jan (Mon): Internet Access
31 Jan (Mon): How Internet Infrastructure Works
26 Jan (Wed): Post-Convergence Policy
24 Jan (Mon): What Cyberlaw Might Teach
28 Dec (Tue): How to use the Web Readings


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