Individual Privacy, Public Safety and Justice

Read - "Psst, Your Car is Watching You", Roosevelt, Margot. Time. August 7, 2006

bullet Survey your class

How many of them believe this is harmless?

How many believe this is an invasion of privacy?

Should the auto manufacturer give the consumer an option about installing this technology in a vehicle?

Should the auto manufacturer give the consumer an option to disable this technology in the vehicle?

 

bullet Compile the results of the survey.

 

bullet Look into the law

What is the law in your state regarding retrieving information from an event recording device in a car?

 

bullet Should ERD's be placed in public vehicles like:

school busses

cabs

rental vehicles

emergency response vehicles

public transportion busses?

 

bullet In your opinion, should these devices be used in cars? Why?

 

Dig Deeper

bullet World's First Motor Vehicle 'Black Box' Standard Created At IEEE many potential uses

bullet Follow that Car! Legal Issues arising from installation

bullet Your car, the black box and Big Brother - CNN Auto

bullet GPS - technology

bullet Enable Increased Productivity and Efficiency With GPS Capability

bullet Path Intelligence Monitors Foot Traffic in Retail Stores By Pinging People’s Phones

bullet GIS - mapping technology helps people make authentic decisions

bullet Watch the Wisdom of Crowds video and grasp the power of wiki - it's funny. new

bullet Elgg, open-source social networking software developed at the University of Brighton,
has been designed specifically with academic uses in mind. Community 2.0 TechLearning article about Elgg

bullet How to work in a group | bullet Information Literacy | bullet Podcasting activity

bullet Food for thought - Did You Know 2.0? Are you 21st Century Literate?

bullet Emergence - do things organize without an organizer?

 

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