Individual Privacy, Public Safety and Justice
Read at least one of these two articles:
"Psst, Your Car is Watching You", Roosevelt, Margot. Time. August 7, 2006
"Your car is watching: Here is what your vehicle knows about you", Angelica Leicht, Kim Komando.com Dec 29, 2020
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?
Compile the results of the survey.
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Look into the law
What is the law in your state regarding retrieving information from an event recording device in a car?
Should ERD's be placed in vehicles like:
school busses?
cabs?
rental vehicles?
emergency response vehicles?
public transportation busses?
public work vehicles like snow plows?
publicly owned work vehicles like those driven by government employees?
In your opinion, should these devices be used in private cars? Why or why not?
Explore further:
Highway Safety and You - delve into driving issues
Consider the Power of Possibilities through Andreessen's eye
Dig Deeper
World's First Motor Vehicle 'Black Box' Standard Created At IEEE many potential uses
Follow that Car! Legal Issues arising from installation | Your car, the black box and Big Brother - CNN Auto
GPS - technology | Web 2.0 and You activity | The Lunar Society and the Homebrew Club
National Science Foundation and the Birth of the Internet
GIS - mapping technology helps people make authentic decisions
Podcasting activity | Food for thought - Did You Know 2.0? Are you 21st Century Literate?
Emergence - do things organize without an organizer? | Google's Super Satellite Captures First Image
Internet
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Save a tree - use a Digital Answer Format - Highlight the text. Copy it. Paste it in a word processing document. Save the document in your folder. Answer on the word processing document in a contrasting color (not yellow) or font (avoid Symbol, , or other ornate artistic fonts). Save frequently as you work. Enter your name and the date in a header. Submit the assignment via a class dropbox or an email attachment. Bad things happen. Save a copy of your document in your computer. Save frequently as you work. Or perhaps you have the resources to record verbal answers. If you do, be sure to first read / record the question. Then record the answer immediately after it. Proof your responses. It is funny how speling errors and typeos sneak in to the bets work.
Make your own printer paper answer sheet
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