Reflection

After a series of related readings from the lectures, you will be given the opportunity to reflect on the readings and discussions for each week by writing a few short responses to given prompts. In this course, the reading responses are typically due by 5pm on Tuesdays of the following week they are assigned, after we have discussed the issues and explored the topics in class. This reflection is due on 3/3 at 5pm.

Note that the course staff are looking for your own thoughts on these topics. Writing in the first person, taking divergent viewpoints, and bringing in ideas from outside of class are what we are looking for. Write as if you are targeting a public audience. Particularly insightful or convincingly contrarian statements might be shared with the entire class in lecture or in the course slack.

For this week, you are to consider the following questions related to the ideas from the lectures Virtue in Virtual Spaces and Several Social Designs:

1. You've been learning about specific ways in which ethical thinking can be imparted in software projects. Of course, this is not the norm in the industry right now. Will you attempt to do this on the job after graduation? What kind of experiences do you envision encountering if you follow an ethical design process?

2. Have you ever been interested in the history of computing? Our standard curriculum within the CSE department doesn't expose you to many classic ideas in computing, not the historical trajectories of the various technologies that we all use on a daily basis. Do you think you'd be a better software engineer if you had some of this historical knowledge?

Grading

Each reflection should be between 500 - 1000 words. It will be graded in terms of:

• Does the reflection address the prompt?

• Does the reflection reference the readings, videos, and/or class discussions to support the writing?

• Does the reflection exhibit thoughtfulness, creative expression, and an authentic voice?

• Does the reflection utilize proper grammar and a concise style?

• Is the reflection an appropriate length?

Review the grading criteria in the rubric for this assignment.

Submission Instructions

1. (For the first submission) Share a Google drive folder for this class with our TA Louisa (lconwill@nd.edu) and give her editor privileges.

2. Prepare a doc in that folder named using this convention: lastname_firstname_duedate. Example: Conwill_Louisa_030326

3. Submit a link to your google doc in Canvas.