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BCIS 5650: Emerging Information Technologies, Dr. Richard "Dick" Vedder
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GENERAL INFORMATION section
- UNT Libraries' Online Catalog Search by author, title, or key words.
- APA Style: The OWL site at Purdue University has prepared a basic guide to citing with the current APA style.
- Ebooks on Ebscohost Can't find it in the online catalog? Search for eBooks on your topic using the powerful EBSCOhost search experience. Your search results will include databases and other relevant digital resources.
- HOW TO EVALUATE WEBSITES A short guide prepared by librarian Annie Downey, UNT Libraries.
- BCIS Electronic Resources in the UNT Libraries Where to find ABI/INFORM, ACM Digital Library, Business Source Complete, Cambridge Scientific Abstracts, Compendex, IEL (IEEE Xplore), Inspec Engineering Village, Gartner Core Rsh Svcs, INFORMS, ScienceDirect, SPIE Digital Library, Synergy (Blackwell), Web of Science, Wiley InterScience.
- Extra portal to get into the Libraries' system: Virtual Personal Network (VPN) https://vpn.unt.edu.
- PowerPoint slides overview of the BCIS Electronic Resources These resources are described in the TEAM REPORTS section, below. Slides work best in IE.
TEAM REPORTS section
Team Report #1: XEROX PARC Case Study
Finding information on Xerox PARC, graphic user interface (GUI), Triumph of the Nerds (PBS), Alto computer, mouse, Steve Jobs, Apple Mcintosh.
Team Report #2: Causes for Technology Changes: James Burke's _Connections_
Videos located in the Chilton Media Library; web sites on James Burke's _Connections_.
Team Report #3: The Victorian Internet
The development of the electrical telegraph.
Team Report #4: Past Disruptive Technologies
Project assignments: aircraft carrier, Vitascope, H.M.S. Dreadnought, ATM, television (1946-1956), U.S.S. Nautilus (SSN 571), air conditioning, powered flight, penicillin, radar during World War II.
Team Report #5: Technology Disaster Analysis
Resources to analyze the following: Fukushima Daiichi, Air France Flight 447, Chernobyl, Bhopal, Deepwater Horizon, Hindenburg, Columbia, Exxon Valdez, Challenger, Concorde, Love Canal, Oklahoma City bombing.
Team Report #6: Emerging Technology Assessment
Topics: gesture recognition systems, augmented reality, 3D printing, social media archiving systems, carbon management technologies, molecular manufacturing, power beaming systems, 4K video resolution systems, domestic servant robotics.
List of BCIS Journals for Emerging Technology Assessment
Academic and practitioner journals for Business Computer Information Science (BCIS) and Information Technology & Decision Sciences.
Additional: Changing our Education Paradigms
Contents: PBS's Triumph of the Nerds; Sir Ken Robinson, education & creativity expert and frequent contributor to the TED Talks (Technology Entertainment & Design); RSA Animate video; IDEO in Palo Alto on creative brainstorming & design; Daniel Burrus, Technology Futurist and Business Strategist; The Futurist magazine.
