You are encouraged to work in groups of two or three. You should avoid working with the same group on all assignments.

The dates given below are the dates for which the assignment is due.

You should be ready to present your assignment in class on the day it is due. Prepare a one-page summary and post it to the web, sending a link to the instructors before the class begins.

Students auditing the class will be expected to perform the assigments.

September 5: Quantity vs Quality

(1): Quantity

Estimate the amount of information in your house/apartment/dorm.

Be prepared to justify your system of measurement and to compare your result to the amoung of information stored in other familiar sites.

October 10: Reference

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October 31: Open Source

Register with Wikipedia. Chose a topic that you are interested in but know little about--i.e., the sort of topic you might reasonably explore in an encyclopedia . Assess the quality of the entry and, if it seems appropriate, make changes. Finally, compare it to the entry (if there is one) in the Britannica or similar reference book.

November 14: Literacy

The quality of education:

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