CSIS200 Gender in Computer Science Homework 1
Due: Friday, February 3rd, 2006 You will be assigned a movie to watch over the weekend. Please be careful with these movies as I have borrowed them from several other faculty members so you didn’t have to track them down or watch them in the confines of the library. If you have a movie that includes some aspect of people interacting with computers, feel free to suggest it. If it is a movie that I haven’t already assigned to someone else and I feel it is an appropriate movie for this homework, then use that movie. But, get my permission first… After watching the movie, you are to write a 1-2 page response paper about the movie. The required parts of the paper include: Title Year made Main actors/actresses Summary of the movie Year depicted Explanation of how the movie relates to computers How are the women portrayed in the movie? How are computer scientists (male or female) portrayed? Is it consistent with the era being depicted and/or the year the movie was made?
A sampling of some additional aspects that you could cover in the paper include: Are there any ethical issues that are addressed in the movie? If so, what are they? Would you recommend this movie as an example of positive role models for young girls?
Assigned movie: «Title»