A Gift of Fire:
Social, Legal, and Ethical Issues for Computing and the Internet
(Third edition)
by Sara Baase

Instructor's Manual for the 3rd edition

You can find a variety of teaching materials for use with A Gift of Fire on this site and at Prentice Hall's Instructor Resource Center. Below I describe material on each site.

This site is the author's Companion Site for the book. It is public. Most or all of the material on Prentice Hall's site is restricted to instructors. Anyone can view a list of what's available there (possibly more up-to-date than the list below), but when you get to something restricted, you will be asked to log in. First-time users will be asked to register. Registration takes a few days, so if you plan to use Prentice Hall's site, it is good to register soon.

Some types of material appear on both sites. They were prepared and used by different instructors. Feel free to select whatever works best for your class.

If you are browsing and not already using the text, you may want to look at a detailed table of contents. You can find more about the book and ordering information on Prentice Hall's catalog page.

I will have an opportunity to correct typos and errors in the new third edition when the second printing is done. Please send me e-mail (GiftofFire at sdsu . edu) if you find any. Thanks.

At Prentice Hall's Instructor Resource Center

At this site

When you get to material that is restricted to instructors, you will be asked to log in. First-time users will be asked to register. Syllabus and calendar (weekly readings and assignment dates) Power Point slides to accompany the text (also at this site) Discussion assignments (with notes to instructors and handouts for students) By an oversight, the Discussion Guidelines for students are not included. They will be available at the PH site soon. In the meantime, they are here. Current events assignments Term paper assignment and suggested topics Suggestions for guest speakers, on-campus field trips, and student activity assignments Exam questions (essay, short answer, and multiple choice) Most of the material at Prentice Hall's site was prepared by Cyndi Chie, with the assistance of Sarah Frye. More about Sara Baase Books by Sara Baase A brief bio and contact information

UPDATES and extras on cases, incidents, and topics in the text Course overview: Requirements, lecture schedule, grading, etc. Power Point slides to accompany the text Assignments and exercises: Term paper, book report, additional exercises Student presentation and class discussion topics (Only Chaps. 1, 2, and 5 so far; see Prentice Hall site for more) Links to organizations and documents (none yet) Instructor's Manual for the 2nd edition (Note that chapter numbers in the 2nd edition are different from those in the 3rd edition.) Prometheus - the Cover of the Book In Greek mythology, Prometheus brought science and technology--and fire--to humans. The hand and flame on the cover are part of the statue of Prometheus by Paul Manship in Rockefeller Center in New York. Read more about the Prometheus myth.