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Outlines: Law and the Internet

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Please be aware that Professor Wiseman is always working on the way the course is presented. The information below is based upon the Internet Law course from Fall 2004.

If you are interested in Computer Law, the class by Professor Isenberg, then click here.

If you ever have the opportunity to take Professor Wiseman's Internet Law class, I highly recommend it. The class only meets in person three times the whole semester. First meeting is at GSU to introduce students to the technology used in the course. If you are one of those people who still think it is OK to MS Internet Explorer, then Wiseman will be quick to try and show you the error of your ways by making the class use Firefox as the browser. He wrote the software himself and maintains the server the class chat lives on, making it ia great class for us geeks out there.

The second class session is a live chat session. PLEASE TAKE THIS TIP SERIOUSLY ... before the second class meeting, pick your writing/forum partner (2-3 people per group was what we were allowed) and have 2-3 different topics you want to host a forum about. When the designated time for the chat session is about to start - LOG ON EARLY. All of the people who had technical issues or did not log on early usually lost their desired (first choice) topics. I wanted to write about the CAN-SPAM Act, but I was logged in by 6:02 (for the session at 6) and the topic was already GONE. So do yourself a favor and have the info hammered out with your partners before the chat session class. You can do the chat from anywhere - you don't have to be at school to attend that class session.

The forum hosting is the meat of the class. Each group writes on a topic and "hosts" a live discussion-thread-type forum on their topic. You get points in the class for your participation in the forums, so be sure to post to the other groups' forums. He wants you to post at least 2 posts a week while a particular forum topic is live. You also get points for the forum topic you post (as far as info presented to the class for discussion). You should read up on some HTML basics since the forum final paper is due in HTML format. Some people had issues in the class with this and were working it out the week the papers were due.

The last two sessions of class are in-person meeting at Manuel's Tavern. You bring your money and talk to your class mates. Don't plan on getting much time with Wiseman, it always seems that someone will monopolize his time - so if you are not there right at 6PM then plan on getting sloshed with your pals. Bring your own money. He usually has the class up in the crow's nest of Manuel's.

The automatic e-mails that are sent by the forums get annoying quickly, maxing out your email account super quick. You can either delete the messages and read them online, using Wiseman's website to post responses. Or you can read the e-mails and respond to the e-mail message - generally the way most listservs work. Toward the end I was sure to post some early posts and posting information, then your class mates are commenting on the info you have offered via the forum. It is much easier to do that than try to read through all of the posts close to the deadline. Once you have your required posts out of the way, the pressure to come up with original info is not as high and you can then enjoy the info on the forum for the rest of the week.

I have not received my grade yet. We are graded as a group on our paper but individually on the forum participation. I worked with three people: Jen Brock, Erica Malcolm, and Denise Millon. Our topic was Anti-Phishing, ID Theft & Fraud.

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