Privacy. Civil Liberties. Nanotechnology.

Overview

Brad Herring [3]

Description:

Every time we use a credit card, swipe a subway pass, or send an email we are sharing personal information about ourselves. Just how is the information used? How do we balance an individual’s right to privacy vs. community safety? What do you consider a civil liberty? And who ultimately sets these standards? This forum asks participants to consider and discuss several nanotechnology application scenarios and the possible opportunities, impacts, risks, and benefits. Forum participants will deliberate in small groups and create a group response to the overarching question, “how can nanotechnology affect someone’s privacy”. Finally, each group will make a brief report to everyone on the group’s thoughts and recommendations.

Objectives

Big Idea:

How can nanotechnology affect your privacy?

NISE Net Content Map:

Nanoscience, nanotechnology, and nanoengineering lead to new knowledge and innovations that weren't possible before.

Nanotechnologies have costs, risks, and benefits that affect our lives in ways we cannot always predict.

Universal design:

Repeat and reinforce main ideas and concepts.

Provide multiple entry points and multiple ways of engagement

Provide physical and sensory access to all aspects of the program. Visitors can touch, see and hear different elements of the program.

Credits

Developed for the NISE Network with funding from the National Science Foundation under Award Numbers 0532536 and 0940143. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this product are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Foundation.

Owning institution:

Science Museum of Minnesota [5]

Checklist

Scientist reviewed? check_reviewed

Peer reviewed? check_reviewed

Visitor evaluation? check_reviewed

Nano Topics

Society, policy, and economics [6]

Audience

15 and up [7]

Permissions

[15]
Creative Commons
Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike

Catalog section:

Forums

Nano topics:

Society, policy, and economics

Audience:

15 and up

Content keywords:

privacy

Forum

nanotechnology

Societal

Ethical

Civil Liberties

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K-12:

Standards

Science and Technology:

9-12: Abilities of technological design

Science in Personal and Social Perspectives:

5-8: Risks and benefits

5-8: Science and technology in society

9-12: Science and technology in local, national, and global challenges

Resources

Spanish

[2]

Download all files (ZIP) [2]

Files:

PrivacyForum_ProgramGuide_Sep10.doc [16]

PrivacyForum_LetAlonePlay_Sep10.doc [17]

PrivacyForum_TableAgenda_Sept10.doc [18]

PrivacyForum_Scenarios_Sep10.doc [19]

PrivacyForum_MarketingBlurb_Sep10.doc [20]

Spanish files:

PrivacyForum_LetAlonePlay_sp_Sep10.doc [21]

PrivacyForum_TableAgenda_Sp_Sept10.doc [22]

Privacy. Civil Liberties. Nanotechnology.

Privacy. Civil Liberties. Nanotechnology.

Description:

Big Idea:

NISE Net Content Map:

Universal design:

Owning institution:

Checklist

Nano Topics

Audience

Tags

Permissions

Catalog section:

Nano topics:

Audience:

Content keywords:

Highlight this product during NanoDays?:

K-12:

Science and Technology:

Science in Personal and Social Perspectives:

Download all files (ZIP) [2]

Files:

Spanish files:

Links: