Enter the following search terms into google.com, bing.com, yahoo.com, and google.cn (google's Chinese website). In your blog, comment on any differences in search results you see. I don't expect you to be able to read Chinese, but the actual URLs will be in english and sometimes will have english summaries.
1. uss yorktown nt
2. google china censorship
3. Tiananmen Square
4. Taiwan independence
Wednesday, August 5, 2009
Wednesday, July 29, 2009
Assignment 10
Due August 5th
Make an account on delicious.com. Tag your favorite movies, books, or websites. Post the URL to your delicious page in your blog.
Visit flickr.com and find images of the following criteria. Post a link to the image's page and search criteria you used to find the image in your blog.
1. A Hawaiian sunrise
2. A pumpkin bigger than a person
3. Any combination of tags that results in 5 or fewer search results
Also visit digg.com and look around. Find an article or something else with a high digg score that in your opinion doesn't deserve such a score. Post about it in your blog. Why do you think it doesn't deserve such a score? What are some pros and cons of social bookmarking?
Make an account on delicious.com. Tag your favorite movies, books, or websites. Post the URL to your delicious page in your blog.
Visit flickr.com and find images of the following criteria. Post a link to the image's page and search criteria you used to find the image in your blog.
1. A Hawaiian sunrise
2. A pumpkin bigger than a person
3. Any combination of tags that results in 5 or fewer search results
Also visit digg.com and look around. Find an article or something else with a high digg score that in your opinion doesn't deserve such a score. Post about it in your blog. Why do you think it doesn't deserve such a score? What are some pros and cons of social bookmarking?
Monday, July 20, 2009
Grading
Hey guys
Assignments 1-7 have been graded. There's some important things to note about grading.
First is if you have a 0, it either means you didn't do an assignment or I can't find it. If it's the latter just let me know, it's not always easy to find stuff on a blog.
Second is if you aren't satisfied with your grade on a particular assignment, one option is to double check that you've followed the directions, put a bit more work into it and ask me to take another look. After all this is an experimental course so grading will be somewhat lenient. It's always a good idea to check out what other students are doing.
I want to say that overall I'm impressed with the work so far. Some people come to class often and participate in the discussions, I'm glad to hear your opinions. Others do fantastic work on your blogs and I haven't seen you since day 1. There are different ways to approach a class like this but both will be rewarded when it comes to the end of the term and I have to think about participation and final grades.
We've learned a variety of different tools, but some of the remaining lectures will likely be centered on "why" and "what if". The guest lecture this coming wednesday on copyright and IP is an example.
Assignments 1-7 have been graded. There's some important things to note about grading.
First is if you have a 0, it either means you didn't do an assignment or I can't find it. If it's the latter just let me know, it's not always easy to find stuff on a blog.
Second is if you aren't satisfied with your grade on a particular assignment, one option is to double check that you've followed the directions, put a bit more work into it and ask me to take another look. After all this is an experimental course so grading will be somewhat lenient. It's always a good idea to check out what other students are doing.
I want to say that overall I'm impressed with the work so far. Some people come to class often and participate in the discussions, I'm glad to hear your opinions. Others do fantastic work on your blogs and I haven't seen you since day 1. There are different ways to approach a class like this but both will be rewarded when it comes to the end of the term and I have to think about participation and final grades.
We've learned a variety of different tools, but some of the remaining lectures will likely be centered on "why" and "what if". The guest lecture this coming wednesday on copyright and IP is an example.
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
An introduction to Twitter
Twitter Parody
Links
Twitter
Celebrities
http://twitter.com/WilliamShatner
http://twitter.com/jimmyfallon
Humor
http://twitter.com/CobraCommander
http://twitter.com/chucknorris_
http://twitter.com/thecopresident
News
Tweets from a bank heist
Twitter prevents suicide
Twitter Article
Twitter Parody
Links
Celebrities
http://twitter.com/WilliamShatner
http://twitter.com/jimmyfallon
Humor
http://twitter.com/CobraCommander
http://twitter.com/chucknorris_
http://twitter.com/thecopresident
News
Tweets from a bank heist
Twitter prevents suicide
Twitter Article
Monday, July 13, 2009
Guest Lecture
Marika Pineda's guest lecture will be on Wednesday July 22nd. Please do your best to attend as there will be a related assignment.
Assignment 9
Due July 22nd
Make a page on facebook.com and the class's ning.com site once invited. Fill out your profile with any information or images you like. Feel free to modify your privacy settings so that only people in the class can view your profile.
Make a page on facebook.com and the class's ning.com site once invited. Fill out your profile with any information or images you like. Feel free to modify your privacy settings so that only people in the class can view your profile.
Wednesday, July 8, 2009
Assignment 8
Due July 15th
We watched a video on one of Google's latest technologies, called Google Wave. Make a blog post about your impressions from the demo. What did you like or dislike? Is it just hype or a potentially very useful application?
We watched a video on one of Google's latest technologies, called Google Wave. Make a blog post about your impressions from the demo. What did you like or dislike? Is it just hype or a potentially very useful application?
Assignment 7
Due July 15th
Choose another student's wiki page that you're interested in and add content to it. This can include text, images, or video just like your own page. The idea is to use the wiki interface for collaborative content generation.
Choose another student's wiki page that you're interested in and add content to it. This can include text, images, or video just like your own page. The idea is to use the wiki interface for collaborative content generation.
Monday, July 6, 2009
Wednesday, July 1, 2009
Assignment 6
Due Wednesday, July 8th
Everyone should have received email invites to join our class wiki.
Your assignment is to create a page on that wiki. The page can be about any topic you're interested in. Make it factual, as opposed to a blog-like opinion piece. Use wikipedia as a model. Incorporate some higher level content such as videos, images, snippets from wolframalpha, screenshots of google earth, etc.
The next phase will be to edit some of your classmate's pages and add to them, making it collaborative. For now just do your own page, more about phase 2 next week.
I have a stub of a sample page on the wiki already. I'll be populating that more so that you can see a working example wiki page.
Everyone should have received email invites to join our class wiki.
Your assignment is to create a page on that wiki. The page can be about any topic you're interested in. Make it factual, as opposed to a blog-like opinion piece. Use wikipedia as a model. Incorporate some higher level content such as videos, images, snippets from wolframalpha, screenshots of google earth, etc.
The next phase will be to edit some of your classmate's pages and add to them, making it collaborative. For now just do your own page, more about phase 2 next week.
I have a stub of a sample page on the wiki already. I'll be populating that more so that you can see a working example wiki page.
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Assignment 5
Due July 1st
Using the gadgets interface, add a poll to your blog about any topic. Then visit the blogs of other students and vote on their polls.
Using the gadgets interface, add a poll to your blog about any topic. Then visit the blogs of other students and vote on their polls.
Monday, June 22, 2009
Assignment 3
Due June 28th
Choose one of the following:
A) Visit Shane's Blog and do a little research. Follow his links, google, anything you can think of. Make a post of your opinion on the story. Is Shane a victim or is he a fool?
B) Visit a news site's blog and comment on any news story of interest to you.
Choose one of the following:
A) Visit Shane's Blog and do a little research. Follow his links, google, anything you can think of. Make a post of your opinion on the story. Is Shane a victim or is he a fool?
B) Visit a news site's blog and comment on any news story of interest to you.
Assignment 2
Due June 28th
A) Describe what Web 2.0 means to you.
B) Look up Web 2.0 on a site such as wikipedia. Describe any controversies you find.
A) Describe what Web 2.0 means to you.
B) Look up Web 2.0 on a site such as wikipedia. Describe any controversies you find.
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