Welcome to CyberCommunities, our class blog that explores various digital neighborhoods. Each week 2-3 people will post articles about their community, which will form the basis for class discussion.
Web 2.0 is 'the bomb'. It makes everything so easier and faster than the web before. It has more features. It introduced search engines and helped research move along at an amazing pace. Everything has become readily available at home from a click of a mouse.
Web 2.0 has affected many aspects of human life. In fact, it has opened us up to more creative ways of expressing ourselves. We, the common people, who have no creditability whatsoever, have mastered the art of the Internet, well not entirely, but enough to explore the World Wide Web. The advances of the Internet have connected us to world beyond the one outside of our front doors. But then again this new technology has separated us from the quality family times that use to be shared amongst families and friends. Now, with instant messaging and online journals, who needs to take a walk to their best friend’s house for a visit? It would be a lot easier to turn on a web cam and speak over a microphone than to waste energy walking! This tool has allowed for many people all around the world to become closer to one another and build bridges over seas. It allows for commerce and individuality all in one. It has broadened our horizons, and created a space where everyone is equal and free to be whom they really are with out the fear of rejection or isolation.
Welcome to Unit 2 of Cyber 110! In this unit each of you will explore a Digital Neighborhood and write a research paper about your findings. This unit will require you to familiarize yourself with your online community by taking part in its activities; research articles that discuss the history of your community or its social impacts; and share the information you find with the class.
For each class 2-3 people will lead class discussions about their communities. If you are presenting on a Tuesday, you should post a link to your article on this blog by Saturday at noon. If you are presenting on a Thursday, you should post a link to your article by Tuesday at midnight. Everyone in the class will be required to read your article for discussion. Please find articles that are informative and in-depth. They should be approximately 5-20 pages in length.
After the class discusses your article, you have until noon the next day to post a summary/analysis of the class discussion and/or article. Everyone in the class is required to comment on at least two posts per week.
Good luck!
New Addition: After class discussion, you have 24 hours to submit your descriptive post. All other students can submit their comments until the start of the following class.
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Web 2.0 is 'the bomb'. It makes everything so easier and faster than the web before. It has more features. It introduced search engines and helped research move along at an amazing pace. Everything has become readily available at home from a click of a mouse.
Web 2.0 has affected many aspects of human life. In fact, it has opened us up to more creative ways of expressing ourselves. We, the common people, who have no creditability whatsoever, have mastered the art of the Internet, well not entirely, but enough to explore the World Wide Web. The advances of the Internet have connected us to world beyond the one outside of our front doors. But then again this new technology has separated us from the quality family times that use to be shared amongst families and friends. Now, with instant messaging and online journals, who needs to take a walk to their best friend’s house for a visit? It would be a lot easier to turn on a web cam and speak over a microphone than to waste energy walking! This tool has allowed for many people all around the world to become closer to one another and build bridges over seas. It allows for commerce and individuality all in one. It has broadened our horizons, and created a space where everyone is equal and free to be whom they really are with out the fear of rejection or isolation.
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