The Machine is Us/ing Us

New Internet

Presentations

Here's the Schedule (an email was also sent to you):

Thurs., Oct. 18: YouTube: Benny, Andrea, Sam

Tues., Oct. 23: MySpace: Emily, Sarah, Shanique

Thurs., Oct. 25: Facebook: Kelly, Andrew, Lauren

Tues., Oct. 30: Urbis: Wally; Break: Amanda; Hi5: Madonna

Thurs., Nov. 1: Heroes: Elizabeth; eBay: Allison

Tues., Nov. 6: Wikipedia: George; Talaya?

Thurs., Nov. 8: Class cancelled

Tues., Nov. 13: Peer Review for paper #2

Thurs., Nov. 15: Final draft of paper #2 due; Unit 3 begins

Assignment #1

Before Tuesday, October 16 choose a digital community you would like to participate in and research. You can either choose a community from the list I posted, or find your own. Please email me your top three preferences by noon before our next class. I will attempt to accommodate your first choice, but since more than three students can't research one community, this may not be possible. The sooner you're able to email me your choices, the more likely your first choice will be available.

Also, please read this article about You. for our next class.

Introducing the book (repost)

CyberCommunities

Here are various Digital Communities:


LonelyGirl15 (or Kate Modern): www.lg15.com
Second Life: www.secondlife.com
Wikipedia: www.wikipedia.com
YouTube: www.youtube.com
MySpace: www.myspace.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com
Digg: www.digg.com
GoodReads: www.goodreads.com
Blogs: various sites
Find Satoshi: www.findsatoshi.com
Heroes: www.nbc.com/Heroes/
Xanga: www.xanga.com
Fickr: http://www.flickr.com/
Cyworld: www.cyworld.com
Last.fm: http://www.last.fm
Deviant Art: http://www.deviantart.com/
Craig’s List: www.craigslist.org

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