CyberComp at Queens College

Monday, March 17, 2008

CyberCommunity Schedule

Here's the schedule for presentations:

Thurs. March 20: Facebook: Qin, Raphael, and Mina

Tues., March 25: Other Online Networks: Dennis on MySpace and Hugo on Tencent and Melody on MSN Space

Thurs., March 27: Knowledge production on the net: Claudia on Wikipedia and Kyriakos on Craigslist

Tues., Apr. 1: Second Life: Juan and Semone and Germanas

Thurs., Apr. 3: Visual Cultures: Eaky on Flickr and Tamzid on YouTube

Tues., Apr. 8: The rise of YouTube: Denise on LG15, Deason on LG15

Thurs., Apr. 10: Peer Review #2: Draft of Paper #2 Due

Thursday, March 13, 2008

Assignments for Tuesday, March 18

1. Choose 3 digital communities for presentation/research. Please email me by tomorrow at noon. The sooner you email me the more likely I am to accommodate your first choice.

2. Read U R 2 Old for Tuesday.

3. Read the articles posted by the first 2 presenters. (The articles will be posted by Sunday at noon.)

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: http://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

You?

Web 2.0

Internet?

Wednesday, March 12, 2008

Text Generation Gap

R U 2 OLD? Please click on the link and read this NY Times article before class on Tuesday, March 18.

CyberCommunities: Instructions for Blogging and Commenting

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 2-8 pages in length.

All students are required to read all articles posted by me or by other students before class. There will be occasional quizzes on this material.

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. Your comments must be entered before the following class or you will not receive credit.

Good luck!