You've Got Mail Reaction

Let's make this simple. I'd you to post in the comments section of THIS post, one thing that you feel this movie illustrates about CMC as we have discussed it so far this semester. It doesn't have to be long...a four or five sentence paragraph is fine.

Please post by 11:59 PM on Sunday, September 21st.

Buffy, the Internet and CMC

Today in class, we watched an episode from the first season of Buffy The Vampire Slayer. Based on your observations of this episode, I want you to write a 350 to 400 word response to what we watched. Look beyond this as just mere escapist entertainment. Imagine that the writer and producer of this episode has a message they wanted to convey about the Internet. Imagine that they wrote this as a warning to us about what role the Internet is playing in our lives and what role it will play in the future. Also, what could they be saying about computer mediated communication.

Write your response and post that response to your blog. If you haven't set it up yet, then you should do that now.

Pay attention to the formatting of your post. It should not be one long block of text. There should be paragraphs and these paragraphs should be separated by a double space. All you need to do is look at how this post is formatted.

Please have your response posted to your blog by 11:59, Sunday, September 7th.

Final Reflective Blog Entry

For your final blog entry of the year, I'd like you to reflect back on what you learned this semester. This should be a relatively lenghty entry where you can deal with some of the following.

• What did you lern about your own habits of CMC?
• What kind of "oh wow" moments did this course cause for you?
• Will you or have you changed anything about the way you communite using technology?
• What are your thoughts about the future of CMC in your personal or career life?
• What will you look at differently with regard to CMC?
• What kinds of things do you think you learnered?
• How was this course different from what you expected or exactly what you expected?

Please have these entries in by Sunday 5/6 and have at least two responses to two other people by Tuesday 5/8.

Prepare for Final Test

This Friday (5/4) we will be working in groups to assist in determining the questions for test Number 3 which you will have on Friday May 11th during the finals period.. This test is on S2:U4, S2:U5, S2:U6, and S2:U7.

To get ready for the test you need to do the following:

* Prepare four(4) questions for each unit. This will be a total of 16.
* Bring these 16 questions to class on Friday, May 4th.
* You will meet in groups on the 4th and submit seven (7) questions per unit from each group that will be considered for the test. Each group needs to provide the questions complete with page references.
* Make sure you bring two copies of the individual questions for class on the 4th. There is a one (1) point deduction for each question you fail to bring in on that day.
* Use the previous sheet handed out in class for help in writing your questions.

Wiki Links Needed!

Please post the links to your group wikis here in the comments section.

Reflect on "You've Got Mail"

You finished watching "You've Got Mail." Now it's time to reflect on what you saw.

Find something in the movie relating to a theory or concept we've covered concerning CMC. Discuss the concept or theory and use an example or examples from the movie to illustrate the theory or concept.

Post this the week of 4/23 and make sure you respond to other people's posts like your supposed to.

Facebook meet eHarmony

Humorous parody of Facebook and eharmony.