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.

Respond to Cyber Liaisons

I'd like to guide your reflections the next two weeks.

This week I'd like you to read the article New To Cyber Liaisons. It's an older account of a woman and the genesis of her online relationship with a married man. It's a little old but very relevant to today.

Read the article, and choose some aspect of the article to reflect upon and have that be the topic of this week's reflective blog.

How's this for an online community

An online community devoted to women who aren't happy with the guys they've dated? You bet.

Best Buy enters world of Avatars

Best Buy Co. Inc. plans to open Geek Squad Island, a spot in "Second Life" where its Geek Squad technical support workers will offer free computer advice.

The virtual world will have regular office hours (6 p.m. to 3 a.m. EDT, seven days a week). The online characters will wear white, short-sleeve button-down shirts, black pants and, of course, a badge. (more)

Just a little fun before break

Religion, Avatars and Virtual Community

Now is the holy season for the world's Christians and Jews — on Earth and in the parallel cyberuniverse, Second Life.

In the real world, Palm Sunday began the Christian holy week that leads believers into the Easter story of salvation through Christ.

Monday night, Jews celebrate Passover's ceremonial Seder meal, retelling the story of God freeing the Israelites from bondage in Egypt.

Meanwhile, in Second Life, avatars (animated characters that serve as users' "in-world" identities) will join in online prayer and praise.

Second Life was created by Linden Lab in San Francisco in 2003; its founders imagined a social platform for an idealized online society. Membership has soared to 5 million; it has established a thriving economy and become a popular venue for politics and education. (more)

Group Project Description

Your group project (short as it may be in duration) is a wiki. I have created a wiki that describes the project.

Have fun reading.

Field experience for Wednesday April 4th

You and at least two other classmates should arrange to have an online chat using instant messenger or any other platform you like. You should spend at least 10 minutes chatting about the group assignment which is posted right after this post.

Someone should save the transcript of the chat and bring it to class on Wednesday. Your chat can be longer but there must be a least three people total in the chat. You can have more if your like.

Spend a short amount of time reflecting after the chat as to how it might be to have social or business conversations like this.