Five types of interactions you’ve had with people on a social networking site
– reconnecting with old friends and with family
– sharing photos/pictures
– hosting blog posts
– discussing how crazy last night was
– picture tagging
– meeting friends
– video responses
– political arguments
– private messaging
– taking quizzes
– petitions
– promoting your band — allowing bands to speak directly to their fans
– sharing music
– seeking out bands/new music
– taking polls
– invitations to events, parties
– planning get-togethers
– updating profile
– updating status
– publishing creative writing
– discussing/complaining about homework problems
– sharing work
– drawing with graffiti application
– browsing friends lists
– suggesting friends
3. Five intense or interesting experiences you’ve had on a social networking site
– being stalked
– got in touch with an old friend
– looking at photos and being amazed at what happened that night – especially when six hundred people discuss that photo
– became best friends with someone didn’t know previously
– met a relative through photo comments
– saw newborn niece for the first time
– identity performance — pretending to be someone else online — social networking pranks
– friend leaves computer unattended — or public computer — play pranks — posting things to profiles
– video exchanges/conversations
4. Five keywords you’d use to describe your use of social networking sites
– entertainment
–addictive
– interactive
– time-consuming
– resourceful
– helpful
– connecting
– distracting
– insightful
– annoying
– open
– deceiving
– absurd
– fun
– stressful
– mediated
5. Name any social networking sites that you have used
Xanga, MySpace, Facebook, Sconex, MSN, Oovoo, Imeem, Ning, (Skype), Fotka, Naczalase, Twitter, MiGente, YouTube, Flickr, Hi5, Photobucket
danah boyd, why youth (heart) social network sites
– s.n. sites provide a way for normally shy teenagers to interact with others more openly
– many kids consider s.n. sites to be the cool thing
– cuts across class boundaries but used for different reasons
– methodology — ethnography — interviews, surveys, participant observation
Demographics
– two types of non-participants — objectors and people who don’t have access
3 popular features central to social networking sites:
– Profiles
– Public testimonials/comments
– Public lists of friends
boyd claims that music is “cultural glue” for teenagers (4).
Blog assignment: tell us a story about social networking
Authority figures monitoring usage
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REVISIONS
Make sure that
1. You make significant changes between your first and second drafts
2. That your changes actually improve the essay
3. Look particularly for structural issues– topic sentences, the ways in which you introduce your reader to the topic, development, order of paragraphs, transitions
Presentations to the Provost:
Use Google docs presentations or another web-based presentation system
PowerPoint alternatives: http://www.google.com/search?q=powerpoint+alternatives
Make sure that you present information in an easy-to-read format
Include striking visuals
Think about the aesthetics of your presentation — what is the look of your presentation saying about your project?
Make sure that you present summary of major points of Learning Landscape article
Remember: audience is our Provost (chief academic officer of the college). You are trying to convince her to spend scarce resources on your project
Make sure that your presentation has a narrative that develops over the course of your presentation. Introduction, development of theme/major points, conclusion. Tell a story.
Make sure that your credits include team members and class info.
Portray yourselves as professional architects who are submitting a bid on a project
Make sure that the photos you use are of good quality.
Remember that everything in your presentation is a reflection of you, your company, and your work.