TMSIDK #10

1. Take this quiz again and tell us your results. abcnews.go.com/WN/page?id=11217679
2. Tell us your favorite quote or chapter or idea from Levinson and explain it. 

Tell me something that I don't know #9

What information would you use from someone from a different culture or country than your own if you were creating a radio station?

Tell me something that I don't know #8

1. Why is it important to have a global view (perspective)?
2. If you were designing a website, what would be the two most important questions/concerns to address?
3. How would you include students from different cultures, subcultures, or countries than your own in designing a website?

Tell me something that I don't know #7

Find a technology entrepreneur or someone affiliated with any kind of media. Here are some ideas: the founders of Apple, Microsoft, google, youtube, jibjab, Amazon, etc. Even MC Hammer is a techie!

Still not interested? Select a name from the Levison book. Your goal: In 150 words, tell us something about the person. Where are they from? What are they famous for? Did they go to college? What kind of childhood? What have they done with their wealth?

EVERYBODY: Please pick someone different from the other class members. There are plenty of people.

DUE APRIL 1, 2014, NOON!!

Tell me something that I don't know #6

According to your book, "easter egg" has a surprising connotation. IN YOUR OWN WORDS, define it. Find an example to share here and in class (We already know the one in the book).

Due NOON, March 21, 2014 (yes, it is a Friday)

Tell Me Something that I Don't Know #5

Using  a reference from your text about Marshall McLuhan,  answer the question below.  Let us know what you read (cite page source).

 

Marshall McLuhan said that "mass media has changed a globe into a village," how true is this statement? 

 

DUE MARDI GRAS DAY AT NOON (MARCH 4).

Tell Me Something that I don't know

A webisode is a video program designed to be viewed on the Internet.

Fnd a program that has been designed exclusively (only) for internet viewing. Give us the site and explain it. (Do NOT give us the abc.com webisode of Desperate Housewives, for example, OR one from class lecture).

DUE: TUESDAY, MARCH 4, BEFORE NOON

HAPPY MARDI GRAS!

Webisodes

Webisodes are part of a web series, not shown or intended for television or cable.
We need girlfriends was one of those at the beginning. WNG 1

Webisodes

A wiki definition of We Need Girlfriends. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/We_Need_Girlfriends#cite_note-2We need girlfriends.

Tell Me Something that IDK #3

In the world of the internet and new media, things are always going "viral." Define VIRAL in your own terms.

Find a positive example of something going viral and a negative example of something going viral. PLEASE ADD THE URL. Plan to show it.

Due Feb. 18 NOON

Tell Me Something That IDK #2

Watch at least 30 minutes of the 2014 State of the Union. After it is done, go to an alternate media. Watch or read the perspective presented.

Compare and Contrast: tell us what source you used (i.e., Salon.com) and how it matches to what you watched. Did it alter your perspective? 100 words or more.

DUE NOON, FEB. 18.

Read chapters 1, 2, 3 in New New Media

Take the Twitter Tour

R/Evolution: Tell me something that I don't know. 10 points

WeschInfoRevolutionV3

There are many videos like this, but this is still my favorite. Do you have a favorite?

As information evolves into a more digital age, what happens to the value of it?

Is information is valued by the way we read and the way we process it?

Homework...
EXERCISE 1: Your Online Identity. Log off everything. Do your best to figure out who you are online. Use search tools like google, facebook, myspace, etc… to see how exposed you are online by the average user. Write a one page report on your identity online listed how much of your profile is exposed, what type of content you have online (blogs, articles, projects, artwork, etc…), and what you know about you. Treat this as a third person POV project. This is due in on Thursday.

Do the same for someone else in the class or ??

Things to do today:
register on this site.
get on facebook and friend the uafs NM DrSim account
do your homework
Watch the videos on blogger (here) that were posted today.

Confessions of an Aca-Fan: The Official Weblog of Henry Jenkins

Confessions of an Aca-Fan: The Official Weblog of Henry Jenkins

A Media scholar, educated at UW-Madison...

Digital Media 101 (+playlist)

What is New Media? (+playlist) updated

What is New Media?

Pre test

Quiz for fun

Take this quiz:

abcnews.go.com/WN/page?id=11217679

When instructed, go here:

http://www.slideshare.net/Denovati/social-media-quotient-quiz-ii-ir or use the provided pdf.

Put your answers on the paper copy provided.