week 4 - wednesday 20 april
Human-Computer Interaction
Featured Blog Postings:Are we, as students of a technology-boom generation, spending too much time trying to keep up with the technological pace, when we should also be reading the classics and mastering painting?Agenda
Through the reading Being Analog I realized why I am not so fond of technology I am the opposite of what machines train us to be. I am flexible, creative, and tolerant. I often have a hard time conforming to the demands of technology; it is too structured for me.
I think machines are a necessity, and beneficial. I feel that the article pitted humans and machines against each other, and they were both in competition. However, I think that machines have more advantages than disadvantages.
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Review Writing Assignment #1
Modified Assignment 1 for portfolio projects: scholarly sources are focused on your essay. Other "sources" should be annotated links to portfolio websites (search the web for portfolio sites - preferably similiar in career field to yours! - you are looking for content and design ideas)
- Discussion Leaders : Group 2 (will touch on Norman)
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Lab:
- Discuss realistic expectations for Dreamweaver ; consider Portfolio (catalyst) for your final project -- examples: Career Portfolio, Reflective Portfolio. Advantages - no need to learn a new application (DW) - no need to learn how to FTP
- Peer Groups - Pioneers - Select the topic your group will research and develop. Identify individuals who are interested in website (design and development); please get me these names ASAP. Get topic to steering committee for Wednesday meeting. Each peer group should have identified at least three sources for their topic by Wednesday's meeting.
- Peer Groups - Bloggers - Identify individuals who are interested in website (design and development); please get me these names ASAP. Begin identifying possible blogs for inclusion in the database. Each person should bring at least three blogs to class for Wednesday meeting.
- See Monday's page for lab notes and "self-directed" learning for students who need to set up web publishing on their UW dante account
assignments
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First Writing Assignment
due by
5 pm Friday 22 April9.30 am Monday 25 April via eSubmit - Responses (comments) to this week's blog postings due by 5 pm Friday
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Reading for the next class :
(1) "The GNU Manifesto" by Richard Stallman (1985). ; (2) Chapter 4 "Markets are Conversations" from The Cluetrain Manifesto: The End of Business as Usual by Levine, Locke, Searls & Weinberger (1999, 2001)- blog post due by 9.30 am Mon 25 Apr : Why should communication scholars study the open source software movement? [ 1 post ]