Week 9:
Emerging Technologies
tuesday 27 february
thursday 1 march
- Lecture (lecture moved to Tuesday)
- OpenID
- Flickr, Limewire, BitTorrent ....
- Newspaper Exercise: data check
(original assignment)
- Will modify
teams* based on who makes it
to class!
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Teams should download the Excel spreadsheet containing their
team number. Your newspapers/media outlets are "grouped" with your team name.
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Task: data check -- ensure URLs are correct, complete missing fields (such as RSS field that says "yes" but provides no number!), try to find *owner* of media outlet.
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One team member emails me the completed spreadsheet
by Friday at 6 pm.
- Open Lab
- Blogging Exercise
(due by 9 am Monday)
- Go to Vonage and Speakeasy.net
- See if service is available at your current address
- Determine the cost of service
- Keep your current number (why?)
- Make sure equipment costs are included
- How easy was this exercise? What are your thoughts about these services? What would entice you to “buy”?
assignments for next week
- Please send me an e-mail (subject line: COM 300 Podcast) by next Monday (9 pm) with a short “title” for your podcast. We'll be giving awards on Thursday.
- Pitch your podcast on Thursday! (~2 minutes per person)
- Final materials due on Tuesday 13 March via eSubmit and online (mp3 linked to your COM300 page on WordPress)
resources
teams for newspaper data check
team 1
eric / heidi
team 2
jy/mike
team 3
laura /sean
team 4
alex c / colleen
team 5
conrad / maria
team 6
mark / nabi
team 7
alex b / julie
team 8
lindsay / lynda
team 9
zach / cynthia
team 10
jenny / max
team 11
shogun/young
team 12
ciara / jim
team 13
katie / matt
team 14
regina / wayne
team 15
brad / desiree