week 7 :: evolution and trends in digital media technologies ::

week 7 : 15 november

Reading for This Evening - class starts at 6.20 pm

Agenda
- Guest speaker : Phil Howard, Assistant Professor, Communication
  - Links: Border Patrol Game (news - controversy) ... www.halliburtoncontracts.com ... theyrule.net ... vote.com ... My Best Segments
- Student-led discussion: Groups 3 (from last week) and 4 (this week)
- Sign up sheet - weeks 9 and 10 presentations
- Questions about papers? Citations discussion
- Highlights from student blog posts - see Luke's post from last week on Second Life - see all of Vaun's cartoons - American Forum: The Future is Here. Now What? - American Univeristy - Craig Newmark
- Lab time for papers help, technical questions, etc.

Assignments for Next Week:
- Reading Assignment. Reading summaries are due 8 am Monday before Tuesday's class unless otherwise noted.
- First paper due Monday 2 Nov @ noon am via eSubmit. If you are revising your proposal for a grade change, please submit it as well. This eSubmit assignment will accept two papers.
- Weeks 9 and 10 will be 100% student-led. You will be giving a 5-6 minute presentation on your research for the quarter. What do you want us to know about what you have learned? I'll have the results of tonight's sign-up sheet online by Thursday.
- Reminder! You need to comment on fellow class member posts at least four times this quarter. You will provide a document that contains the link and content of each comment as part of the final deliverables for the class. I have only explicitly asked you to do this once. There are only two more weeks of readings/postings!
- Speaker and class feedback:
  Week 5: Speaker and Class Evaluation
  Week 6: Speaker and Class Evaluation
  Week 7: Speaker Evaluation