November 5, 2008: Social Software and the Group Project

Assignment: Explain how social software contributed to (or hindered) project success–as well as discuss personal contributions to group project. According the the article “Confronting the Challenges of Participatory Culture: Media Education for the 21st Century,” a participatory culture “is a culture with relatively low barriers to artistic expression and civic engagement, strong support for creating [...]

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November 4, 2008: The Power of IM-ing

First of all, the idea of bringing the information to where the user is has transformed my attitude of using technology in the classroom and in libraries.  Previously, I thought that using things like Instant messaging in an educational setting was ridiculous.  Yes, I actually thought that it was ridiculous.  I thought that IMing should [...]

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