Transcript Possible Choices for Mid Term Report

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Episode 1 Overview
Listen to Professor Grey’s starting announcement that he has received a message from the
future!
Professor Grey's Surprise
[Video file, 2:05 min]
2. Listen to the opposing perspectives from the two organizations struggling over the
purpose and control of the internet.
Greetings from the Collective
[Video file, 3:56 min]
A Warning from Fortress 9
[Video file, 3:45 min]
3. Review the websites for The Collective and Fortress 9.
Class Forum 1: The Future of Cyperspace
(M1D1)
For this inaugural forum you want to introduce
yourself and respond to your classmates’
introduction and get to know each other. You
will need to help each other in solving the
secrets of cyberspace.
Essential Question
How has cyberculture effected the
construction and relationship
between online and offline
identity?
Game Objectives
1.
2.
3.
Identify some ways the Internet/World Wide
Web influences how humans construct their
identity in the post 1990’s world.
Create an avatar using an image and brief
back-story that presents an online identity
Explore the possibility the Internet will
become a space for people to peacefully coexist that excludes difference
Resources for Investigations
VIEW
VIEW PROFESSOR GREY’S BRIEFINGS
Briefing 1: The Rise of the Internet and World Wide Web
A brief history of the internet and World Wide Web.
Briefing 2: Web 2.0: The World Wide Web Today [Week Two]-adaptive release
Professor Grey talks about the current state of the web and its users.
Briefing 3: Culture: A short lecture on some ways to define culture.
READ
READ
Nicholas Carr, “Is Google Making Us Stupid?”
http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2008/07
/is-google-making-us-stupid/306868/The Atlantic, (July
2008); Scroll down to the end of the article and click the
print option
This celebrated and controversial article argues that the
Internet has changed peoples’ brains in some alarming
ways.
Optional Resources
View optional Resources
Resources for Investigations
VIEW PROFESSOR GREY’S BRIEFINGS
Briefing 1: The Rise of the Internet and World Wide Web
A brief history of the internet and World Wide Web.
Briefing 2: Web 2.0: The World Wide Web Today [Week Two]-adaptive release
Professor Grey talks about the current state of the web and its users.
Briefing 3: Culture: A short lecture on some ways to define culture.
READ
Nicholas Carr, “Is Google Making Us Stupid?”
http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2008/07
/is-google-making-us-stupid/306868/The Atlantic, (July
2008); Scroll down to the end of the article and click the
print option
This celebrated and controversial article argues that the
Internet has changed peoples’ brains in some alarming
ways.
Optional Resources
View optional Resources
Investigations
INVESTIGATIVE REPORT
Based upon Professor Grey’s briefings and the readings you are asked to compose a short 100-250 word manifesto for cyberspace. A manifesto
(think of Marx and Engle’s Communist Manifesto), like a declaration (the one you read from Barlow or more famously The Declaration of
Independence that Barlow invokes), is a blueprint for what you would like to see happen now in terms of the organization, future development
and governance of cyberspace.
Challenge 1: Rise of the
Information Tidal Wave
Complete Challenge
Journal
CHALLENGE 2: Weaving
the Web
Complete Challenge
Journaling is considered by some to be a lost art. We sometimes think of journals as private forms of
writing like a diary but this is not true. Great journal writers like Henry David Thoreau often shared
their journals with friends like the venerable Ralph Waldo Emerson .The journal records one’s daily
activities. This aids one’s memory and also contributes to larger stories such as an autobiography or
larger narrative like Thoreau’s Walden. Writers like Thoreau did keep daily journals and they often
wrote long hand crafted letters.
Continue reading more on the Journal
CLASS FORUM 2 Avatars: Creating a Unique Online Self
From the beginning of the web individuals have created avatars as online personae to conduct online activities whether dating,
chats, or participating in Multiuser Dungeons . Avatars give people a sense of anonymity and allow for the exploration of
identity not easily realizable in the physical world except perhaps at Halloween. This online difference allows for shy introverts
to become extroverts (in text at least) and even for Caucasians to be black and males to be females. In James Cameron’s epic
film Avatar (2009) the avatars were a genetically engineered cyborg race called the Ne’vi.
For your second introduction you are asked to create an avatar or use a pre-existing one and introduce that
avatar to the class with a back-story or brief biography about the avatar. The avatar can be as close or as far
for your embodied or physical, ‘real world” or off line identity as you want. It is important to provide a
graphic for your avatar. This can be humorous, as some people use cats or dogs for their visual presence
online, or you can draw a picture or use a copyright free image from the web that you feel represents you.
For additional credit you can use the free avatar creation program: (30 XP)DoppleMe:http://www.doppelme.com/. The
company name is derived from a German word doppelganger which means double.
The concept of a person having a second and very different identity to their typical everyday public identity is predated the by
over a hundred years, think of Robert Louise Stevenson’s famous novel the Strange Case of Dr. Jekyl and Mr. Hyde. In that
novel, Mr. Hyde represented the dark side of the esteemed Dr. Jekyl. Think of your own identity- do you have a double nature
or is your online self similar or to your offline self?
Journal (continued)
With the advent of the Internet, the journal has been replaced by blogs and hand
written letters replaced by email. In this course you will not be recording daily activities,
though such a practice could be beneficial if you chose to do so, but you will practice
journaling about specific topics for the duration of the course. You will use the journal
feature of Blackboard. If you want to continue journaling beyond this class you can use a
new online journal format such as Penzu(https://penzu.com). Your journal entries can be
anywhere between 50 words and 250 words. Journal writing is informal and you will be
awarded points based on the depth and clarity of your thought. The idea is to practice
reflection or thinking about your experiences.
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Journal Entry 1 Meditation and Digital Distraction (30XP) - Professor David M. Levy from the
University of Washington has developed a method for helping students, workers and others to deal with the
scattered, hectic multitasking reality of the digital age. Dr. Levy uses meditation as a way to recover a state of
contemplation amidst the accelerated pace of 21st century life. In order to alleviate the stress of today’s life
you must first understand where stress comes from and how it affects you. For this journal entry keep a log
of every email you either send or read for a 2 day period during the first two weeks of class or Episode 1, and
note the following in your journal.
Time of the email
Primary purpose of the email
What were you thinking when reading or writing this email?
What were you feeling when you read or sent this email? Be precise.
An example from an old of an Professor Grey log follows.
Thursday 6/26/14
1. Time: 1:55 PM
Purpose: email to Dr. H. at Michigan State to ask about serving on a panel discussion in Washington
D.C. this coming October.
Thoughts: Wanted her to be on the panel because of her expertise, but wondered if she would come
all the way from East Lansing?
Feelings: I felt anxious not knowing the answer, but also fragmented as I tried to watch the World
Cup Score between the U.S. and Germany on Yahoo while typing the email. Eyes move back and forth
between 2 monitors, and leaning into the keyboard-hurried.
2. Time: 2:18
Purpose: email from Vice Provost who recommended a new white paper on how to assess the value
of games in learning using psychometrics.
Thoughts: Great, I can use this in my own white paper I am writing for Excelsior.
Feelings: Happy- U.S. lost 0-1, but still advances in the World Cup. The white paper is 160 pages and
very technical- anxious, and wanting to leave for day but must attend a meeting. Typing fast and making
mistakes.
3. Time: 3:15
Purpose: Deleted a series of six useless emails from various e-publications trying to recommend
courses, selling products or announcing information.
Thinking: I can leave on time at 4:00 with a clean email in box.
Feeling: relieved, more relaxed, ready for a long weekend and no need to check email until later
tonight.
Midterm Project: Internet Innovation Topic Selection
POINTS: 10 XP
DUE DATE: End of Episode 1 (The complete project due in Episode 4 will be
worth 100 XP.)
In Episode 4 Professor Grey would like you to submit a report on one of the important
figures or organizations of the Internet.
Your report can be three double spaced pages, five pages if you compose a multimedia report
(texts and images), or 8 slides if you submit a Power Point or Prezi report. Please let
Professor Grey know your subject by the end of Episode 1. You are definitely allowed to
reference Wikipedia in this course, but you cannot compose
entire
report solely using
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that resource. Please make use of Excelsior College’s excellent virtual library and librarians.
be handled/ displayed?
For this Episode please submit your choice of topic to Professor Grey via the drop box.
View Possible Choices for Mid-term Report
Midterm Project: Internet Innovation Topic Selection
POINTS: 10 XP
DUE DATE: End of Episode 1 (The complete project due in Episode 4 will be
worth 100 XP.)
In Episode 4 Professor Grey would like you to submit a report on one of the important
figures or organizations of the Internet.
Your report can be three double spaced pages, five pages if you compose a multimedia report
(texts and images), or 8 slides if you submit a Power Point or Prezi report. Please let
Professor Grey know your subject by the end of Episode 1. You are definitely allowed to
reference Wikipedia in this course, but you cannot compose your entire report solely using
that resource. Please make use of Excelsior College’s excellent virtual library and librarians.
For this Episode please submit your choice of topic to Professor Grey via the drop box.
View Possible Choices for Mid-term Report
Possible Choices for Mid Term Report
•Tim Berners-Lee (Founder of World Wide Web)
•The Electronic Frontier Foundation
•The Deep or Hidden Web
•Napster (music file sharing pioneer website)
•Bill Gates (Microsoft)
•Steve Jobs (Apple)
•Google
•Mark Zuckerberg(Facebook)
•Twitter
•Bit Torrent
•eBay
•Amazon.com
•Cyberpunk (science fiction genre)
•Wikipedia
•Professor Henry Jenkins (U.S.C., chief proponent of Participatory Culture)
•Howard Rheingold (virtual community pioneer)
•Massively Muliplayer Online Games
•Second Life (a virtual world)
•Bitcoins (virtual currency)
•Tamagotchi (virtual pets)
•Internet Addiction(s)
•Meetup.com (a social club site for meeting in the ‘real world’)
•Chatroulette (a radical video chat tool invented by a Russian teen)
•Square-(e-commerce tool invented by founder of Twitter)
•Paypal (online payment system)
•Flickr-(1st major online image sharing site)
•Instagam (super popular photo and video sharing)
•YouTube (online video publishing)
•Pierre Levy- French philosopher and expert on cyberspace
•Pinterest-(highly popular site for collecting and saving everything you find on the web)
•Netflix
•Craig’s List
•InSteDD (Innovative Support to Emergencies, Diseases, and Disasters)
•Cyberbullying
•WikiLeaks-online journalism site that publishes secret information
•Tumblr- extremely popular micoblogging site
•Reddit- extremely popular user generated site for social and entertainment news
•Fitbit- a wearable device that tracks your sleep, eating, and exercise habits on a continual
basis
•Fight for the Future- organization that advocates for digital rights against copyright
restrictions etc.
•Drudge Report-site aggregates new stories around the world, broke the Monica Lewinsky
case
•Techdirt-a blog that expose little know technology news
•Piracy-anything dealing with ways of circumventing corporate/governmental control of the
Internet
•Hacker- a computer term with various and contradictory meanings from criminal to
creative
•Creative Commons- a license that allows for free distribution of otherwise copyrighted material
•Alibaba- a giant Chinese version of eBay.
•Open Educational Resources-resources available on the internet without charge such as short stories, films, lesson plans, art
work
•MOOCs-Massively Open Online Courses- a new trend where universities offer free course to
the public
•Feminist Frequency-a charity/video blog use to offer a critique of male biases in video games
•eHarmony- a large online dating service
•Tinder- a mobile dating app that uses geolocation features
•Grindr- an iPhone app using geolocation, primarily for gay men
•iphone- Apples’s pioneering Smartphone
LOOK IN BLACKBOARD
Resources for Investigations
VIEW PROFESSOR GREY’S BRIEFINGS
Briefing 1: The Rise of the Internet and World Wide Web
A brief history of the internet and World Wide Web.
Briefing 2: Web 2.0: The World Wide Web Today [Week Two]-adaptive release
Professor Grey talks about the current state of the web and its users.
Briefing 3: Culture: A short lecture on some ways to define culture.
READ
Nicholas Carr, “Is Google Making Us Stupid?”
http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2008/07
/is-google-making-us-stupid/306868/The Atlantic, (July
2008); Scroll down to the end of the article and click the
print option
This celebrated and controversial article argues that the
Internet has changed peoples’ brains in some alarming
ways.
Optional Resources
View optional Resources
Resources for Investigations
VIEW PROFESSOR GREY’S BRIEFINGS
Briefing 1: The Rise of the Internet and World Wide Web
A brief history of the internet and World Wide Web.
Briefing 2: Web 2.0: The World Wide Web Today [Week Two]-adaptive release
Professor Grey talks about the current state of the web and its users.
Briefing 3: Culture: A short lecture on some ways to define culture.
READ
Nicholas Carr, “Is Google Making Us Stupid?”
http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2008/07
/is-google-making-us-stupid/306868/The Atlantic, (July
2008); Scroll down to the end of the article and click the
print option
This celebrated and controversial article argues that the
Internet has changed peoples’ brains in some alarming
ways.
Optional Resources
View optional Resources