Tues. presentations

Mark M. aka Quiet Mark: Online enabled environmental activism

Yes, yes, yes. It's good to see this happening - online environmental activism, that is. I liked the Ecosnoop app concept. It would be cool to see if you can find more examples of apps or sites like this that promote environmental activism. I think it would be a great focus for your paper to explore this avenue and to further compare/contrast how environmental activism has changed in light of new technologies available. (ok, maybe not compare/contrast wholly but make an argument how apps like Ecosnoop are the new progressive means of getting people involved??) In any case, your topic is original and very interesting.

Sarah: Presenting yourself differently in cyberspace vs. real world

I think you have some really good research going and I like that you have polled people in our class to back up your topic. As Julie mentioned, I think it would be interesting to compare/contrast the differences between how one conducts themselves on chatroulette vs. FB/MySpace in regards to the (lack of) digital tracing through chatroulette.

Cassie L.: Social Networking sites in the classroom

You definitely have something here. Social networking is changing the face of education and if used in the way you described, it can really help young people make learning more collaborative and interactive, but hopefully help mold them into people who are aware of the risks and rewards of Internet usage/social media etiquette. The only concern I had when listening to your presentation is a little bit of the digital divide. Katie recently talked about bridging the gap as computers are becoming more available in schools and public libraries, but to really make something like blogging effective for students and teachers, access to a computer/Internet is clutch.