Plans for Final Project

Guys, since we failed to talk clearly about our final project for compmed. I set up this site for our tutorials. Tutorials? with the S? Well, since we don't have so much time in our hands, and since natural things like the weather seemed to be stopping us from meeting. I propose this plan to you guys. I made a website in which we can all post the tutorials we can gather.

Me and Alex have already started posting. You guys can simply send me your how-to articles, videos and images @ penzie@gmail.com

For videos, please upload it to YouTube. It doesn't have to be fancy, use your webcam :) Oh yeah, if you are doing something big, we can still make a joint effort to make something big like a video. Just tell us your bright ideas and hopefully we can do it before the end of this term.

Good luck to all of us!

Oh, the website... well it's still dull: http://compmed.bravehost.com

It looks like it's for techie topics but don't get stuck there! ANY tutorial will do, it's just that the layout is still temporary. :)

alternative class

I received a text message today from Pim Mendoza. She says i-witness journalist, Howie Severino will give a talk on "defining what real sense of responsible journalism is." It will be on Tuesday 7 August, from 10-12 a.m. at the media lab. I am pre-registering the class as attendees for the said event. Winterfilth, please keep us posted as to the details of the two other symposia. The other class members who have class on the 7th may be able to attend the other symposia. Those who have class for the Howie Severino talk, please send me a post so I can keep track of which symposium you will attend.

[EDITED] On alternative class(es?)

Got to talk some other organisers, and here's what I have now:

Symposium Schedules:
MONDAY 1-3: Ramon Bautista on TV Production (Documentary)
TUESDAY 10-12: Howie Severino on Responsible Journalism
[EDIT] THURSDAY 1-3: Sigfried Sanchez on Film Directing

For 17 July 2007

For next meeting we will discuss about children in cyberspace. I expect each one to be able to contribute to the discussion. Below are some guide questions which can prepare you for next week’s class.

Study Guide:

How pervasive is the internet? Provide statistics on the number of users? How does it influence (if at all) the children growing up today?

Compare the development of the internet to previous technological developments like that of the television or print? What advantages and disadvantages does it [pose to children in particular?

Do you agree to this statement: A technology is only as useful as the intentions of its users.

What processes and attributes shape the child/internet interface?

What is multitasking? Does multitasking affect the developing mind of children?

Some authors espouse that the internet blurs boundaries of other socio-cultural aspects of the internet (aside from e-commerce, of course). Expound on this.

What about the idea of the Internet being a democratizing force? Do you agree or disagree with this?

What are your thoughts on media consumption? Compare reality versus virtuality?

Do you think that this can be the next stage of evolution? Intelligent machines replacing human beings and human beings becoming more machine-like by downloading their consciousness into computers?

In some ways, the Internet mode of presentation is along the same lines as that of the television. But then again it presents some unique problems. Elaborate on this?

What is virtual reality? Do you think there will ever come a point wherein technology is perfected such that one would not be able to distinguish between virtual reality and reality?

What can you say about the concept of anonymity? Does it affect the moral sense of children?

What about intellectual development? How does the internet affect this? Some ideas and concepts related to these are digital learning, information glut, learning styles, and learning disabilities. What can you say to these?

Discussion for Tuesday

For Tuesday's discussion we will talk about digital literacy. You can read up on any resource regarding this topic. The following are some guide questions which can serve as a springboard for our discussion. They are:
1. What is your understanding of digital literacy? How do you define it? Ddoes it make use of a new medium? Characterize this medium.
2. When you talk of digital literacy, what is meant by the medium being "volatile?" As a case in point contrast a printed book with the digital medium. Comment on theidea of "intellectual property" in relation to this digital medium.
3. What does multimedia literacy do? What did it change in terms of Western cultural history?

The posts you have done so far are great reads! It reveals the personal styles and opinions of the members of the class both on academic concerns and other concerns as well. Comments, however, have been coming in trickles but I anticipate that you will get into the groove soon, and that we'll be seeing different threads emerging.

As a reminder, count your blog entries because by the end of this week, you are supposed to have 12 blogs and if you don't, you better start catching up. Remember it's three blog entries (on something discussed in class, on something else outside what we discussed in class and third, a comment on any of the blog entries of your classmates or a comment on their comment).

By the way, take note that you can also post your entries directly on virtual thoughts, this way your classmates get to see your entry at once. You can do this by going to the section entitled Contributors and then clicking on your name. This will allow you to make a post that will appear in our class blog (virtual thoughts).

testing

Thanks for the link, I'm sure your classmates will have no problem in accessing it. But for purposes of testing this site for sharing files, here it is:

Satellite, Fiber Optics and Microwave

Hi my compmed classmates, you can now download our powerpoint presentation about Satellite, Fiber Optics and Microwave by clicking the link below. If the download doesn't work comment here. Have a nice day!

http://www.mydatabus.com/public/penz/compmed_SatelliteFiberOpticsandMicrowave.ppt

Assignment #3

check this out. I'm trying out this site for posting texts, videos, etc.

Hi and welcome to virtual thoughts. This blog is a channel for the compmed class to send the three weekly posts required from each of them during the entire term. The 3 posts include the following: a comment or reaction on the class discussion or topic for the week, a comment on at least one of the posts sent by any member of the class or any guest, and a personal post on any topic of their choice or a brief reflection on any cyberspace experience experienced.

At least twice a week, check on Virtual Thoughts. Also experiment with brief comments, floating ideas, responding to people, asking questions etc. Write and interact with the class; don't just post things and ignore them. Whenever appropriate, try to link an observation to class readings or discussions. Feel free to link one's observation to to the observation of a fellow student, so that the online postings become a "Thread" of linked observations, rather than just a jumble of individual, separate comments.

The names of the class members and guest appears under the heading Contributors. Only those registered under contributors will be allowed to write or send a post. Whereas, the heading Links features selected sites and blogs which are take-offs for class discussions.

Congratulations, to the first contributor who sent the first post last week (you know who you are). With this post, I enjoin the rest of the class to start sending in their posts so we can start to have threads.