1. design a new facebook group of which the focus is a SOCIAL ISSUE affecting African Americans- date rape, drugs, HBCU campus life, etc). you may belong to the group but the group may not be about you. Students are expected to focus on problems and issues that they believe have an impact on the survival and propagation of African Americans.
2. when designing and creating your facebook group, seek and receive feedback from other people. consider talking to people who you think would join such a group; consider talking to the skeptics. seek and speak with more than a few people but not too many. above all, listen to what they say.
3. after carefully considering your feedback and paying special attention to the elements of social network sites discussed in Social Network Sites: Definition, History, and Scholarship, http://jcmc.indiana.edu/vol13/issue1/boyd.ellison.html create your facebook group.
4. once you have created your facebook group, design an outreach strategy that results in people (or "fans") joining your group. your goal with respect to fans may be size, niche, geographic diversity, or anything else - but you must have a goal and you must design an outreach strategy to meet that goal.
5. in no more than a one-page single-spaced essay, explain your
I. facebook group
II. your goal
III. your outreach strategy
IV. and the outcomes
rules:
a) be prepared to demo your work during class. if you have no work to demo, you will receive a grade of F; and
b) your one page paper is due in class on the day you present as a handout for your peers - be sure to photocopy enough for each of your classmates. no late work accepted.
hints:
a) work on/with a group/social issue that actually means something to you; and
b) the most important element of this project is learning to listen to other people
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Monday, December 28, 2009
Sunday, November 29, 2009
Homework 11
Download, print and bring to class in a three ring notebook the following documents (you should have 9 documents ) - show all of your documents in your notebook to the lab assistants in order to receive credit- you must have your own personal notebook for this class - no sharing.
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Homework 10
All students will create a free SLIDEBOOM account - this is where you will post your POWERPOINT PRESENTATIONS then link to them from your web site YOUR PEERS WILL ALSO be provided with your link for peer reviews. It also serves as a backup for you should you lose your work http://www.slideboom.com/
Required Peer review of Projects and Exercises / Powerpoint Presentations - Each student is required to post a substantial comment on two fellow students projects and exercises each week. Resist the temptation to be quick and sloppy–as when some write using all lower case or when writers never bother to correct typos. Avoid “colloquial” language like, “Yo dudes, how yall doen?” Substantive means to share a serious, thoughtful, reflective comment or question, or it is a means to educate us about something you have read. Note also that no more than one entry per week is allowed and that no entries may be made the last two weeks of the semester. Your instructor reads every entry but does not comment on all.
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Required Peer review of Projects and Exercises / Powerpoint Presentations - Each student is required to post a substantial comment on two fellow students projects and exercises each week. Resist the temptation to be quick and sloppy–as when some write using all lower case or when writers never bother to correct typos. Avoid “colloquial” language like, “Yo dudes, how yall doen?” Substantive means to share a serious, thoughtful, reflective comment or question, or it is a means to educate us about something you have read. Note also that no more than one entry per week is allowed and that no entries may be made the last two weeks of the semester. Your instructor reads every entry but does not comment on all.
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Homework 9
All students will create a free SCRIBD account - this is where you will post your papers as a PDF then link to them from your web site. It also serves as a backup for you should you lose your work - you can download your complete paper as a PDF http://www.scribd.com/
Turn in your username and password to the lab assistant in order to receive credit for the assignment.
Create your SCRIBD account - write down your username and password. All Projects, and Exercises should be uploaded to your account - The link to your SCRIBD account will be posted in Blackboard and on our class Facebook page so that you can read, peer review and critique each others work. (Peer reviews will also count as a grade - see your syllabus for specific details.)
Required Peer review of Projects and Exercises - Each student is required to post a substantial comment on two fellow students projects and exercises each week. Resist the temptation to be quick and sloppy–as when some write using all lower case or when writers never bother to correct typos. Avoid “colloquial” language like, “Yo dudes, how yall doen?” Substantive means to share a serious, thoughtful, reflective comment or question, or it is a means to educate us about something you have read.
Note also that no more than one entry per week is allowed and that no entries may be made during the last two weeks of the semester. Your instructor reads every entry but may not comment on all.
I am making a promise this semester to go absolutely paperless! There are a number of reasons why I don't want to use paper: paper is too expensive, most students do not value paper, papers are messy, papers are hard to keep up with, students lose papers, teachers lose papers, papers get dirty, papers rip, papers drop and fall out of order and so on and so on and so on... Those are just a few of the reasons why I don't use paper.
With this in mind all students in SOWK 300 beginning Spring 2010 will be required to get, use and maintain a Scribd account. Scribd is one of those free and amazing Web 2.0 tools that make document sharing as easy as pointing and clicking.
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Turn in your username and password to the lab assistant in order to receive credit for the assignment.
Create your SCRIBD account - write down your username and password. All Projects, and Exercises should be uploaded to your account - The link to your SCRIBD account will be posted in Blackboard and on our class Facebook page so that you can read, peer review and critique each others work. (Peer reviews will also count as a grade - see your syllabus for specific details.)
Required Peer review of Projects and Exercises - Each student is required to post a substantial comment on two fellow students projects and exercises each week. Resist the temptation to be quick and sloppy–as when some write using all lower case or when writers never bother to correct typos. Avoid “colloquial” language like, “Yo dudes, how yall doen?” Substantive means to share a serious, thoughtful, reflective comment or question, or it is a means to educate us about something you have read.
Note also that no more than one entry per week is allowed and that no entries may be made during the last two weeks of the semester. Your instructor reads every entry but may not comment on all.
I am making a promise this semester to go absolutely paperless! There are a number of reasons why I don't want to use paper: paper is too expensive, most students do not value paper, papers are messy, papers are hard to keep up with, students lose papers, teachers lose papers, papers get dirty, papers rip, papers drop and fall out of order and so on and so on and so on... Those are just a few of the reasons why I don't use paper.
With this in mind all students in SOWK 300 beginning Spring 2010 will be required to get, use and maintain a Scribd account. Scribd is one of those free and amazing Web 2.0 tools that make document sharing as easy as pointing and clicking.
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Friday, November 27, 2009
Homework 8
Sign up for Twitter Twitter is a free service that lets you keep in touch with people through the exchange of quick, frequent answers to one simple question: What's happening? Sign up to http://twitter.com/sowk300 This assignment is designed for you to to use and become familiar with Twitter. Post (tweet) at least 10 times over the course of the semester.
Read http://www.wired.com/techbiz/media/magazine/15-07/st_thompson
and
http://online.wsj.com/public/article/SB117373145818634482-ZwdoPQ0PqPrcFMDHDZLz_P6osnI_20080315.html
These are both short and should only take you 15 minutes to read.
I will add you to my following list, so if you are looking for classmates to follow you should go to my Twitter profile and add in some of your classmates. You don’t necessarily need to follow everyone in the class but add in at least ten to get the Twitter experience. You can also choose to follow people who are not in our class. There are several personalities on Twitter if you would like to follow them. Barack Obama http://twitter.com/BARACKOBAMA or Oprah http://twitter.com/oPRAH for example, send me other that you think are interesting.
Two other notes on Twitter. To make you Twitter experience better you should get a http://twitter.com/downloads for your computer or perhaps integrate it with your Facebook page - http://www.facebook.com/twitter/ Finally, note that if you want to block people or make your tweets (posts) private Twitter enables this function.
You can utilize twitter to help you Communicate your Findings for your projects!
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Read http://www.wired.com/techbiz/media/magazine/15-07/st_thompson
and
http://online.wsj.com/public/article/SB117373145818634482-ZwdoPQ0PqPrcFMDHDZLz_P6osnI_20080315.html
These are both short and should only take you 15 minutes to read.
I will add you to my following list, so if you are looking for classmates to follow you should go to my Twitter profile and add in some of your classmates. You don’t necessarily need to follow everyone in the class but add in at least ten to get the Twitter experience. You can also choose to follow people who are not in our class. There are several personalities on Twitter if you would like to follow them. Barack Obama http://twitter.com/BARACKOBAMA or Oprah http://twitter.com/oPRAH for example, send me other that you think are interesting.
Two other notes on Twitter. To make you Twitter experience better you should get a http://twitter.com/downloads for your computer or perhaps integrate it with your Facebook page - http://www.facebook.com/twitter/ Finally, note that if you want to block people or make your tweets (posts) private Twitter enables this function.
You can utilize twitter to help you Communicate your Findings for your projects!
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Thursday, November 26, 2009
Homework 7
Think of a question that you want to ask of a world wide audience. Email me your question for approval, at sowk300@gmail.com then create a free account at http://www.ask500people.com/
Post your link on your ning page, and website - post your link in the comments box in blackboard for grading - you will see that over the course of the semester people will respond to your question and you will be able to use the data you collect in another assignment later in the semester- here is a link to my question for you to answer and review http://www.ask500people.com/questions/do-you-think-it-is-okay-to-spank-children-as-a-means-of-discipline
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Post your link on your ning page, and website - post your link in the comments box in blackboard for grading - you will see that over the course of the semester people will respond to your question and you will be able to use the data you collect in another assignment later in the semester- here is a link to my question for you to answer and review http://www.ask500people.com/questions/do-you-think-it-is-okay-to-spank-children-as-a-means-of-discipline
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Homework 6
Bedford Bibliographer Account - each student will sign up for their own account which will be used throughout the semester. Turn in your username and password to the lab assistant and once we have verified that your account works, your grade for this assignment will be recorded.
bedford bibliogpraher you username and password http://bcs.bedfordstmartins.com/bbibliographer/default.asp?uid=0&rau=0
One of the most difficult parts of the research process is recording and organizing information about sources. Now there's help from the Bedford Bibliographer!
This easy-to-use Web-based application from the author of The Bedford Researcher assists students with the process of collecting sources, and generates bibliographies in MLA, APA, CSE, and Chicago Styles.
Using the Bedford Bibliographer, students create virtual source cards on which they can record bibliographic information, write annotations, evaluate sources, and even save text from electronic sources such as news articles that might be changed or removed.
New! The Bedford Bibliographer now supports the latest APA requirements for online sources.
For each and every project that you complete (write-up) you must use a minimum of 3 references (source of fact) use Bedfod to cite your references correctly. JOURNAL ARTICLES only, no newspaper, or magazine articles.
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bedford bibliogpraher you username and password http://bcs.bedfordstmartins.com/bbibliographer/default.asp?uid=0&rau=0
One of the most difficult parts of the research process is recording and organizing information about sources. Now there's help from the Bedford Bibliographer!
This easy-to-use Web-based application from the author of The Bedford Researcher assists students with the process of collecting sources, and generates bibliographies in MLA, APA, CSE, and Chicago Styles.
Using the Bedford Bibliographer, students create virtual source cards on which they can record bibliographic information, write annotations, evaluate sources, and even save text from electronic sources such as news articles that might be changed or removed.
New! The Bedford Bibliographer now supports the latest APA requirements for online sources.
For each and every project that you complete (write-up) you must use a minimum of 3 references (source of fact) use Bedfod to cite your references correctly. JOURNAL ARTICLES only, no newspaper, or magazine articles.
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