English 5010
Kyle’s Final Essay: “My Face on Space Book: A Study of Social Networking Sites and their Significance”
My Face on Space Book Maintaining a notion upheld the length of human history, human beings are naturally social. According to the 2009 Merriam-Webster Dictionary, the word social is defined as: “the interaction of the individual and the group, or the welfare of human beings as members of society; tending to form cooperative and interdependent... »
Star Trek Stops Women From Becoming Computer Scientists
I thought some people in this class might find this article interesting: http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/12/star-trek-keeps-women-computer-science/ »
Final Project: TOEFL website
Here is the link to the website Ryan and I developed over the course of the semester: http://toefltech.webs.com/ You should be able to view everything except the blog (because the site is set to private). Thank you so much for a great semester! »
What is this madness?: Wiki Scouting Report
Hearing the collaborative potential for Wikis gave me an image of a democratic classroom’s, lead by a “facilitator,” collaborative search for knowledge and truth. After experimenting with the classroom use of Wikis and a “facilitator” instead of controller role in the classroom my hopes for the wiki’s teaching and learning potential have slammed into... »
Final Presentation – Link to Website
Here is the link to my website for my speech & debate class that was used for my final project. http://www.enochsdebate.webs.com/ Chris Hayden »
Social Bookmarking tools
Social Bookmarking tools Computers are a way of life in the educational setting, unfortunately there a too few teachers who can successfully integrate computer technology effectively in the classroom (1). What Selber is alluding to is the shortage of technologically Savvy educators who are used to working with chalk and paper. It is not environmentally... »
Matthew Hindman: The Myth of Digital Democracy
Aaron Arias English 5010 Dr. Devries Fall 2008 Matthew Hindman: The Myth of Digital Democracy The Internet is redistributing political influence; it is broadening the public sphere, increasing political participation, involving citizens in political activities that were previously closed to them, and challenging the monopoly of traditional elites. This…definition of democratization presumes first and foremost that the technology will... »
Making L33t Conections Online: r u a n00b or r u l33t?
R yuo a l33t h4×0r? Can j00 pwn n00bs? “1|=\| 0u |{4N r34|) t|-|15t|-|3N\| 0u i5 t3|-| |_337” (Blashki 81). If the preceding puzzles the reader, I can understand. My first encounter with l33t—a shortened form of elite, alternately written 1337, leet, or leet speak—left me feeling much the same way about this online linguistic... »
Fresh Text: A New Perspective on Text Messaging in the Composition Classroom
Thesis: Text messaging utilized as collegiate instructional communication creates new avenues of positive “Foucaudian” power-play, empowering both students and their professor resulting in an increase of community, collaboration, and free-thinking in the college composition classroom. »