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Viewing: Futurama: e-Waste Delivery Fry, Leela and Bender find pollution and child labor when they visit the Third World of the Antares System to deliver e-waste.
9/12 eWaste (2)
Announcement: For today and Friday we have guest students in our class from Dr. Palmer's section. And, what goes around, comes around. Next Monday, I will not be here because of Rosh Hashanah. Therefore, I have divided the class into four (4) groups and you will be required to prepare for and attend the section indicated on our blog page. Each column is assigned to a different professor. Next to each professor's name is the location of her or his classroom. I will send a list of names and email addresses to each of the professors as well. Have fun and we'll debrief about the experiences in a comparative way next Wednesday. For now, I wish each of you a sweet and healthy new year, 5773.
Futurama: e-Waste DeliveryFry, Leela and Bender find pollution and child labor when they visit the Third World of the Antares System to deliver e-waste.
Assignment Due: In class BlogPost What's in your computer?
Working in a group (3-4 persons), research one of the seven common compounds or elements (will be assigned in class) mentioned in the Greenpeace spoof ad and answer these several questions:
1. Where and how is it mined?
2. What is the environmental impact of the mining? Is it regulated? If so, by whom?
3. What are the human health concerns when used to manufacture consumer electronics?
4. What documented health impacts are associated with its demanufacturing?
5. Extra question: What purpose does this compound serve in digital electronics?
How much land area does it take to support your lifestyle? Take this quiz to find out your Ecological Footprint, discover your biggest areas of resource consumption, and learn what you can do to tread more lightly on the earth.
By Paul Grabowicz This web page, from the University of California, Berkeley Knight School of Journalism, offers a concise introduction to the emergence and significance of digital storytelling.
Week 5
9/24 Invited speaker, Joe TreasterClass meets in the main Dolan Auditorium
For the debate, please report to the large classroom above the Dolan Auditorium. The room is Atrium 202-203 on the second floor above the Dolan Atrium.
9/28 Invited Speaker - Social Media, Twitter and Non-Profits.Class meets in the main Dolan Auditorium
Kaleidoscopic view of China and its online activism. General introduction of China; issues with environment, corruption, legal system. This sets the stage for small class discussion on why online activism in China?
10/10 Chinese Act. (2) What do Chinese use social media for? Examine from various aspects:
"... to reveal the democratic aspirations of the common people in the ways
in which they produce, receive, and respond to critical, contentious
discourses on the Internet" -- Guobin Yang
"...as state power attempts to control the Internet, the Internet users and
activists respond creatively to state control. People are not "captive
audiences" but rather "skilled actors" in China's complex media
You can use the JCU Assignment Calendar Calculator to improve your research paper skills. Grasselli Library and Breen Learning Center has teamed up with The JCU Writing Center and launched this online tool. You can select a subject area and due date and the tool will calculate a timeline for the research paper including selecting and focusing a project, creating a research strategy, finding and reviewing information sources and writing drafts and the final paper. It's even great for researching a digital story.
Let's roll up our sleaves and get technical... After reading/discussing about digital storytelling from the perspective of the University of California Department of Journalism, perhaps you are considering making a website for your digital story? Give WIX or Weebly an hour of your time, see what you have always already been able to do! You could even try PBworks! (That's what I used to make this site, not too flashy but really functional). Be sure to find the level of support that you need from video tutorials to online support chats.
10/26 Joyce Murton (Inited guest) Class meets in the main Dolan Auditorium
Week 10
10/29 Wikileaks: Hacktivism, Censorship and the Internet 1
The article discusses hacker George Hotz's impact on the technology industry. Hotz was the first person to hack into the iPhone smartphone from Apple, the PlayStation 3 gaming console by Sony, and inadvertently started the online "hacker wars" over ideology concerning the rights of companies versus online free speech. Hotz's achievements have lead companies to enter into a dialogue with hackers with the hopes of improving their security features and protecting them against future cyber-attacks.
This TED video describes the expanding struggle for freedom and control in cyberspace, and asks: How do we design the next phase of the Internet with accountability and freedom at its core, rather than control?
10/31 Wikileaks: Hacktivism, Censorship and the Internet 2
The article discusses hacktivists, computer hackers who carry out cyberattacks as a form of political protest. Hacker collective groups such as Electronic Disturbance Theater (EDT), the Anonymous collective, and Lulz Security (LulzSec) are examined. The role of hacktivism in the development of better cybersecurity, the creation of new technology, and government control of the internet is discussed and cybercrime laws in the U.S. are examined.
11/2 Service Learning, Digital Media and Social Justice Class meets in the main Dolan Auditorium
JCU seniors with service learning experience share their views and perspectives
Visit some of the nonprofit twitter accounts and facebook websites described in the second reading. Compare their content. Which are better organized in terms of providing information that may lead to better recruitment of volunteers, funding, etc?
What are your ICT literacy skills? How have your ICT literacy skills evolved over your lifetime with respect to Warschauer’s model (as depicted in Figure 1), the notions of literacy and ICT access (depicted in Table 1), and Warshauer’s discussion of the six principles of literacy and the related six principles of ITC access. How have the physical, digital, human and social resources of your life allowed you to effectively make use of existing information on the internet as well as contribute new content?
Consider the people you interact with in your weekly service. What physical, digital, human and social resources do they have available with respect to Warschauer’s model?
ICT Resources
Physical resources encompass access to computers and telecommunication connections.
Digital resources refer to digital material that is made available online.
Human resources revolve around issues such as literacy and education (including the particular types of literacy practices that are required for computer use and online communication).
Social resources refer to the community, institutional, and societal structures that support access to ICT.
Six principal conclusions about literacy:
There is not just one, but many types of literacy;
The meaning and value of literacy varies in particular social contexts;
Literacy capabilities exists in gradations, rather than in a bipolar opposition of literate versus illiterate;
Literacy alone brings no automatic benefit outside of its particular functions;
Literacy is a social practice, involving access to physical artifacts, content, skills, and social support; and,
Acquisition of literacy is a matter not only of education, but also of power.
Week 13
11/19 Digital Divide (3) Universal Broadband and Mobile Access
"As all the people and computers on our planet get more and more closely connected, it's becoming increasingly useful to think of all the people and computers on the planet as a kind of global brain."
THOMAS W. MALONE, Professor of Management at the MIT and founding director of the MIT Center for Collective Intelligence.
12/7 Digital Media and Service Learning Discussions
Prepare to share a brief overview of the presentation you'll make during your final.
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