Intro to Digital Age

Week 8 - Open Source & Creative Commons
(1) Read the first 5 chapters of Smart Mobs by Howard Rheingold.

(2) Download and read “The Cathedral and the Bazaar” (Raymond) - pp. 21-63 (available on WebCT).

(3) Read Larry Lessig’s blog and explore the Creative Commons website. Try choosing a license for your blog here.

(4) No screencast this week - make sure you watch last week’s screencast.

(5) Prepare a summary of your paper topic (minimum 500 words)

(6) Schedule a call with Nicco to discuss your paper topic before Tuesday, March 25.

(7) Your assignments this week include:

• IF YOU DIDN’T DO IT LAST WEEK: Set up a Google AdWords account (per the screencast) and email the keywords you are using to advertise.
• Post one blog post per class instructions – a reading response
• Add two articles or blog posts to the class del.icio.us feed
• Participate in online discussion about readings through Google Group for class:

• Post at least one question
• Respond to at least one question posted by someone else

Thanks - nicco

Week 7 - getting down into search!

(1) Finish reading The Search by John Battelle - Chapters 7 through Epilogue.
(2) Keep reading John Battelle’s blog, the Search Engine Watch blog, the official Google blog, and Jeremy Zawodny’s blog.

(3) Watch the screencast for this week on Vimeo, or download it from JHU WebCT. You can also download the powerpoint for this week from WebCT.

(4) Your assignments this week include:

• Post one blog post per class instructions – a reading response
• Add two articles or blog posts to the class del.icio.us feed
• Participate in online discussion about readings through Google Group for class:

• Post at least one question
• Respond to at least one question posted by someone else

Thanks - nicco

Week 6 - I’m grading away on your quizes, so stay tuned on that front.
(1) Start reading The Search by John Battelle - Chapters 1 to 6

(2) For blog reading, check out John Battelle’s blog, the Search Engine Watch blog, the official Google blog, and Jeremy Zawodny’s blog.

(3) Please download and review this Google handout.

(4) Check our Google Zeitgeist. How does it relate to Battelle’s “database of intentions”?
(5) No screencast this week.

(6) Your assignments this week include:

• Post one blog post per class instructions – a reading response
• Add two articles or blog posts to the class del.icio.us feed
• Participate in online discussion about readings through Google Group for class:

• Post at least one question
• Respond to at least one question posted by someone else

Thanks - nicco

Week 5! Cinco de… February?

(1) Finish reading Naked Conversations by Shel Israel and Robert Scoble- pp. 147-272

(2) Keep reading Pressthink by Jay Rosen, PaidContent.org and GigaOm. You should check them every day; they generally have one or two short blog posts a day.

(3) Watch the screencast for this week on Vimeo, or download it from JHU WebCT. You can also download the powerpoint for this week from WebCT.

(4) Your assignments this week include:

• Take the reading comprehension quiz on the JHU WebCT system, under this week’s course
• Post one blog post per class instructions – a reading response
• Add two articles or blog posts to the class del.icio.us feed
• Participate in online discussion about readings through Google Group for class:

• Post at least one question
• Respond to at least one question posted by someone else