This_Digital_World_

1. Any Photoshop/Collage questions or issues?

2.Discussion of Terms:
user-generated content
long tail
network as platform
folksonomy
syndication
mass collaboration
computer supported collaboration
social-software
mashups

3.Discussion/questions about "Interacting with an interface
or what happens when you switch on LG Chocolate."

1. what does manovich mean by the "aesthetisation of information tools and interaction"
2. what are aesthetics?
3. what is interaction as theater?
4. Experience Design: What happens when you turn on an LG Chocolate?
   
   
   

4. FRONTLINE: Digital Nation: Life on the Virtual Frontier

Within a single generation, digital media and the World Wide Web have transformed virtually every aspect of modern culture, from the way we learn and work to the ways in which we socialize and even conduct war. But is the technology moving faster than we can adapt to it? And is our 24/7 wired world causing us to lose as much as we've gained?

In Digital Nation: Life on the Virtual Frontier, FRONTLINE presents an in-depth exploration of what it means to be human in a 21st-century digital world. Continuing a line of investigation she began with the 2008 FRONTLINE report Growing Up Online, award-winning producer Rachel Dretzin embarks on a journey to understand the implications of living in a world consumed by technology and the impact that this constant connectivity may have on future generations. "I'm amazed at the things my kids are able to do online, but I'm also a little bit panicked when I realize that no one seems to know where all this technology is taking us, or its long-term effects," says Dretzin.

Joining Dretzin on this journey is commentator Douglas Rushkoff, a leading thinker and writer on the digital revolution -- and one-time evangelist for technology's positive impact. "In the early days of the Internet, it was easy for me to reassure people about what it would mean to bring digital technology into their lives," says Rushkoff, who has authored 10 books on media, technology and culture. "Now I want to know whether or not we are tinkering with something more essential than we realize."

WATCH: Digital Nation Parts 1, 2, 3, 4 (to be continued wed 1oth)

and if there is time:

Friending Boo Radley

English teacher Jenny Johns uses social networking tools to teach classic literature, such as To Kill a Mockingbird.

5. Due Wed. 10th Blog Posting with your analysis of "Digital Nation" so far...remember, this may change! 2-3 paragraphs (video/images optional)

6. Pass out "Social Media and Web 2.0" Have read by Monday Feb. 14th