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Tuesday, May 15, 2012

Web 2.0: Social Bookmarking Project


Social Bookmarking
Organizing digital information is becoming a big challenge as people continue to use the World Wide Web in news ways. The ability to recall the locations of favorite web sites, digital pictures, or important documents and email messages is crucial as the amount of data stored on both personal computers and the WWW increases.

Storing photographs or documents in folders on your personal computers is one way to categorize and locate information. Under this scheme, you might organize your digital pictures on your personal computer in folders according to the years that you took them, and then store related photos in folders beneath each year.

What's another way we can organize your computers? What about email? Your Favorite Websites? Your Blog Posts? RSS Feeds? Reply to this post with specific ways, websites that can help you, and anything else you would want to add.

Assignment:
1) Set up an account on Diigo.
2) Go to: http://groups.diigo.com/group/porfido and apply to be a group member (on right)
3) Save at least 20 total specific websites on Diigo using whichever tags appear to be the most useful if you had to do 4 reports or research (5 from each topic you choose) each of the following topics:
  • The NFL Bounties OR the NHL Playoffs
  • The NBA Playoffs
  • School Bullying Laws
  • Same Sex Marriage (High School Only can choose this one topic)
  • 2012 Presidential Race
  • Facebook IPO
  • Counterterrorism and Homeland Security
4) Be sure to enter a description: about the website and specific appropriate tags.
5) Then you must add the site to the group Porfido (after you have been accepted membership).
6) Feel free to add other bookmarks to be used for personal use and continue using Diigo!

If you do not have 20 bookmarks (with tags & a description) added to the group Porfido before class on 5/21/2012 you will not get credit.

Monday, May 14, 2012

AWD- Final Project


Click here for the project.

Please post a comment to this posting with each partner's full name.

TV P&C: Final Exam


Click here for the project.

No more than 4 students in a group.

Deadlines:
1) May 17: MUSIC VIDEO PROJECT PLANNING SHEET
Separate Grade
2) May 21: ACTION SEQUENCE SHEET
Separate Grade
3) May 23: Begin Taping with my approval
4) June 5: Project must be completed

Each group is responsible for all equipment. Please give enough notice and use the sign out sheet to take home.

You can also use your own equipment and/or any video editing software you choose.

Tuesday, April 10, 2012

Web 2.0: PERIOD 7 ONLY, Wiki Spaces Project


Each group will sign up for 1 free wikispace account. Make sure you then go into the settings and make Private but add collaborators. Your partners and myself must be added.

The student in the group who's 1st name comes 1st in the alphabet will create the wiki. The full URL will be:
http://porfido7YI.wikispaces.com/ YI= Your Initials
Each group will get seven words to define using resources on the net so that you can understand the emerging concept of Web 2.0. 

•blogosphere
•Wikis
•Social Bookmarking
•Podcasting
•RSS Feeds
•Folksonomy
•The Cloud

Here are your guidelines:

1. Post meaningful, relevant information on their topic.
2. Summarize information you find on the Net and to link to it.
3. Continue to read your terms and ask yourself -- "What do I not understand about this topic?" and then to proceed to answer that question and post your findings.
4. Use some of the websites that you read about.
5. Don't delete information of another group member unless it was redundant or you paraphrased/edited it to make it better.
6. You will have to present their topic -- 5-10 minutes to summarize and demonstrate.
7. At the conclusion of each presentation, all students must post a comment on the page providing feedback or asking questions. (A feature and to keep you focused on the task at hand.)
8 Add images, videos, alter font styles and add links to enhance