Social Media / Web2.0 Group Discussion exercises

1. Discussion about MIDTERM GRADING...
SPRING BREAK IS 13-21
MIDTERM GRADES ARE DUE THE 16TH..



2.
for these SOCIAL MEDIA/WEB2.0 exercises please get into groups of 2-3 ...NOW. thanks


Using the information you learned in the Reading: "Social Media and Web 2.0" and The Blog Posting on Transparency in Social Media Please answer the following discussion questions Include any relevant links or media in your blog entries:

1. Today many TV shows and advertisements try to look amateurish or "homegrown" to emulate what is often seen on the Web. Do you think professional prodution values will continue to drop, or do you think amateur user-generated content will get better over time? WHY??
   
   
2. Find a news article and write down tags you would use to define what the article is about. Now goto http://delicious.com/ or another tagging site and see how others have tagged it. What did you learn from the differences or similarities in tagging?
   
   
   before answering question #3 please read the Transparency in Social Media Blog Article
   
   
3. Why is transparency such an important concept in the Social Media world? Is it MORE or LESS important in the offline world? Why?
   
   The wikipedia article on "Astroturfing" may be of help
   
   

Please post the answers to these questions in detail on all group members blogs... (you can just CUT/PASTE)

SAVE FOR WEB 2.0

1. Pass out
Interacting with an interface
or what happens when you switch on LG Chocolate.
by Manovich 2007
(read for monday FEB. 7th)

2. questions and terms review web 2.0: in-class: user-generated content, long tail, network as platform, folksonomy, syndication, and mass collaboration, computer supported collaboration, hosted services, web applications, social-software, video-sharing sites, wikis, blogs, mashups, more???

3. PHOTOSHOP WORKSHOP:

1. distinguish between .psd and other bitmap files
2. bitmap vs. vector
3. vector text tool in photohop
4. layering
5. selection methods (magic wand, lasso, marquee, select by color)
6. how to create a transparent background --knocking out a background. example photo
7. SAVE AND OPTIMIZE FOR THE WEB IN PHOTOSHOP
   

DUE MONDAY 7TH
BLOG ENTRY WITH YOUR FINAL BEST QUALITY MCLUHAN MEDIUM IS MESSAGE COLLAGE. EXPORTED OUT OF PHOTOSHOP WITH THE "SAVE FOR WEB OPTION"

HAVE Interacting with an interface
or what happens when you switch on LG Chocolate. READ. AND READY TO DISCUSS.

AND

CREATE A BLOG POSTING BRIEFLY DEFINING/SUMMARIZING THE FOLLOWING TRAITS OR QUALITIES OF THESE WEB 2.0 TERMS:
user-generated content, long tail, network as platform, folksonomy, syndication, and mass collaboration, computer supported collaboration, hosted services, web applications, social-software, video-sharing sites, wikis, blogs, mashups