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Comment on MMORPG and the future of gaming and why this isn’t it-yet by A retrospective on 315 « Brew7’s Weblog

A retrospective on 315 « Brew7’s Weblog — Mon, 05 May 2008 02:08:52 +0000

[...] about writing on far longer then anyone probably read. Some posts were assignments such as MMORPG and the Future of Gaming. Other posts were out of self interest such as My Proggression of Computing and why Vista Sucks. A [...]

Comment on The Beauty of The Internet by Dr Webb

Dr Webb — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 03:07:52 +0000

I’m curious what prompted this post. This might be a good seque to a final concluding discussion about the openness and ubiquitous nature of information today, and the ramifications socially….

Comment on Saving Education by Dr Webb

Dr Webb — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 03:05:00 +0000

Yes! You have described a very annoying catch 22. If professors just regurgitate the text, students come to class and expect to be spoonfed the info. If I prepare class activities relying on students –ANY STUDENTS– to have read the chapter and expecting to build on that, a large portion have obviously not read the work. Heck, in one class the assignment was 5 or 6 YouTube videos, and 2 people in a class of 16 admitted to having watched them. Instead of doing more in-depth discussion, we watched the videos.
I have more comments about education in general and trends at other institutions.
But I also agree about participatory media. The blogging requirement in this class is because it is a Writing for New Media class. In many cases, if you are being required to do online work, it is in lieu of class meetings—so you might have one class meeting and then a substantial assignment online to apply what was learned in class. I would argue that use of new media (digital media) should not be in addition to but instead of other requirements, where appropriate.

Comment on Clearcast Digital Media Podcast and How to Make Old Media New Again by Dr. Webb

Dr. Webb — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 16:40:19 +0000

It would be interesting to investigate how telecom is structured in other nations. Within this discussion, we’re talking about (cell) phone, cable, and alluding to the influence of internet. How each of these has traditionally be used is transforming very quickly (for example, people now can watch a lot of television via the Internet). How is “old” media’s fear of effect on profit margin impacting the development of “new” media beyond just the cable issue. Very interesting observations and I look forward to continued exploration of the issues.

Comment on A Synopsis Net Neutrality by Net Neutrailty Continued « Brew7’s Weblog

Net Neutrailty Continued « Brew7’s Weblog — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 05:51:40 +0000

[...] is an issue that is particularly important to me, which is why I decided to do a follow up on my previous post starting with a leaked memo and accompanying story that can be found over at ArsTechnica. The [...]

Comment on What is New Media? by Who says all games are bad? « The Writer’s Hall

Who says all games are bad? « The Writer’s Hall — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 21:17:55 +0000

[...] fellow classmate, Ben, wrote this blog post about video games. It’s more related to video games as a form of new media, but does touch on [...]

Comment on What is New Media? by Clarifying the term “new media” « Writing for New Media - COM 315

Tue, 29 Jan 2008 05:43:11 +0000

[...] the most interesting part. With digital media, we all have the option to play along too. Ben notes the significance of video games as complex environments. In addition, we all have access to mix, mashup, and redistribute textual, visual, or video [...]

Comment on WordPress now has 3 GB of storage Free! by Dr. Webb

Dr. Webb — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 23:52:18 +0000

Nice, it has upgrade options too. Just a heads up: The “here” link is not to the permalink at downloadsquad.