BoingBoing and Google

Respond to your group's questions in the comments here: be sure to include links in your response to the relevant information. Write out your question(s) before you answer, so others will know to what you're responding. Also make sure that YOUR NAMES are included at the end of the comment, as only one person can be tagged as author of the comment.

How Can You Be an Effective Blogger?

This week we have been reading blogs at ProBlogger. Our topic has been how to be an effective blogger. What did we discover about being effective as a blogger?

What makes an effective blog?

DUE: Friday by 5pm

Link to the blog you brought to class today and explain in detail why you chose it. Does it have one author or a team? Is it commercial or personal? Who is the audience? How can you tell? What's appealing about the visual layout? What about color choices? What sort of links do they offer? What brings people back?

Be persuasive.

Plagiarism & Piracy

Where do you draw the line between freely appropriating information and calling it piracy or theft? How much or what kind of information is it okay to use?

Welcome to ENG 252

You will find most of our necessary materials at our Blackboard page. From our course description:

OBJECTIVES:
This course will examine the rapidly expanding field of New Media, an awkward umbrella term usually used to refer to the web, blogs, Facebook, Twitter and other kinds of on-line communities. Much of this course will require engaging in the actual production of writing within these spheres. We will examine how New Media reflects cultural assumptions including sexism, racism and classism. A key issue will be "ownership" in the age of instant digital copying. While analyzing texts within their cultural contexts, we will utilize a variety of approaches to help develop further your critical reading, thinking, and writing skills. You will be expected to write pieces that demonstrate your ability to read closely and analyze carefully, building upon and broadening your writing skills (4 credit hours).