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Notes from today, and reading and blogging assignment for Wednesday, October 17

Posted on October 15, 2012 | Leave a comment

Today we discussed metadata, controlled vocabularies, taxonomies, and folksonomies. I hope you got a chance to experiment with blog post tagging using the controlled vocabulary of the LC subject headings. Slides from today are available here.

On Wednesday we’ll begin our discussion of the mechanics of searching, including how search engines works and search engine optimization. For Wednesday, 10/17 please read the following:

Your blogging assignment is one reading response blog post.

Remember to get in touch if you have any questions about the research topic proposal, due on Wednesday, October 24. I’ll make time to continue working on the topic development exercise when we meet Wednesday.

~Prof. Leonard

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Notes from today, and reading/blogging homework for Monday, October 15

Posted on October 10, 2012 | Leave a comment

Today we discussed copyright and fair use, and briefly revisited open access.
Starting next week we move from our discussion of issues in information and media to a discussion of the organization of information and media. We’ll start with a discussion of metadata. For Monday, October 15, please read the following chapter and two articles:

Badke, chapter 4: Metadata and the power of controlled vocabularies
Dye, “Folksonomy: a game of high-tech (and high stakes) tag”
Harrod, “It’s the playground of narcissistic teenagers and amateur photographers…”

Your blogging assignment is one 100-word comment on a classmate’s blog post or 2 comments on 2 different posts totaling at least 100 words.

Be sure to bring the Developing a Research Topic worksheets with you to class; we’ll make time to work on them further in class. Please get in touch if you want to discuss your research topic proposal. Proposals are due 2 weeks from today at the beginning of class.

Slides from today are available here.

~Prof. Leonard

 

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Notes from today, and reading/blogging homework for Wednesday, October 10

Posted on October 3, 2012 | Leave a comment

Today we discussed plagiarism, and perhaps raised many more questions than answers. Here are screenshots of the results of the in-class cell phone poll:

Next week we’ll discuss copyright and fair use, and briefly revisit Open Access. For next Wednesday 10/10, please read Center for Social Media, Code of Best Practices for Media Literacy Education; the “Code” and “Principles” sections only. View the following 3 videos: Lessig, Laws that Choke Creativity
Faden, A Fair(y) Use Tale
Grey, Copyright: F0rever Less One Day
Your blogging assignment is one reading/viewing response blog post.

Slides from today, including the sample research topics and examples of research questions, are available here. Please get in touch if you have questions about the research topic proposal assignment, which is due at the beginning of class on Wednesday, October 24.

Enjoy the long weekend!

~Prof. Leonard

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Notes from today, and reading/blogging homework for Wednesday, October 3

Posted on October 1, 2012 | Leave a comment

Today we discussed the legal, social, and ethical aspects of privacy, especially privacy in an online, networked world. We did not get a chance to fully discuss informed consent — what if websites asked for our consent each time they collected information or set a cookie? Take a look at your browser settings and review what cookies have been set on your computer. Any surprises?

On Wednesday we’ll discuss plagiarism and attempt an activity using your phones to voice your opinions on some aspects of academic integrity. Please read Isserman, Plagiarism: a Lie of the Mind (log in to the Chronicle of Higher Education through the library website) and Widdicombe, The Plagiarist’s Tale. Your blogging assignment is one reading response blog post.

Slides from today are available here.

See you Wednesday,

Prof. L.

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Notes from today, and reading and blogging homework for Monday, October 1

Posted on September 24, 2012 | Leave a comment

Today we discussed access to information — personal and institutional. Slides from today are available here.

On Monday, October 1, we’ll discuss privacy. Please read two articles:
Marshall, P.  Online privacy. CQ Researcher, 19, 933-956.
boyd, d. (2008). Facebook’s Privacy Trainwreck. Convergence: The International Journal of Research into New Media Technologies 14:1, 13-20. Write one reading response blog post. Help accessing articles from the library’s subscription databases is available here.

I forgot to mention an important event taking place tomorrow: NYC Votes! youth voter registration jam will be held tomorrow at 3 pm at Lehman CollegeTomorrow at Lehman College!, 250 Bedford Park Blvd. West in the Bronx. Stop by if you’re in the area. Extra credit if you take a picture of yourself with Rosario Dawson at the event and post it to the course site!

 

Today I distributed guidelines for the research proposal in class. Get in touch by email or come by my office hours if you have questions about the research proposal, due October 24.

~Prof. Leonard

 

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Notes from today, and reading/blogging homework for Monday, September 24

Posted on September 19, 2012 | Leave a comment

Today we discussed Web 2.0, social media, social networking, and participatory media. The typewith.me document we created is available here. We ran out of time before we could view and discuss a few videos in class. One is the Tim Berners-Lee TED talk embedded in the open data article you read for today; the other is The Machine is Us/ing Us:

On Monday 9/24, we’ll move into a discussion of access — personal and institutional, and the digital divide. Please read Martin, The Politics of Research (pdf). Use the comments feature of the course site to comment on a classmate’s blog post: one comment of at least 100 words or 2 comments of 50 words minimum on 2 different posts. Please get in touch if you have any questions or issues with the comment feature.

Slides from today are available here.

 

~Prof. Leonard

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Readings and blogging homework for Wednesday, September 19

Posted on September 12, 2012 | Leave a comment

I hope you all learned a lot and enjoyed the presentation by my esteemed colleagues Prof. Smale and Prof. Thomas. I’m sorry I could not be there to join the discussion.

On Wednesday, September 19, we will discuss Web 2.0 and participatory media. Please read the following:

Web 2.0 from Wikipedia
Baker, The Charms of Wikipedia
Fischetti, The web turns 20: Linked data gives people power
Social Media in Plain English (video)

Your blogging assignment is one reading response blog post, due by 10 a.m. on the day of our next class meeting.

Please be aware that while classes are cancelled on Monday, September 17 and Tuesday, September 18, the college and library are OPEN.

See you next week,

Prof. Leonard

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Notes from today, and reading and blogging assigments for Wednesday, September 12

Posted on September 10, 2012 | Leave a comment

Today we discussed non-text media in digital and analog formats, in particular some of the advantages, disadvantages, and challenges presented by the ease of creation and distribution of digital media. We ran out of time before we could discuss a relevant and recent article about digital vs. analog in the film industry, Film Is Dead? Long Live Movies: How Digital Is Changing the Nature of Movies. Take a look if you like; in it, the differences in the technologies are explained, and different film critics voice their opinions about each medium and the issues in general.

On Wednesday, September 12, we’ll discuss alternative print and digital media. I have to go out of town, so please welcome our guest lecturers, my colleagues Professor Maura Smale of the Library department at City Tech and Professor Susan Thomas of the Library department at Long Island University. For Wednesday, please read the following:

Thomas Eland, Critical thinking, deviant knowledge and the alternative press
Fred Wright, The history and characteristics of zines, part I
Zine World, Zines 101 — A quick guide to zines
Write one 100-word reading response blog post.

Looking ahead to next week, remember that classes are cancelled on Monday, September 17 and Tuesday, September 18. The college and the library are OPEN.

Slides from today are available here.

~Prof. Leonard

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OpenLab events this semester!

Posted on September 6, 2012 | Leave a comment

The OpenLab kicks off its Fall workshop series today with What is the OpenLab? What can you do there? Why should you use it?
This workshop, designed to introduce students to the OpenLab, will take place TODAY, Thursday, September 6, from 1-2:15 in the library’s small classroom, A441. All students are welcome!

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Notes from today (September 5) and reading and blogging homework for Monday, September 10

Posted on September 5, 2012 | Leave a comment

Today we discussed “born digital” media and media that exists in both analog and digital formats, media ownership, and various emerging media formats in which information is created and distributed. If you notice any examples of alternative media (print or digital), feel free to share it in class or on the blog.

Slides from today are available here.

On Monday, September 10, we will discuss non-text media, including sound, images, and multimedia. Please read Pavlik pp. 79-84 (distributed in class or obtain on reserve in the City Tech library), Sisario, “Muve music, for mobile users, thrives in shadow of competitors,” and Elton, “Love for labels.” You can get help with off-campus access to library databases if necessary. Write one reading response blog post of at least 100 words; remember that your reading response blog posts should not just summarize the content of the reading, but should also critique, analyze and/or question it. It is OK to focus on one part of the writer’s argument.

~Prof. Leonard

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