Sanford: Check out what Chris Heuer is doing with the Social Media club (next meeting is in late Jan). http://socialmediaclub.com/
Also you can run your class by the O'Reilly definitions of web2.0 (yeah yeah, he makes money off the definition with conferences and stuff but a lot the ideas around social media - media being more accessible, tools/software getting into the hands of and used by the audience, mashups, open APIs, conversations, users connecting with other users and telling stories without haveing to go thru filters, open standards, etc, are there) http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/oreilly/tim/news/2005/09/30/what-is-web-20.html -Sean Sean W. Bohan seanbohan.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] On 12/16/06, Loiez D. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, > We have created a group in France > PlanetAgency > ( 15 of the best explorers of the web2.0 in all domains) > > We have a webtv here > http://planetagency.xi-vlog.com/ > > It's in french but > If you want to participe write me off list please > > Best regards > Loiez > > Le 17 déc. 06 à 01:21, Sanford Dickert a écrit : > > > Hey all - > > > > In my pursuit of edumakating my senior engineering students at Cooper > > Union (http://www.cooper.edu) , I am developing a "Web 2.0" class - > > focusing on the topics that are beginning to pervade the > > consciousness of the marketplace today. > > > > As an enthusiastic endorser of podcasting and videoblogging, I am > > working in these concepts by discussing the concepts of syndication > > (using XML) and user-generated content/mashups to better explain > > "social media". Instead of focusing on just technical topics (like > > video codecs, which we should discuss), I want the students to get an > > understanding of the palette of technologies and forms of expression > > that they can use to solve the problems that they will face. > > > > If you were one of those engineering students (CS and Engineers all) > > - to give them a sense of what are the topics at hand, what would you > > expect to learn/hear? Not just the technical details, but what about > > design principles and user concerns? > > > > It is the intent of the course to give the students an experience of > > building a product/service that is user-centric rather than > > engineering-centric (love of technology instead of solving the > > problem). Videoblogging might not sound like a problem that needs to > > be "solved", but maybe there is a way to expand their experiences... > > > > Thank you in advance for your feedback. > > > > Sanford > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > -- ------------------------------------------------ Sean W. Bohan [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.seanbohan.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
