Course Evaluations

Writing 50
Instructor: Swanstrom, EA
Enrollment Code: 14043
M06
MTR 4 pm HSSB 1210

Conference Presentations

Writing 50
Technology and Society
Conference Schedule
South Hall, 1432
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Monday, July 31 2006 

Panel 1: Identity & the Media
Evelyn Balderas-Castro
Angie Nguyen
Nicole Bulalacao 

Panel 2:  Web 2.0
Mike Williams
Macie Berlin 

Panel 3:  Censorship and Commerce on the Internet
Brian MorishitaBrendan Fahy 

Panel 4:  Nanotechnologies and the New Fuel
James Miller
Jonathan Hernandez 

Tuesday, August 1 2006 

Panel 5:  Art and Technology
David Terra
Derek Noone
Tim Inzana
Jenny Zheng 

Panel 6: Media and Child Development
Julia Lodman-Slater
Zulema Herrera
Kassidy Perry 

Panel 7:  Technology and Health
Jane Doolittle
Mario Chavez 

Rough Draft Workshop

http://www.lisaswanstrom.net/rdw.html

Rough Drafts

Please post your rough drafts here or have them availble for review in Word.

lamdaMOO

Info on the lamdaMOO:
http://www.lambdamoo.info/
Telnet to the lamdaMOO:
telnet://lambda.moo.mud.org:8888/

wikipedia on MUSHes:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MUSH

Doom:
http://www.game-research.com/grafik/artikler/doom_2_large.gif

Thesis Statements

Please post your thesis statements here by replying to this post.

Annotated Bibliographies

Please post your annotated bibs by replying to this post. 

Research Proposals

Please post your research proposals by replying to this post.

More Resources…

Here are some more sites that you might find interesting:
Facebook (news article)
The “Real” Spiderman
Inform.com (customize your news)
News article on video game addiction
Life on the Screen (a book on Internet and Identity)
UCSB’s Music Library
Games and Culture
Review of Donnie Darko in Senses of Cinema
Article about Donnie Darko on IIPA
Code and Other Laws of Cyberspace

Our Working Topics

Dear All,
For all of our reference: the following is a short list of all of the proposed research topics. Please let me know if you notice any errors or omissions.
–Lisa

Evelyn Balderas-Castro:
Self presentation over the internet.

MacieBerlin:
Facebook and Students’ Lives

Nicole Bulalacao:
News media and its presentation of race in society

Mario Chavez:
The use of contemporary drugs in society

Jane Doolittle:
Technology is hazardous to health. The downside of technology.

Brendan Fahy:
Google’s influence on technology and society

Dan Fox:
Social identity in online game environments

Jonathan Hernandez:
Nanotechnology

Zulema Herrera:
How has the internet affected our communication.

Tim C. Inzana:
Human Enhancement and the Super hero (namely, Spiderman).

Julia Lodman-Slater:
Technology in Education and Child Development: Pros and Cons

James Miller:
Hydrogen economy’s role in the future

Brian Morishita:
The role of government on the Internet.

Derek Noone:
Time travel and its portrayal in film.

Angie Nguyen:
Effects of Mass Media on Culture

Kassidy Perry:
How the invention of the television has impacted society both positively and negatively.

David Terra:
Video Game Addiction

Mike Williams:
History of the Internet

Jenny Zheng:
Technological development of piano and its impact on music and society