Assignment 10

Last class we discussed RSS and aggregators. Using either iGoogle or Google Reader (or another RSS aggregator of your choice), customize it to view blogs and other information that you're interested in. Take a screen shot and either email it to me or post it in your blog.

Assignment 9

Due Nov. 6th

Make a profile on linkedin.com and email me the URL. This is a social network for professionals so create your profile with that in mind.

Assignment 8

Due October 23rd

Use both wolfram|alpha and google to try and determine the answer to the following questions. For each one, state the answer, and say which tool was the most useful or fastest in finding the answer. List either your alpha query or your google search query that resulted in the answer.

1. All english words containing the letters "eue"
2. How much potassium in 4.7 oz of banana?
3. How old was Barack Obama on the day you were born?
4. Date and time of the next total solar eclipse in Eugene?
5. What is the minimum and maximum price of google stock since it went public?
6. Link an image of the barcode for UPC 01234567890
7. How many vertices does an icosahedron have?
8. Distance from Eugene to Tokyo?
9. Average Oregon income per capita?
10. What is the Morse code for your first name?

Assignment 7

Due October 23rd

Choose another student's wiki page that you're interested in and add content to it. This can include text, images, or video just like your own page. Avoid taking on the role of spelling and grammar police and focus on the content. The idea is to use the wiki interface for collaborative content generation.

Assignment 6

Due October 16th

Go to our class wiki site and request access. Once you get a confirmation email, you can choose a password and start creating your own page. The page can be about any topic you're interested in. Make it factual, as opposed to a blog-like opinion piece. Use wikipedia as a model if you like. Incorporate some higher level content such as videos or audio or images.

The next phase will be to edit some of your classmate's pages and add to them, making it collaborative. For now just do your own page, more about phase 2 next week.

See my sample page on Robotics if you need some guidance on page creation.

Assignment 5

Due October 9th

Using the gadgets interface, add a poll to your blog about any topic. Then visit the blogs of other students and vote on their polls.

Assignment 4

Due October 9th

Find a video on youtube that interests you. Embed it in a blog post and comment.

Make a blog post with one or more images. It can be the same post as the video or a separate post.

Assignment 3

Due October 9th

Choose one of the following:

A) Visit Shane's blog and do a little research. Follow his links, google, listen to NPR interviews, anything you can think of. Make a post of your opinion on the story. Is Shane a victim or is he foolish?

B) Visit a news site or political blog and comment on any news story of interest to you.

Assignment 2

Due October 9th

If there is a blog you read regularly, post a link to it on your blog and say why you find it interesting. If you aren't a regular blog reader, use google or another search tool to find one you're interested in, and follow the instructions above.

Assignment 1

Due October 9th

Create a blog on blogspot.com and email your blog's URL to the instructor.