4/8 Presentations

Lorena S.~ Topic is censorship in China. I like how you identified the 3 types of censorship in China: governmental, private, and self-censorship, and how self-censorship is the highest practiced, because people do not want to get in trouble by the government. With 40,000 Internet police monitoring the Internet(excellent example)I would watch what I say and do too.

Sheila N.~ Topic is traditional gender roles in "meatspace" and how they carry over into social networking. I liked your example of Club Penguin and how it is suppose to be a genderless site but people are finding ways to enforce gender norms in this space by the words in which they communicate with each other. This site is a great example of how people feel the need to establish a gender identity in a genderless space.

Maurice S.~ Topic is cellphones and how they are changing how agriculture is done in rural America. First I want to say it all clicked when I got home and caught the news and the weather man described an App that gives you up-to-date weather forecasts and alerts that can be sent to your phone. This is a great tool for farmers "anywhere" to get accurate and up-to-date weather info.

Corrinda L.~ Topic is education through gaming. You are accurate in your point that we need to match learning with technology, and that children can in fact learn in a fun way. Good example of a site fungame.com and your discussion of memory games.

Kat C.~ Topic is Internet and is it changing politics? The Obama campaign is a great example of how the Internet is changing politics. I came across an article about this and it talks about how the Internet reaches far more people and delivers far more info than traditional campaigns, which costs billions of dollars for commercials and travel costs. Using info on how Obama's campaign manager utilized the Internet to campaign is a great example of how the Internet is changing politics.