Assignment structure and major project

New assignment structure - 30%
For the 3 assignments each worth 10% of your mark - outside of the 20% Twitter assignment which is ongoing - you can now choose to do 2 of the 3 options. Each of the two assignments you do will be worth 15% of your grade. All assignments will be due by August 23rd. Email your assignments to jinderc@telus.net (include MDIA4010 in the subject).

Choose 2 of these 3 assignments:

• Research a SaaS (Software as a service) and publish your findings to a blog. Email blog info
• Research a case about privacy, copyright of intellectual privacy and publish your findings to a blog. Email blog info
• Research and create an overview of a Personal Learning Network for yourself and publish on your blog. Email blog info.

MDIA 4010 course outline

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Major project assignment - 30%
Your assignment consists of writing a four to five page research paper with proper sourcing--Google MLA citation guide you will also be presenting your findings to the class in a 10 minute presentation.

The paper must be about a current trend in new media or web development and include:

• At least five sources ("MLA Citation Guide")
• submit your topic to instructor by August 9th for approval
• description
• strengths
• weaknesses
• viability and sustainability
• conclusion

You will also be required to present this in-class as a group for 10 minutes. Feel free to present with PowerPoint or Prezi or a Video of YOUR Creation.

Great work on the tweets this week. Keep it up next and let's get #MDIA4010 trending!

Trendsetters - Semantic Web & SaaS on Prezi

Welcome Summer 2010 Class!

This course is about the what's happening now and what's going to happen in the future. It's about a room full of people sharing and learning together. This class is about learning to seek out answers for yourself. And like so much in life you will get out of it - knowledge and skills - what you put in - attention and effort. This is not a passive class. Please follow the class.

Lab #1:

1. Go to Twitter.com and create an account or use one you already have (if you want). Send the account address (http://twitter.com/kempedmomds) or username to kemp_edmonds@bcit.ca

Do you know what a URL shortener is? Did you know that it will track the number of people who click it, what country they clicked it from and sometimes detailed information on what they were using when they clicked it.

2. Go to j.mp and either create an account or get familiar with the program. We will discuss it sooner rather than later if you have any questions about it during lab please ask the instructor at the front of the room.

3. Each week you will be required to Tweet at least 4 items. You can do as much or as little tweeting outside of these required messages as you like but these tweets will represent a total of 20% of your final grade. These tweets are about research more than homework so have fun with it and find things that you think would interest the rest of the class.

NOTE - Tweets must contain:

• A title or comment on the article included as a short link
• A shortened link to articles of interest to you and related to current or future trends
• #MDIA4010 @BCIT

This is going to be a fun and interesting class for all of us and with your help this will be the best class any of us have ever been a part of. Please view the video below and utilize some of the techniques explained:

Kemp made this video last year and wants to make sure you hear what Jon says at the end of this video.


Congratulations your almost done, one term left and welcome to Trendsetters Summer 2010.