Feedback

Today I was able to talk to Professor Maher about my final project blog rough draft. Her comments have been helpful as they gave me another way to look at what I had presented to her. She stated that my draft was a “skeletal structure up for your site but you still have a lot of [...]

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My Final Project Flow Chart

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The above link will take you to my final project flow chart which I made using word document. The flow chart is comprised of different segments that will appear on my community blog. I am still accepting suggestion on how best my blog should appear.

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Contributors’ Profiles

The Zim Village Blog is a community blog for Zimbabweans living in Columbus, Ohio. This blog is a final project for my New Media Techniques class and the purpose of this blog is to be the center for community information and communication. Community members will access information or post information.
Professor Maher gave me helpful positive feedback on my treatment [...]

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Second Life – My World

Finally I am excited about Second Life. My opinion about it is changing form a pessimistic position to a more optimistic one. Second Life allows people to communicate and the fact that your avatars are present, it makes the communication visually interesting. For my assignment, I used the search option in Second Life and typed [...]

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My Nightmare with Second Life

This week has been a nightmare for me. I travelled to Ohio on Monday, June 23, 2008. My wife had to to take two entrance tests for a Nursing program at Chamberlain College in Columbus, Ohio. The first exam was scheduled for Tuesday and the second exam was scheduled for Thursday. She passed the exams [...]

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Blogs in the classroom: Prospects and challenges

Over the past two decades, the Internet has revolutionized our way of life vis-a-vi production and consumption of information. Higher education teachers have incorporated a number of Web 2.0-based programs into the classroom to enhance college students’ learning experiences. One such program is the easy-to-use web log popularly known as the blog. The purpose of [...]

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The Power of Web 2.0

Last week was an interesting regarding my experience with new media from both a theoretical understanding as well as from a consumption point of view. Our reading for the week focused on the democratization nature of Web 2.0 that now makes it possible for people, both professionals and amateurs to create audio and video cultural [...]

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Statement of Purpose

Welcome to my first blog ever.
I had never created a blog even though I had heard about blogging and read some blogs on the Internet. I usually stumble into these blogs by chance when I am doing research or just surfing online. I used to wonder how blogging works but never had the energy to [...]

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