Research on Facebook

I am researching Facebook, its meteoric rise and current exponential usage, personally and globally.  Ran across these great blog resources:


Unit Structures:  Thoughts about information, social networks, and privacy






Venture Beat:  Mark Zuckerberg (youngest billionaire to date) now worth more than Steve Jobs...read the whole story...

Don't Let Extremists Shut Down Our Free Press!

Political extremists in Congress have introduced six — yes, six — bills that would cut all funding for NPR, PBS and other public media. Now, they're rushing the issue to a vote, trying to pull the plug on the news, arts and educational programming on which more than a hundred million Americans rely. The vote could happen as soon as next week!

Help us beat back these attacks by urging your representative to stand with the American people and protect public media. Sign the letter below to put Congress on notice: It can't play politics with one of the last, best sources of news and programming we have in America:

Let Congress Know How You Feel  http://act2.freepress.net/sign/npr_congress?source=email

Photo and Graphics

Be sure to use these "Tips for Success" in developing your photo/publicity campaign:

http://www.divshare.com/download/13968100-5f6

Example of a Podcast for CMN 3500

Students,
Here is an example of a podcast that you may choose to emulate for your media piece.

http://www.npr.org/rss/podcast/podcast_detail.php?siteId=5183228

I will have more examples during our hands-on sessions in class and at the technology center on campus.

Example of a student print (brochure) assignment for CMN 3500

Students,
Here is an example of a brochure that you may wish to emulate for a print assignment, if you choose a print  document.

http://www.divshare.com/download/13935176-906

It is easy to create in MS Word.  There are templates, which is what I used here, under "Project Gallery" in Word that are very easy to use.

Go to DivShare.com to upload your videos, podcasts, and print assignments to your blog for free!

Example of a student video for CMN 3500

Students,

Here is an example of an appropriate video that you may wish to emulate or create something similar in the next couple of weeks.

http://www.myhdpro.com/events.html