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Social Translucency, follow up from guest talk by Judd Antin
At the guest talk on April 4th, Judd Antin mentioned the concept of social translucency. Here’s a reading for those of you who are interested in reading further – Erickson, Thomas and Wendy Kellogg. (2000). Social Translucence: An Approach to Designing Systems that Support Social Processes. In ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction, Vol. 7, No. 1, pgs. 59-83.
Prof. Burrell office hours, time change — today (April 9th) only!
Prof. Burrell is shifting her office hours today. They are usually held 4-6pm, but will be held instead from 3-5pm. Will return to the usual 4-6pm time slot next week.
Assignment 3
Assignment 3 has been posted. It is due on Tuesday April 16th (in two weeks!). Download it in the following formats: [docx] [pdf]
Important note: Part 1 will be a two-person writing task and a somewhat longer essay (1200 words).
Please pick a partner to write Part 1 with and pick an Internet culture glossary term (see the assignment sheet) by Thursday (4/4) and send a quick e-mail to Jen (schradie@berkeley.edu) to let her know a) who you’ve partnered with b) the term you’ve picked.
Assignment 2, Part 2
We handed back assignment 2, part 2 in class last Thursday.
Here is the ‘key’ to the rubric:
1 – (1 point) topic area is clearly described
2 – (1 point) states the specific problem or problems you are engaging with
3 – (1 point) refers to one or more theoretical framework or concept from 203 that could inform your analysis
4 – (1 point) provides justification for why the problem is important
5 – (1 point) citations are listed, are appropriate, are complete.
Outlines from Thursday’s Class Exercise
For Today’s Exercise
Today’s Slides
Today’s Slides
New Report on Teens and Technology
From the Pew Internet and American Life Project (which we will talk about in class on Thursday 3/14), a brand new report on Teens and Technology. The findings document a shift away from teens using shared desktop computers at home to mobile connectivity. Mobile phone ownership among American teens is high (78%). 37% of teens owning smartphones.