A lot of excitement happened last week when our class came up with ideas for name. Though many ideas were brought about, the one that was the most popular was www.frozentimes.com. Dr. Gilmour sent an e-mail with the information regarding a domain name. Here's the list.
frozenfocus.net
frozenfocus.org
frozenfocus.info
frozenfoci.com
lifelens.info
urbandakota.com
prairiepeople.net
metrodakota.com
prairiealive.com
prairievibe.com
urbantundra.net
focusfargo-moorhead.com
realitylens.org
f-mfocus.com
locusfocus.org
locusfocus.info
latitude46attitude.com (Fargo's northern latitude)
metroprairie.org
metroprairie.info
prairiepolis.com
urbanturf.org
urbanturf.info
metrohomestead.com
tantalizingtundra.com
tundraintrigue.com
enticingtundra.com
I personally like urbantundra.net.
As for my part, I was able to get feedback from Sadie Anderson, who edits the magazine "It's Happening at State." After we come up with information for the newsletter, we will e-mail it to her and have it advertised. Hopefully we'll have everything we need to go by this week so we can get going ASAP.
Monday, February 25, 2008
Monday, February 11, 2008
new posting
It seems like forever since we had class, since we only have it once a week. We now know that we are going to be studying theater in class and will be emphasizing theater in Fargo. I am looking forward to this very much because I like studying performing arts and have been involved with it before. It will be very interesting to see how much we learn and what we make of it.
new posting
It seems like forever since we had class, since we only have it once a week. We now know that we are going to be studying theater in class and will be emphasizing theater in Fargo. I am looking forward to this very much because I like studying performing arts and have been involved with it before. It will be very interesting to see how much we learn and what we make of it.
new posting
It seems like forever since we had class, since we only have it once a week. We now know that we are going to be studying theater in class and will be emphasizing theater in Fargo. I am looking forward to this very much because I like studying performing arts and have been involved with it before. It will be very interesting to see how much we learn and what we make of it.
new posting
It seems like forever since we had class, since we only have it once a week. We now know that we are going to be studying theater in class and will be emphasizing theater in Fargo. I am looking forward to this very much because I like studying performing arts and have been involved with it before. It will be very interesting to see how much we learn and what we make of it.
Tuesday, May 01, 2007
virtual class 16
The purpose of this particular blog posting is to discuss my blog that I have created and added to over the course of the semester and see what thoughts have developed that I have written down within the course of that time. For the most part, the blogs that I have created have dealt with new forms of technology that I had not used very often before I had a blog, or at least was not very familiar with. To name one example, the concept of having a blog has been very beneficial, not only for the sake of the classroom or to complete school-related work, but also just to demonstrate progress made throughout the class as well as progress in life in general.
The two areas of the blog that I would like to focus on that I plan to continue to focus and expand on is the subjects and material that I have learned over time, primarily so that I can look back within the upcoming years and see everything that I have grown and expanded on and realize that I am a totally different person now and have much more knowledge about many more things that will help me communicate with everyone in a better way.
The second form that I am planning on using from here and on out will be the aspect of keeping my progress documented so that I can learn more from the future and figure things out in a more timely manner. I very much hope that I can do blogs in other classes, too, since it is a great way to learn things and keep up to date on your progress which advances so greatly over time and can pile up to a great extent. Thanks so much to Doc Mara for letting us do blogs for this class.
The two areas of the blog that I would like to focus on that I plan to continue to focus and expand on is the subjects and material that I have learned over time, primarily so that I can look back within the upcoming years and see everything that I have grown and expanded on and realize that I am a totally different person now and have much more knowledge about many more things that will help me communicate with everyone in a better way.
The second form that I am planning on using from here and on out will be the aspect of keeping my progress documented so that I can learn more from the future and figure things out in a more timely manner. I very much hope that I can do blogs in other classes, too, since it is a great way to learn things and keep up to date on your progress which advances so greatly over time and can pile up to a great extent. Thanks so much to Doc Mara for letting us do blogs for this class.
Monday, April 16, 2007
Virtual Class 13
I was very glad that Scott McCloud was able to come to NDSU because he truly is an amazing and stimulating individual. I also was glad that I had the privilege to check out his amazing blog and get somewhat of a feel for doing a blog and having different images mixed in with a somewhat story-like sense. From the information I could gather about Scott McCloud, he sounds like an extremely intelligent man who has much to offer and many wonderful and valuable ideas. With someone as brilliant as he is creating and designing new changes in the technology world, there certainly must be so much that everyone can learn from him regarding new-age technology and what can be done in order to promote the latest steps in modern-day technology. For those of us who are young (and even those who are not young, but considered old and past their expiration date) can learn so much about technology with all the amazing technology that is emerging and blossoming in our world and society today that did not exist many years ago and that people are just learning about today. I hope that Mr. McCloud does come back to NDSU again and that he has even more information and visuals to gill our minds with.
Saturday, April 07, 2007
blog 8, virtual class 12
The characteristics of human intelligence regarding the subject of humans vs technology has become quite a controversy over the years. Some people believe that someday technology is going to take over the world, eventually (some people hope for it and others fear it like crazy). But the most likely fact of the matter (which was strongly demonstrated in the Techtalk on Blackboard) is that there are still many things that only humans can figure out and computers cannot. The example used in this instance was codes on a computer that are all blurry and one would have to type the letters into the text box correctly in order to proceed on. This example was used to demonstrate that any idiot would not be able to get through if they did not understand the concept of what they must do. However, this concept can go the other direction as well in that computers can be outsmated in many ways, as well, in that there likely is no way that technology will be able to take over our lives any time in the future, although it may come close and seem that way.
Sunday, March 25, 2007
Mokatmo's page
Here's 3 agreements I can make with this path:
Cool picture- it's hilarious and eye catching.
Cool layout- also eye-catching and good use of color, too.
Good posts- these posts are good and I can tell by looking at them that you included lots of adequate detail. Nice job :)!
Cool picture- it's hilarious and eye catching.
Cool layout- also eye-catching and good use of color, too.
Good posts- these posts are good and I can tell by looking at them that you included lots of adequate detail. Nice job :)!
virtual class 10
This mock-up demonstrates the relationship between producers and readers in that it seems very easy to access and very easy to read and comprehend, as well. I especially like the links that are on the left-hand side of the page which always come in handy in pretty much any website. The three pictures currently being displayed on the mock-up are pretty nice, too.
As stated earlier, the blog has gotten off to a nice start. But if I had to recommend something I would recommend that there may be a few more pictures to add a few more graphics. Adding to the theme of visuals, a jazzier background may be more eye-catching if it was a color different than plain white. Maybe a blue or green would be more appropriate or a particular design. And the fonts used at the current time could maybe look a little funkier, as well. These little things may not seem like huge priorities, and maybe they don’t have to be. Just a few little things like this may be just enough to draw some more attention from websearchers to the sight. As for the information so far, the information seems very good and that it will be fine. As the group responsible for this continues to make progress on the site, I think it would be very beneficial for the group to assign tasks to the different members of the group (or maybe they already have) which will assign different tasks to accomplish throughout the course of the project. Good start with what you have done and good luck with the rest of it!
As stated earlier, the blog has gotten off to a nice start. But if I had to recommend something I would recommend that there may be a few more pictures to add a few more graphics. Adding to the theme of visuals, a jazzier background may be more eye-catching if it was a color different than plain white. Maybe a blue or green would be more appropriate or a particular design. And the fonts used at the current time could maybe look a little funkier, as well. These little things may not seem like huge priorities, and maybe they don’t have to be. Just a few little things like this may be just enough to draw some more attention from websearchers to the sight. As for the information so far, the information seems very good and that it will be fine. As the group responsible for this continues to make progress on the site, I think it would be very beneficial for the group to assign tasks to the different members of the group (or maybe they already have) which will assign different tasks to accomplish throughout the course of the project. Good start with what you have done and good luck with the rest of it!
Thursday, February 22, 2007
My recent experiences
The experiences that I pursued in this activity were somewhat valuable. I thought that the video I watched from youtube of the speech given by Nicholas Negroponte (that's a mouthful) was very fascinating and I was not one bit surprised to hear what I heard, since technology is growing so rapidly and more and more great inventions are coming out every year. I was glad to hear that technology is being invented for young children because young children are the key to a successful future for the world. I also read the blog about electric cars coming out in the future and left a comment and also commented on another guy's blog who was sick. Here are the links:
https://bb.ndsu.nodak.edu/webapps/portal/frameset.jsp?tab=courses&url=/bin/common/course.pl?course_id=_5533_1
https://bb.ndsu.nodak.edu/webapps/portal/frameset.jsp?tab=courses&url=/bin/common/course.pl?course_id=_5533_1
https://bb.ndsu.nodak.edu/webapps/portal/frameset.jsp?tab=courses&url=/bin/common/course.pl?course_id=_5533_1
https://bb.ndsu.nodak.edu/webapps/portal/frameset.jsp?tab=courses&url=/bin/common/course.pl?course_id=_5533_1
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