REFLECTION JOURNALS

MS. BUTTER'S & MRS. RAZZINO'S CLASSES

Multimedia Topics for Reflection Journals

More original data will be created in the next 2 years than in all of human history.

The purpose of your reflection journal is to give you time to read, hear, and consider some of the information that is now being generated for your "consumption" because of the technology information presently available due to multimedia.  This is an opportunity to attempt to "keep up" with this information through short class discussions while you develop hands-on experience using some of this new technology. Certainly, this is not everything there is out there, but because you have elected to take this course, you will be "One step ahead" of others who do not avail themselves of what the business world will be expecting from  your generation .

Not only will they expect you to "know" about the equipment, they will also assume you can handle yourself away from the computer in the form of presenting yourself using good communication skills, oral as well as written. Therefore, during the Semester, multimedia articles (approximately 1 per week) will be discussed in  class about this new  information age(multimedia ) to let you know what is happening in multimedia, at "lightening speed", so that you can  ponder and reflect upon this  in journal form.

Criteria for Journal Grading will be as follows:

:     Each journal entry will be dated and Titled (Name of Article or discussion)

:     A reflection is a brief summary about any topic discussed in class and then your own view (critique) of that topic, (thoughts and whether or not you agree/disagree)typed into your journal.

:     Do not just rewrite the article. (What is your input on these articles) I'm looking for your reaction/thoughts.

:     Students are responsible for keeping  their journals up-to-date.

:     Reflections are to be written during class times, in between regular classroom assignments.

:     A cover sheet should be made, for hand-in, identifying the journal, Student Name, Period, and date.

2002-2003 JOURNALS:

1st QUARTER JOURNALS

1. The future of computers
   • “I think there is a world market for maybe five computers.” Thomas Watson, chairman of IBM, 1943”
   • “There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home.” Ken Olson, 1977

2. China masters art of Internet censorship (DigitalMass-Boston.com 9/16/02)

3. "The world is moving so fast these days, that the person who said it can't be done is interrupted by someone doing it" Hubbard

4. In the future, we'll be seeing the world differently (DigitalMass-Boston.Com 5/20/02

5. THINKING OUTSIDE OF BOX AT ESSEX JAIL (Boston Globe 10/09/02)

6. Camera-phones double as photo albums (DigialMass-Boston.Com 8/13/02)

7. Is the end in sight for 'free' news on the Web? (DigialMass-Boston.Com 10/17/02)

8. Livewire: Voters Surfing Web Ahead of Election Day (DigialMass-Boston.Com 11/2/02)

9. Multimedia - Quarter 1 - Wrap up Entry

2ND QUARTER JOURNALS

1. Wireless network breaks speed limits (MSN.Com 11/2/02)

2. Microsoft's write stuff (digitalmass.boston.com 11/18/02)
3. Big names enter war against spam, pop-up ads (see handout from sub folder)
4. Making a list - For some, online registries take the mystery- and the misery out of holiday gift-giving (digitalmass.boston.com 11/2/02)
5. Gateway delivers Pressplay service on PCs (12/06/02 digitalmass.boston.com)
6. Web monitoring gives clues to broad economic trends (digitalmass.boston.com 1/1/03)
7. A Monitor-On a Sheet of Plastic?
8. Multimedia - Quarter 2 - Wrap up Entry - your thoughts about the course.
   • JOURNALS ARE DUE ON TUESDAY, JANUARY 21, 2003.
   • DON'T FORGET TO MAKE A COVER PAGE.

3rd QUARTER JOURNALS

1. The future of computers
   • “I think there is a world market for maybe five computers.” Thomas Watson, chairman of IBM, 1943”
   • “There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home.” Ken Olson, 1977
2. Is the end in sight for 'free' news on the Web? (DigialMass-Boston.Com 10/17/02)
3. Camera-phones double as photo albums (DigialMass-Boston.Com 8/13/02)
4. Microsoft's write stuff (digitalmass.boston.com 11/18/02)
5. Gateway delivers Pressplay service on PCs (12/06/02 digitalmass.boston.com)
6. Web monitoring gives clues to broad economic trends (digitalmass.boston.com 1/1/03)
7. Net alliance testing a range of possibilities (3/31/03 digitalmass.boston.com)
8. Making sense of Web searches (3/31/03 digitalmass.boston.com)
9. Wrap-up Entry ----Note: Journals are due by Thursday, April 10, 2003

4th QUARTER JOURNALS

1. Allied Data Technologies Introduces 256MB Wristwatch (Mobilemag.com 4/4/03)
2. EBay, Amazon hit with complaints from privacy groups ( Computerworld 4/22/03)
3. Is Your Site Ready for the Average User?" Is Your Site Ready for the Average User? (thesitewizard.com 2/3/03)
4. Designing Your Website for Browser and Platform Compatibility(thesitewizard.com 11/12/02)
5. SOFTWARE PIRACY SHOWS DECLINE SINCE '94(Computerworld 6/3/03)
6. Nokia pen to beam notes to phones (zdnet.com 5/16/03)

Additional Journals

• IBM Develops World's Smallest Computer (pcmag.com 10/24/02)
• Fujitsu Labs Announces Contactless Palm Pattern Biometric Authentication System (Mobilemag.com 4/4/03)
• Internet radio takes off bit by bit (boston.com 4/25/03)
• Spam overtakes legitimate e-mail (zdnet.com 6/3/03)

• Goggles perform, but outdone by other devices

SUB FOLDER JOURNALS