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Lorena:

I liked your fact about the 40,000 internet police in China searching for banned terms and keywords, acting as Internet police, it definately shows how serious the Chinese government is about controlling information. You also mentioned how China blocks all social networking sites, which brings up an internesting topic to look into, whether you want to or not in your paper. How do people develop differently in China without the use of social networking sites compared to us?

Sheila:

I agree with Julie that focusing on Club Penguin and the way kids made a gendered space out of a gender neutral one would be very interesting. Since you are still focusing on gender representation on the internet you can then show how kids move on from Club Penguin to Facebook and other networking sites as they grow up and how they then further identify with their gender.

Maurice:

Using Benedikt as a source is very on topic, as many of the definitions talk about how Cyberspace is equally accessed from anywhere in the world. You might want to focus a little more on how you can monitor your crops in real time and show how that can effect your production as well as focusing on the ability to monitor weather.

Corrinda:

You could possibly talk about games versus books since you mentioned how many teachers think reading is the most important. There is a lot of reading in games, not as much now that there is voice acting in them but I remember growing up on old Final Fantasy games on consoles and having to read enough text to fill a book, and that same text is playing out a story just like a book does. How can games like this coupled with the interactivity of a game enhance the learning rate compared to just reading a book that is static and unchangable?

Kat:

I think it would be good to also focus on the differences between candidates that used the Internet and those that didn't, compare their poll numbers. It might also help to look at how by using websites like Youtube to get his points across, Obama was able to bring a record number of young voters out on election day, and historically, those younger voters are usually completely ignored by candidates because of their low voter turnout.