Presentation Responses 4

Dan:

Good points about the other entertainment features that have been added to Xbox Live that help expand the community. I think having this info in here helps you keep the topic on online gaming communities and not just in the games themselves.

Mike:

It seems like your paper is a report and you're letting us know what can happen and how to avoid it. You might want to make it more argumentative and focus more on how virtual crimes are worse and why. keep the entire paper emphasizing this, including where you are listing the different crimes.

Lee:

You need to focus your argument more rather than just pointing out examples. Focus on the use of YouTube as a medium for this as compared to previous mediums of activism like print or protest. What does this say about our society that we have come to take this activism into the digital realm?

Angel:

Good examples about how teaching kids to use computers aids in closing the digital divide, and aiding in education. I think you have a good topic and argument!

Derek:

Phones good, affect digital divide! Talk about the drastically lower cost of an Internet enabled phone as well versus other ways to access the Internet such as computers, this helps close the divide by granting cheaper access. You can also mention the importance or effect of the mobility of phones versus these other options.

Kristin:

Very good point about how the anonymity of the Internet is often behind cyberbullying, many of the cyber bullies would not do the same things in the physical world that they do online. This is a very viable program, nice work!

Brent:

You mentioned how social networking sites are transparent, causing us to show more of our personal info to the world, but just after that you argued that it's causing people to not be themselves, this is a contradiction you might want to address. Yes the technology is changing us, but is it all for the worse? All you mentioned were bad examples, think about your possible opposition.

Cynthia:

In regards to these groups using the Internet to meet with others like them since there is nothing holding them back, do you think that these groups do or might take advantage of this?

Josh:

Sounds like a very good argument, well focused on how the Internet drives modern activism, both positive and negative. If you wanted another example after the earthquake in Haiti a bunch of musicians and bands got together on Musicforrelief.org where they all took a previously unreleased song and combined them to create an album which they put up for sale for 10 dollars, and 100% of proceeds were donated to Haiti.