CPSC 689

"Computers and New Media" offers me an opportunity to explore the technical aspects of what I had previously considered to be a humanities topic. Additionally, as a teacher in a computer composition classroom, it is important that I wrestle with the very concerns addressed by this course: effect of computers on reading and belief of information, and computers and argumentation. A better understanding of how computers impact the learning process of my students will ultimately allow me to approach my teaching, as well as my own research, in a new, productive way.

Weekly Media List:

Cellular Telephone (LG)

Television
Drama: Medical (House, Grey's Anatomy);
Forensic (Bones, CSI)
Reality: Dancing with the Stars
Movies: Cox Digital Cable!

XM Radio
Decades, Jazz, Alternative

iRiver

Computer (HP Desktop)
Email: Neo, Hotmail, AOL
Games: Solitaire and Snood
News: The Eagle, NY Times, MSNBC
Bills: Bank of America, USAA
Websites: IMDB, WebCT Vista

Magazines
Self, People, Glamour

Books (Scholarly and Other)
Military History, New Media, Chick Lit, Ethnography

1. Commonalities - similar interests among fellow CPSC students