NEW BLOG FEATURES & USES FOR GROUP PRESENTATIONS

I may not be new to blogging but I am discovering the untapped power of having a blog for this class. I have been wanting to make sure you all stay current with current affairs not just in US but around the globe or perhaps to have YOU share your views of the world with our blog.

So blogger.com allows for video feeds and news feeds from other blogs and sites. So I added that to the right side of the blog. Check it out. The VIDEO BAR is linked to four YouTube channels:

• Journeyman Pictures
• Broadcaster PBS
• AlJazeeraEnglishTV

I also created WHAT'S NEW IN WORLDVIEWS (menu to the right) with links to newsfeeds from NYTimes US report, Associated Press, AlJazeeraTV, Now on PBS, Frontline on PBS, TED Talks, Media Matters, and Wired Magazine on culture.

Let me know if there is a video channel or a newsfeed we should add. Or if you'd like to be responsible for updated the video feed and newsfeed for each week's theme around your group presentation, let's do that.

EXTRA CREDIT & FINAL DEADLINES for your work

Helmets on!

For extra credit review all the blog entries I posted since the beginning of the semester (Jan 08). Check out other topics in the LABEL CLOUD above as well.

Review them and write a one page paper (double-spaced) or simply comment below regarding this post.

Share what you got from reviewing all this material. What you can learn from blogging on cultural anthropology and/or what you've been missing from not reading the blog and/or commenting during the course? How does blogging contribute to the learning process in a cultural anthropology course?

This was due by the last day of class. I have extended the deadline to Friday May 16th.

What do you think the image of the cat with a fruity helmut has to do with extra credit? Nothing. But it got your attention! Right?

DEADLINES

• Due Wed May 14th - 500 word essays (submit on Blackboard Discussion Board or paper copy to VC 4-280)
• Due Fri May 16th - Extra credit on blog (post a comment below after reviewing semester's posts)
• Due Tue May 20th - Final ethnography including consultant's editing and suggestions (submit as attachment on Blackboard Discussion Board)