1. BA271 Week 5 Lecture: History of communications, peer reviews, wikis, open source s/w, and new media Dave Sullivan

2. Evolution of communication media Spoken words (pre-history) Spoken words (pre-history) Written words (one-to-one) Written words (one-to-one) Printed words (one-to-many) Printed words (one-to-many) Transmitted words (one-to-many) Transmitted words (one-to-many) Transmitted video (one-to-many) Transmitted video (one-to-many) Web (many-to-many) Web (many-to-many) Social web (collaborative editing) Social web (collaborative editing)

3. General ideas about new media Wikis (Wikipedia) Wikis (Wikipedia)Wikipedia Open Source software (SourceForge) Open Source software (SourceForge)SourceForge Social networking (Myspace …) Social networking (Myspace …) Video sharing (YouTube) Video sharing (YouTube)

4. Upcoming Schedule Thursday @ 10 a.m.: Peer reviews of website projects Thursday @ 10 a.m.: Peer reviews of website projects Thursday: Midterm Thursday: Midterm Monday @ 2 p.m.: Final website Monday @ 2 p.m.: Final website Several weeks from now: Wiki Contributions (Optional) Several weeks from now: Wiki Contributions (Optional)Wiki ContributionsWiki Contributions

5. Peer reviews of websites Each person will review three other websites. The list of who-reviews-who is now on the BA271 website. Each person will review three other websites. The list of who-reviews-who is now on the BA271 website.list of who-reviews-wholist of who-reviews-who Written ideas go in a PowerPoint file. Written ideas go in a PowerPoint file.PowerPoint Visual ideas go in WMV videoclips. Visual ideas go in WMV videoclips.

6. Video clips and movies Building and editing movies with a PC Building and editing movies with a PC Building a Producer tutorial Building a Producer tutorial Recording a custom DVD using Windows Movie Maker Recording a custom DVD using Windows Movie Maker

7. Midterm exam Arrive at basement computer lab between 10 and 4 p.m. on Thursday. Arrive at basement computer lab between 10 and 4 p.m. on Thursday. Work through practice exam to understand what I have asked people to do in the past. Work through practice exam to understand what I have asked people to do in the past.practice exampractice exam

8. Today’s work sample Write a believable five-year plan for how you will add value to the collective storehouse of knowledge contained on-line. Write a believable five-year plan for how you will add value to the collective storehouse of knowledge contained on-line. Put your name prominently at the top of the card. Put your name prominently at the top of the card.