BE: Composing the Digital Self

On Monday we opened the door to Flickr – currently the most popular photo community online, we played a bit with Fastr, and we opened a door into social bookmarking with del.icio.us. I encourage you to practice composing yourselves in the communities you’ll find there: visit the photo collections of others, leave comments, upload and tag more of your own images, build a collection of bookmarks or follow the trail of current interest through the bookmarks of others you find on del.icio.us.

As a reminder: you need to have a wireless laptop in class on Thursday. The assignment for the day directs you to the DLC (The Digital Learning Collaboratory) in Hicks Undergraduate Library to check out a laptop. If you already have a laptop, you are certainly welcome to use your own; in that case, however, please go through the checkout process for one of the other pieces of equipment available. My effort here is to familiarize you with the amazing hardware, software, and academic support available to you at the DLC. While you’re there, see what else you can find. The printing service, and the fact that you can map a route to the color printer at the DLC is a particularly exciting feature. We’ll talk more in class on Thursday.

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