Webliographies

Hi all,
Just wanted to clarify the requirements for your first assignment, the webliography.
Because this is a webliography, all components of the bibliography must be available online. This means that they should have a url that you can directly link to when you put your webliography on this weblog. This means that conventional academic journal articles that you access through JSTOR or Supersearch can generally NOT be used, because the user has to go through a process of authentification through the library. Don’t dismay, however, as there are many online academic journals, and e-books as well. The Faculty of Arts even has 2! Limina, and Outskirts (in which Tama published his paper on the Borg in Star Trek).
The point is for you to be research savvy online, and also to make that research accessible to everyone else reading the blog.
So, think about the forum in which you’re writing (a publicly available blog, and as an item for assessment), as well as the unit outcomes being assessed, namely:

• Develop and expand critical research skills through a deepened understanding and familiarity with both online sources and conventional print sources

• Express research findings and ideas logically, coherently and convincingly in both oral and written forms, the latter in both print and digital formats

• Develop a critical, annotated Webliography.

And don’t forget that you get to comment on 2 people’s Webliogs, and yours may well be commented on too – so make it engaging!
All the best!
Alison

Introducing myself

Hello all. I'm doing my introduction post a little late because I couldn't come to the workshops.

I'm Rae. Apparently I talk too fast in tutorials. I'm a lifelong computer user, and I'm kind of a geek. I've been keeping various blogs for years, but every so often I change them.

Some of my favourite sites include Tomato Nation, WebSnark.com, and Irregular Webcomic.

Wired Self III Lecture Links

Hello Self.Netizens. As I promised, I've put up a blog post with all the links I mentioned in today's lecture here: The Wired Self III: The Wired Everyday - Weblogs. There may be other posts of use/interest (or perhaps procrastination value) in my blog as well, so feel free to explore.

Happy blogging!

welcome

This is the weblog for the Wednesday midday tutorial for the UWA 2006 unit Self.net: identity in the digital age. If you're not doing the weblog workshop in the Mac Studio ensure you pick up a copy of the Blogging Guide anyway as it has listed all the required posts you need to make during this semester. It's available on WebCT or in the English corridor of the Arts building. happy posting,
Alison