Sunday, October 16, 2005

Thanks for getting things started

Melissa,

Thanks for getting the ball rolling with the blog. There are ten students in each blog group, so soon you should hear other voices chiming in. I'll look forward to any questions people have come Monday afternoon.
We'll also post the groups with the urls for the blogs to the class website in case anyone loses track of where they are supposed to be.

I hope you enjoyed your dinner!

Professor Kolko

Welcome to the blog

Greetings all. This is Group 6 for the blog assignment, and Melissa Fiorentino is the team lead for this blog.
You will have weekly posting assignments for the blog as described in the syllabus. Some weeks, the post will be about the readings, some weeks will be the technology fasts, and some weeks will be about other topics.

For the week of October 17, please post (no more than 200 words) about your Technology Fast. Since our current unit is about transportation, for this post you will either (a) try to abstain from using transportation vehicles or infrastructure for up to 36 hours, OR (b) be conscious about what transportation vehicles and infrastructure you are using. I expect just about about everyone will do option B. The format of your post should be conversational, and we are interested in learning about what choices you make about using transportation options. Remember that the goal of this assignment is to give you an opportunity to be thoughtful about your transportation choices. So, if you usually drive, but you choose to take the bus, tell us if that choice affected your schedule, what you choose to take with you, how you plan your overall day. If you use your bicycle on the roads, tell us about how the road infrastructure affects your use of the bicycle. Think about whether your use of transportation technologies is essential a matter of convenience. Does where you live affect your available transportation choices?

Post the results of your Technology Fast by class on Wednesday the 19th.