User talk:JamesHerdTHE3rd1845

Hello this is my user discussion page, I will be using this to contribute to my wiki books project and complete my educational assignments.

Wiki Exercise number 1
Narcissism or Expression? In the digital world and particularly within social media people have found a home that they can operate in comfortably and confidently, saying and doing what they like. This has given birth to blog sites, chat rooms, video based platforms and other social networks such as Facebook, Twitter and instagram and these are used by most people daly. But why ? Is it because of an innate need to express yourself pure and simple and that expression even if unacknowledged gives you liberation ? Or is it because you are a narcissist, who has delusions that what you bsay think and do is significant

Wiki Exercise 1: Formative Feedback
Your response to the first prompt is unfinished, off-topic and uncritical. It could also benefit from use of wiki markup for links and other content. In particular, don't forget to sign your contributions to any talk or discussion pages with 4 tildes. You have also failed to engage with others through comments. Bear in mind that engagement makes up the largest single part of the portfolio, so make sure to improve on this for future assignments.

A post of this standard roughly corresponds to the following grade descriptor: Poor. Among other things, poor entries may just offer links without real comment or apparent point. They may offer nothing more than poor-quality synopsis or description of material of dubious relevance. They may have serious clarity problems (including dead links, random graphics) which affect comprehension (or even worse, admin warnings or take-down notices for copyright infringement). They might be off-topic, private trivia, or of unclear relevance. The wiki markup formatting will be of a poor standard. Sprowberry (discuss • contribs) 09:54, 29 February 2016 (UTC)

Wiki Books exercise 2 : My online activity, use of social networks, personal information and extent control of that Information.
Most people use the internet on a daily bases, whether social networks, search engines or apps. I too am amongst these masses. But how do I use the internet ? One of the primary ways I utilise the internet is for music, to search for new music and learn it. YouTube is the prime way find new music that interests me, for example : my favourite band is "The Brian Jonestown Massacre" and YouTube creates playlists with their music and the occasional song from another band of their genre (which is psychedelic rock) this is how I discovered "The Black Angels" who produce the same psychedelic sound but with an ominous twist. Therefore, YouTube assists in helping me indulge my interest in new bands and combined with a my passion for the 'Face Plant' is a fantastic time filler online.

This is then coupled with the use of app, Ultimate guitar to which gives me access to the chords and tablature of almost every song that has been produced. Without this app I couldn't learn new songs with ease. I would say this app and the amount I use YouTube for music obviously convey my love of music, and also the bands I listen to, thus building my online identity. I have a great amount of control over this aspect of my online activity, and others cannot access this un-requested. However, if one looks at how I use social media it can be a different story, as I use Facebook to experiment with new covers and share my music hobby. These video uploads can be shared by my friends, thus watched by anybody in their friends list who can then share it and so on. This is also the case with my photographs that I upload, which can tell someone where I have been and what I have been doing. For those who can access my profile page on Facebook, they can also view my posts and basic info about my favourite movies and political views. This contribute to my online identity whether favourably or unfavourably. Social networks therefore to an extent limit ones control over what can be seen even with privacy settings, and without privacy settings, making information available about a person to for example ; employers ,the authorities and those with more insidious intentions such as smear campaigns. JamesHerdTHE3rd1845 (discuss • contribs) 01:33, 24 February 2016 (UTC)

Wiki exercise #2- Comment
Hi James, interesting post. This is an stimulating point that your online footprint is being forced to grow by sites like Youtube using these playlists to try expand your taste in a certain area of music. This then encourages you to stay on the site for longer.

The use of cookies on pretty much every site you go on means a profile of all your likes, dislikes etc. are all available online somewhere. This means that more stuff you might be interested on will pop up. This also includes more target specific ads aimed at your demographic.

Overall I think that once we start to use sites like Youtube our online footprint will continuously grow. RyanMurray96 (discuss • contribs) 11:24, 26 February 2016 (UTC)

Exercise 4

In this module we worked throughout the semester on the Wiki Books project in which we explored and expanded on various topics from the module. Reflecting on this project, one can see that students had a lot of freedom in what they wrote about and how they did so, creating a vast and varied wiki book. For example one could write about "Hackers" and the evolution of "Hacktivism" and another could be writing about the details in programming and using open source software. It also gave the students an opportunity to interact with all those in the module and collaborate with each other in the context of the project. However, a widely agreed criticism of the project is that the direction was often more unclear and the collaboration contrived, rather than free thinking. It was also the case that those in the module who were better at understanding the conceptual and profound side of digital media, rather than the literal workings and mechanisms, found themselves unable to understand vast swathes of parts of the project that describes software and programming. These students simply found themselves regurgitating text book passages without gaining an understanding of the numina. This means that the finished project favoured those who have more of a mind for computers, however, it is a digital media module, therefore the phrase " says what it does on the tin" comes to mind.

Another criticism is of the wikibooks project is that, in relation to ideas of the civic when one looks at shirky's idea of cognitive surplus one cannot see people using wiki books as a platform to change the world around them and it draws a small audience, compared to more modern social media platforms which are vastly superior in their ability to change attitudes and expose issues. Also one could not count using wikibooks amoungst the various media time fillers that scholars such as Shirky claim that people use constantly. However, through the project I did learn about wiki books as a device, which I had never heard of or used before hand, so from that angle the project was informative and provided me with more skills in the field of digital media, though this was done through an obsolete platform. Throughout the project group work was encouraged, however, our group did little collaboration , I myself only collaborated with one other group member. This meant that there was limited contributions from myself as my poor knowledge of formatting and simple technology held me back. JamesHerdTHE3rd1845 (discuss • contribs) 13:50, 6 April 2016 (UTC)

Marker’s Feedback on Wikibook Project Work
There's an insufficient body of contributions to demonstrate an understanding of digital media and culture. Further to this, parts of the brief have not been met (there's no evidence of responding to others' exercises, and one of your own is missing), and the contributions to both the chapter and its discussion page are severely limited. The available writing offers a superficial treatment of digital media and does not engage with the secondary literature. Despite the assignment taking place on a non-traditional format, it still requires the same level of attention and care as an essay or other academic piece of writing.

Content (weighted 20%)

 * Your contribution to the book page gives an acceptable brief overview of the subject under discussion in your chosen themed chapter. There is a qualified familiarity with concepts associated with your subject, and although there is an effort to deliver critical definitions, the grasp of conceptual and analytical issues although reasonable, tends to be a little limited and insecure. There is evidence that you draw from relevant literature and scholarship, however your own critical voice in the building of a robust argument is slightly lost, perhaps due to a limited depth of understanding the subject matter or over reliance on rote learning. The primary and secondary sources you found about the chapter’s themes cover a minimally sufficient range and depth of subject matter.

Understanding (weighted 30%)

 * Reading and research:
 * evidence of limited critical engagement with set material, although most ideas and procedures insecurely grasped
 * evidence of independent reading of appropriate academic and peer-reviewed material limited, displaying a qualified familiarity with a minimally sufficient range of relevant materials
 * Argument and analysis:
 * poorly articulated and supported argument;
 * lack of evidence of critical thinking (through taking a position in relation to key ideas from the module, and supporting this position in discussion);
 * lack of evidence of relational thinking (through making connections between key ideas from the module and wider literature, and supporting these connections in discussion);
 * evidence of independent critical ability limited, due to the fact that your grasp of the analytical issues and concepts, although generally reasonable, is somewhat insecure.

Engagement (weighted 50%)

 * Evidence from contributions to both editing and discussion of content suggests somewhat deficient standard of engagement (i.e. volume and breadth of activity as evidenced through contribs)
 * lack of engagement with and learning from other Wikipedians about the task of writing/editing content for a Wikibook
 * Lacking in reflexive and creative use of discussion pages

Overall Mark % available on Succeed

FMSU9A4marker (discuss • contribs) 14:44, 3 May 2016 (UTC)