Assignments and due dates

for 2/9 read Howard's: The Information SuperHighway: Social and Cultural Impact Chapter from Resisting the Virtual Life and Movies-on-demand May Significantly Change the Internet from October 1994 ASIS Bulletin

for 2/23 read Howard's: The Changing Role of Photographic Collections With the Advent of Digitization and The Transformation of the Museum and the Way it's Perceived

for 3/1:

• Review the Web pages for the Museum Education Site License Project, especially the Michigan Web site
• Put a date (like Winter '96) and some kind of authorship on every Web page associated with the class
• Begin thinking about Ethics, Images, & the Internet

for 3/13: Turn in Multimedia CD-ROM review

for 3/20:

• Spend some time sampling the Firefly feedback engine and see how well it guesses your musical (or other) tastes. (read Chronical article about it)
• Read two Multimedia CD-ROM reviews by other students (at least one student from a focus group other than your own), and be prepared to discuss these in class

for 4/5:

Look at Ephemeral Films on either CD ROM or laserdisc in preparation for Rick Prelinger's talk next week. (Individual titles are "To New Horizons" and "You Can't Get There From Here".)

for 4/12: Term Paper/Project due

for 4/19: Present Term Paper/Project to class