I am going to present “The Virtual Community” by Howard Rheingold on this Thursday, here is my presentation outline:
1) The online community which the author participated in, was called WELL (Whole Earth ‘Lectronic Link), he found that…
-- “I was audience, performer and scriptwriter”
-- “I was participating in the self-design of a new kind of culture”
-- “begin to mix up with them (virtual community) in real life”
2) Our own thoughts towards Internet should be presented, as it might be used and shaped by the commercial and political parties in the future.
3) The writer considered that everything about the Internet grow extremely fast, even this article was written in 1993.
It is good that you managed to cover the main points of the article, but we have got the same problem that our presentation is a bit too comprehensive as both of us put an even focus on every main point.
ReplyDeleteI think it would be better if you can figure out the most important point among the main points you identified and focus more and have a more in-depth discussion on it.
Anyway, overall, I think you did very well and it is a good presentation! Well done Edith.
Generally, I believe that I have included most of the points of the reading in my presentation. However, I might present all the points too even, without mentioning a specific main point of the reading, as Wesley has commented as well.
ReplyDeleteI think I can emphasis more and further explain the main theme to my classmates, such as, the “virtual communities” and the “cyberspace” (on p.276). Moreover, I may also tell them a little bit more about the background of Howard Rheingold, for example, he likes writing in first person perspective, and uses himself as a daily life (internet user) example.
p.s. Thanks for your comment, Jacqueline!
Edith had included most of the points raised by Howard Rheingold. It is clear and easy to understand.
ReplyDeleteI think the presentation can improve by stating that Rheingold based on his own experience to write this paper. And I think it is true that you can put more efforts on explaining the "virtual communities" described by Rheingold