Project Log

This week I contributed to my group by helping in the writing and organization of the scope of work memo and timeline.  I volunteered to research the topic of Facebook's privacy settings.  I have found one article about the Facebook user's lack of use of privacy settings.  The security company Sophos found that 75% of Facebook's users allow any other user to view their profile, whether they are "friends" or not.  Another article, from CBS News' site, describes how often employers look at the Facebook pages of potential employees and how it does effect whether or not that

I found that about 27% of major corporations look at the facebooks of people they are looking to hire. Also that with this new facebook "privacy policy" only about 7% of users actually aprove/ like it. I'm asking around the athletic department to get the Facebook expert's, here at Purdue, phone number. I'm currently looking for statics showing how many people have been denied or lost their job because of Facebook.

--Roya

02/25/09 - ENGL 421 Classroom

Attendees: Rawson, Riddle, Rupp, Schmidt

Goal: Create a project plan and divide up the work for the remainder of the project

Topics:

  - Memo of understanding

  - Work required for project

  - Individual roles

Decisions:

  - Memo of understanding draft complete

  - Draft will be chain emailed for review

  - Changes will be made for final draft

  - Workload will be distributed per chart attached to memo

So far in the white paper project I have aided in the establishment of a proposal as well as presenting the proposal of addressing internet censorship in communist China in a memo format.  I volunteered to post the group blogs after every meeting we have and have thus posted two group blogs.  Today I helped organize the timeline planning in class and volunteered to research the probable response and pros of a gradual reduction in the internet censorship of China.

Our group met in class on Wednesday February 25 and the whole group (John, Hu, Brett, and Liz) were all present.  The goal of this meeting was to design an informal memo addressing the objects of our white paper as well as divide up research and set up a rough timeline for completion of goals. 

We decided that addressing the proposal to the government of China was difficult and probably would not be well-received so instead chose to target it to Amnesty International and their interests in the human rights issue in China which includes the issue of censorship. 

During meeting 2 I was given the responsibility to complete the introduction and conclusion.  I will also be formatting the sources according to APA standards.  I compiled the project planning memo during meeting 2 also.

-Who:  Ansbaugh, Davitt, Kreul, Simpson

-When:  Wednesday, 2/25/09

-Where:  ENGL421 classroom

-Goal:  to complete our memo of understanding for project 2.

-Topics discussed:  stages of the white paper project, respective due dates, who will be responsible for each section of the white paper

Meeting Time: In Class, Wednesday 2/25/09.

Attendees: Samhita, Mark

Meeting Goal: To define the scope of the project, organize how to divide up tasks, and set date for next meeting with entire group.

Topics Discussed: Dividing up duties for research and defining the scope.

Decisions Made: Time of next meeting, and the scope of our project, also the division of research.

Plans For The Next Meeting: Delegate tasks and finalize dates for completion. Review scope with entire group, and agree on details.

Meeting Time: In Class, Wednesday 2/25/09.

Attendees: John, Catherine, and Kristin.

Meeting Goal: Write informal project planning memo of understanding.

Topics Discussed: Dividing up duties for research and composition of the white paper project.

Entry 1:

I am a member of Video Download group. We met last time in class to write the memo for the project. We got the graded  memo back to us today in class. We have talked about the comments on the memo that might change the course of this project.

We have project planning activity in class today. We wrote a memo about the schedule of the project and reviewed our goal. We have divided our research parts into issues, legal implications and solutions. Timeline for the project was generated.