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Entries from February 2006

Metro State: Wiki project description

For Metro State students Groups will research a topic related to the Auraria campus, or Metro State, and post the resulting article as a topic at wikipedia.org. The article needs to be 400-600 words, and must have two subtopic links of at least 300 words each. Your topic and subtopics should have 8-10 links each [...]

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Metro State – Groups

Group 1 – Jonathon, Marta, Kelsey, Matt Group 2 – Erin, Barbara, Josh, Cory

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Metro State: Verifying online sources

The debate over accuracy on/of the Internet can be summarized in one word: Wikipedia. Robert McHenry, a former editor of Encyclopedia Brittanica, describes the philosophy behind Wikipedia: “1. Anyone, irrespective of expertise in or even familiarity with the topic, can submit an article and it will be published. 2. Anyone, irrespective of expertise in or [...]

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CU: Your FTP directory

If you’re having trouble building your web page, don’t fret. The primary use for your directory on the digitalnewsroom.net server is space for your pictures, audio files and videos files. There’s no requirement or expectation in class for a fancy web site, even for the group project. It’s important to know basic html, but, beyond [...]

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CU: Blog feedback

For: CU Digital Newsroom Overall an outstanding job on blog posts. Post at least two each week on the topic of your choice. Okay to post other comments & observations, but keep focus on your journalism topic. Go nuts when the semester ends. Keep a couple things in mind: • keep paragraphs short; extra return [...]

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