1. Read and begin instructions for the Financial Analysis of a dream.
2. Read the instructions again!
3. Note that I have revised the instructions for uploading images. Please email me if they are still confusing.

1. Read and discuss this week's readings about gender and finance.

Recap of week 6's Peer Review

WOW! Your thoughtful comments and questions to fellow writers was a big help, I can see. Thank you to all who participated. Not all were able to participate fully due to family matters and the need for more writing time. We'll have another peer review for the last project (Teach), which will be a fun presentation to end the class.

1. This week you'll recap your progress on the Financial Analysis project.

1. Complete instructions for week 6 of the Culture Site project.
2. I have revised the screenshots and instructions for making subpages.
• Please refresh your browser when you view the instructions for week 6 so you can see the updates.
3. Important details:
   • I will be using a plagiarism checking application to determine if your writing is original and properly cited.
   • Do not submit the project until Monday after you have spell checked and had it reviewed for grammar issues.
   • The word count requirement (2000) does not include the bibliography or lists of awards/timelines you copied from other sources.
   • No need to number the pages; this is the web and we get to read in any order.
   • Please add paragraph breaks to your writing so I can read them easier.
   • Missing something? Look at the example sites to get an idea how the work is to be done.

1. Read and discuss the Culture Site Projects.
   • Write your topic in the title field in the Discussion thread so it is easy to pick out one topic from another.

Recap of week 5's Discussion

I can see now that your eyes are opening to the complex issues regarding gender and technology...some modern conveniences are biased towards able-bodied men in their design and some are biased towards outgoing women who love cheery bright colors. Companies around the world are beginning to include women's preferences in the design of products to reach a larger audience. The buying power of women is clearly documented, so companies are finally paying attention! Money talks here at home, but will it provide quality products for third-world women, men, and families?

1. This week you'll recap the culture site project and list ideas for the financial analysis of your greatest dream.

1. Complete instructions for week 5 of the Culture Site project.
2. Glad to hear most of you had excellent service from the OSU librarians. Their help makes research so much more fun!

1. Read and discuss week 5's articles.

Recap of week 4's Discussion of Cyborg technologies

• Excellent work reviewing the notion of cyborgs and how reproductive technologies effect gender, health, and culture.
• Nineteen out of 27 students participated in the discussion last week.
  • Ten of those students go full points (3).
  • Those that did not, either did not write much or didn't add information from sources they read (including citations) that supported their opinions in the reply posts.
  • Remember that you cannot plagiarize in the forum any more than you can in your project writings. Quote and cite sources properly.

1. This week, you'll blog about writing and adding work to the blog Pages.

1. Complete instructions for week 4 of the Culture Site project.
2. See the list of Culture Site topics at the right-->
• What excellent topics you've found...several are new to me, so I look forward to reading them!
• As soon as you see a topic here, it is off limits to others.
• In addition, the Examples topics are off limits.
3. If the Women Studies librarian is unavailable, you can contact any reference librarian for assistance.
4. Remember to use the resources on the WS 320 library page before contacting her unless you need help accessing the databases.
5. Remember that this project is worth 30 points...it is important you follow all the instructions and do a thorough job researching and writing.
   • You get one chance to make it right, so invest the time. There are no rewrites after it's been submitted at the end of week 6.

Read and discuss week 4's articles.

Recap of week 3's discussion

Of the 21 students that participated, just 2 mentioned the affect of technology related to mainstreaming and household work (thank you Ms Cork and Ms Hansen). Keep in mind for the coming discussions that your purpose is to better understand technology as it pertains to gender.

Scores for the week 3 discussion look like this:

• 8 (3)
• 7 (2.5)
• 3 (2)
• 3 (1.5-)
• 6 (0)

This week, you'll blog about your research and support from the librarian(s).

1. Read the instructions several times all the way through.
2. Read through the list of examples and note that these topics are off limits.
   • In addition, Ada Lovelace and Marie Curie are off limits.
   • Spring 2008 topics chosen by students in the class are listed at the right. As soon as you see a new name there, it becomes off limits.
   • Email me if you have a conflict.
3. After reading through the instructions and examples, please email me your questions if you have any.
4. Your weekly blogging post will be related to your topic.
   • If you weren't aware yet, please note that I'll be scoring your weekly blogs in the same gradebook row/column each week so that by the end you accumulate 10 points.

Read and discuss week 3's articles.

Recap of week 2's readings:

Four students received full points (3), six received 2.5's, seven received 2 or 1.5, and 9 did not participate. If you did not score all 3 points, then perhaps you did not remember to:

• Make 4 posts; a main post and at least 3 replies.
• Include an in depth response to the question for your main post.
• Cite each source for your main post and/or your replies, using a working link.
• Cited sources you did not cover in your post/reply.

Your discussions are quite thought provoking and I would love to respond to them all, but I am unable to do that for a number of reasons. My purpose in using the existing format is to allow you to research, write about your thoughts and let your classmates spark interest; they can do it as well as I can. So, though I won't be scoring your opinions and writing, I will be scoring your participation according to the criteria listed in each week's instructions.

Excellent work in the blog this week! I enjoyed reading your stories and ideas for upcoming projects.

• 10 students completed week 2's work in the blog.
• 5 students missed a few items.
  • Click the score in the Gradebook for the Blog project and read my comments. (Do not click the View button.)
• 8 Students did not post yet this week.
• 2 students have not submitted an address to their blog.
  • If you need help, please email me for assistance.

If you need to catch up. Refer to week 2's blog instructions.

I'm thrilled that your blogs are looking so professional. Many of you added week 2's updates already and are posting great feedback about the process. Excellent work! Your excitement is showing.

1. If you don't see a score in your Bb gradebook for the blog, then you probably didn't submit it using the Submit area linked at the left.
• Eight students have not submitted yet. If you need help, please email me.
• Take a look your peers blogs from the list at the right if you have time or need a reference point.
2. To see my comments, please click the Score (not the View button).
3. Please remember that I will be adding 1 point per week or less to your blog score, so check that same column/row each week. By the end of the term, you should have 10 points.

Continue on with week 2's blog instructions.

Read and discuss week 2's articles.

• Question threads have been added to the forum.

Recap of week 1's forum

Excellent work in the forum!

• Your incites about public/private blogging, reasons for blogging, gender differences in the blogging arena, and how it can empower women were thought provoking.
• Never before have I had such quality posts during week 1. Those of you that followed instructions wrote a lot, wrote well, and cited your sources, as well as responded thoughtfully to others' posts.
• Students who did not earn the full 3 points for discussion this week probably did not do the following:
  • Reply to at least 3 others posts with additional information/resources/personal incites.
  • Write enough.
  • Cite sources.
  • Write a main post with your question.
• Eleven students did not post during week 1.
  • If you have questions about what to do in the Discuss Readings area, please email me.
  • Discussion scores cannot be made up in future weeks. They are due by 9:00am Monday morning.

Here are some tips for success:

• Put double returns between paragraphs to make reading easier.
• Add http:// links so they become clickable....this is a requirement.
  • OR learn to embed links in Bb.
  • All online references need to link to the originating site.

Did anyone else have trouble viewing the video about blogging?

• I can see it just fine.
• You may need to update your Flash driver in the browser.

When you begin research for the culture site, note that topics listed in the Examples are off limits. Here are some topics I've come across in the local news lately that would be great to research:

• Ursula M Burns, President of Xerox (speaking at OSU on Jan 10). How has her leadership and technical experience prepared her to run such a large company?
• OSU Food Scientists such as Lisbeth Goddik, OSU's Extension dairy processing specialist recently in the news about Oregon's Artisan cheese industry. What new products are they using and inventing?
• Dawn Wright (DeepSea Dawn) of OSU's Geography Dept recently named Oregon Professor of the Year. Read more about women in oceanography. What kinds of technology did they invent or use in a new way to become successful?
• Annette von Jouanne is a pioneer in developing wave energy buoys that could one day help wean the United States from its dependence on oil.
• Melissa Plantenga, a graduate of the College of Health and Human Sciences, is the public health sleuth who solved the national mystery of the E. coli outbreak in spinach in September 2006. What technology did she use to find the problem?
• Samantha Lewis, a senior in the OSU College of Science, won the 2007 Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution Undergraduate Diversity Mentoring Award, the society's highest honor for undergraduates. She was chosen from a field of hundreds of nominees from around the entire world.
• Mary Jo Nye, the Horning Professor of the Humanities as well as a history professor, in 2006 earned the History of Science Society's Sarton Medal, the group’s highest honor, for a lifetime of scholarly achievement. Nye has written numerous books and has held visiting faculty appointments at, among other institutions, Princeton, Harvard and Cambridge. The History of Science Society is the world’s largest organization dedicated to understanding science, technology, medicine and their interactions with society in historical context.
• Kelly Falkner, a professor in the College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences, is on loan to the National Science Foundation, where she is serving as interim director of the NSF’s Antarctic Ocean and Climate Science program, coinciding with the International Polar Year.