Zazengo Reflection

1.  What did you contribute as part of the Zazengo CyberARTS team? Describe your jobs and what each team member did. How did you and your team use the Zazengo site?

As part of the Zazengo CyberARTS team, I was part of the Energy Conservation group. As a group we researched different ways that we could reduce the ecological footprint of out school, and of course ways we could conserve energy, because the lights in the school are on almost always. As part of the group, we also went around taking pictures of the school to show the different things that we could do. With some of the pictures, we put in windmills, and solar panels, to show what it would be like if such were so. We created posters to promote the Energy Conservation cause. We used the Zazengo website to show our progress, and we also posted a lot of our photos. We created projects, and were joined with many others to support this cause.

2. Thinking about what you know and have experienced now, and if you could start from scratch with no restrictions, brainstorm the future of Zazengo. Consider the design, tools, functionality, navigation, feedback and communication capabilities of the site. What would a Zazengo Facebook application look like?  It would have to be compact etc. What would the eye-catching parts of that app. be?

If I start the website from scratch, I feel that I would leave it basically the same, but probably make it more interactive. Like Facebook and other websites similar to it, there should be an addition of being able to post comments for people on their profiles, whether to give suggestions, or maybe a word of encouragement. Otherwise, I feel the there should be some sort of way where a group of people should be able to chat upon the website so that people can communicate, and also discuss different topics.

3. Update your profile and list your "jobs". Include a sample of your digital portfolio.

Jobs:

Editing FAQ’s

Coming up with contest ideas

Writing the criteria for judging

Assisting in judging

Taking photos to be used in posters

Creating posters to promote energy conservation

Research

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