For next class, please read “Internet Governance in Kazakhstan,” pages 119 to 131 in the OSCE report, Governing the Internet. Note the link above is to the entire document, but you only have to read one chapter.

For Thursday, please read the article "Citizen Journalism in Central Asia," and the OpenNet Initiative report on Kazakhstan, also linked above.

For people interested in volunteering for the BarCamp conference, there will be a meeting of volunteers today (Thursday 16 April), at 16:00 in Medianet (Kazybek bi - Furmanova, opposite Soho and Kazkontract building, 3floor, 100 room, Mediaschool).

(If you are in my 16.00 class, no, we are not canceling class for the meeting.)  read more »

Today in class I will be briefly reviewing project weblogs with project groups/individuals to give you some feedback. You should also be doing some examination of your project weblogs yourself. Some things to look for:  read more »

• Two entries per week from each participant, beginning with the week we returned from break. (At this point that means around 8 or 10 entries per person, including specific assignments.)
• Entries should be your original writing. Quotes and sources must be indicated. I'm mostly interested in seeing that you are "thinking out loud" with blog entries.

This coming weekend (17 to 19 April) KIMEP hosts BarCamp Central Asia 2009, an "un-conference" for developing new media skills. Participants include professionals and amateurs, experts and newbies.

This should be a great opportunity for anyone looking to learn more about the latest networked tools, to interact with people using new media in the region, or to get their feet wet with new technologies.  read more »

The following guidelines for citing sources apply to all material submitted for this course:  read more »