Final Project Wrap-up

I just completed the final project and submitted it to Dr. West. This was probably one of the most fun projects that I have been involved with in graduate school. I wish there were more professors like Dr. West that just gives you some guidelines and lets you create your own project. This would definitely make graduate school a lot more enjoyable and less stressful! I definitely learned a lot about how to write a lesson plan and found out that I need to be very specific in my step by step instructions. I ended up picking four graduate students for my foursquare project. They are pretty active people, so I know they would be capable of checking in twice a day over a four day span. The results from my four learners and where they checked in were about what I expected. I found that over a four day period that fell during a weekend that they mostly checked in at places that served food or alcohol. As a graduate student these are sometimes places that I am at during the weekend to relax and watch some athletic event. The thing that I was surprised was a couple of them did check in at a recreational facility during the weekend. This came as a surprise because that is not always on someones mind during the weekend. I know when I showed some of them the results of their check ins they were surprised and forgot that they were there. I think in the future this would be a great idea to take even farther over a longer period of time. You could definitely keep track of places you go and try to limit them like fast food restaurants and bars or see how many days of the month you can go to a recreational facility. The best part I did find about foursquare was you can compete with your friends and see who can score the most points in a week by checking into places. I had a great time being in this class and learned a lot more about web 2.0 technologies then I ever new existed. I wish everyone goodluck on finishing up your final project as well as any other finals that you may have.

-Travis