Computer Feedback Systems

Feedback from digital systems and human beings provides not only checks but further stimulation for ideas. To a small degree, digital systems can be designed to carry out evaluations and reports on basic mechanical aspects of a composition.

Essay or writing feedback.

• Desktop computer Spelling and Grammar checkers
• Intelligent Essay Assessor

Web page design

• Bobby (Web Page Checker)

Synchronous (live interactive communication)

Live feedback provides real-time discussion (synchronous) with others who are invited to discuss your ideas, projects or compositions. In addition to other forms of communication, the Internet provides a world of people and electronic communities to contact.

Face-to-face

• One's personal rolodex (contact list) and face-to-face meetings

Text

• microblogging, e.g., Twitter ; Utterli
• Chat (eg., AOL Instant Messenger)
• IRCs;
• Status updates in Facebook, etc.
• MUDs; MOOs;

Drawing/Pictures

• AOL Instant Messenger

Audio

• Skype

Video

• Video conferencing;

Virtual Reality

• Second Life
• collaborative CAVES

Web conferencing (combines screen, whiteboard, text, audio, video sharing)

• Elluminate (free for 3 or commercial)
• WizIQ (free for 50 participants )
• Other Web conferencing

Asynchronous

Email/Messaging

• Commercial: Outlook
• Free: Gmail, Hotmail, Yahoo email, anyone's Internet service provider; other email systems; mailing lists ; forums;

File Sharing

• See left column of Evoke: applications for creating media

Social Networking Systems

• Facebook, Ning; Seesmic ; other social networking systems;

Web sites/Blogging

• Google Sites
• Blogger

Surveys

• index of online survey systems;
• petitions;

Folksonomies

• Delicious
• See wikipedia on Folksonomy