BUS 465 Blog

On Tuesday June 19, 2007, the students in BUS 465 presented the results of their experiences in the other world that is Second Life.  Everybody seemed to have been entertained by the idea of creating themselves in a separate, virtual world and we all laughed as we spoke of some similar experiences we shared while in this other world. 

            Although we all experienced quite a few issues in this other world, including just navigating our avatars, I am sure that the folks at Linden Lab will improve on this aspect of the virtual experience, and I do see the potential for great success with this program.  Also, the fact that the opportunity to meet new people and even the opportunity to make real money by actively participating in this other world exists makes Second Life worth checking out, so be sure to do that in the future.

    Remember back to when you first sat down at the computer to attempt to explore the COM website.  How efficiently were you able to move from page to page as you explored the many different feature of the site? Of course by now I have basically learned my way around the website, but I can?t say that it was the easiest thing I had ever done back when I was a freshman looking at the site for the first few times.
    Fortunately for future students in the COM, a group of three students from this 2007 first summer session BUS 465 class are working to make this first site-exploring experience a smoother, more entertaining one.  For their portion of the class project, these students have designed a scavenger hunt to more easily guide first-time students all around the COM website. This scavenger hunt will show student how to get to (and through) the course registration process, find important information on professors (such as GRADE DISTRIBUTION reports), as well as expose students to the latest news and events going on within the COM.

The class project is coming along nicely.  One group of three students is attempting to release a brief survey out to NC State COM Alumni in an effort to gain some feedback from them relating to their involvement with the COM. Such activities as getting more Alumni out to hear the Wachovia Lectures, providing financial assistance as a sponsor at COM events, and providing current students with the opportunity to learn about COM Alumni through online personal profiles are the focus of this portion of the project. However, as with many groups in the class, one challenge this group is facing is the time constraint that comes with summer session courses.

            Feel free to take a look at the survey they have created to issue out to COM Alumni. With cooperation from the Alumni members, students can use this feature to establish relationships with key people in the business world and hopefully, through this feature, a greater sense of connectivity between Alumni and today?s students will be established.