January 30, 2015

Second Draft

(I went through and tried to consolidate the main points)

History

Aristotle was a pupil of Plato.  So, like Plato, Aristotle wrote on a wide variety of subjects, from aesthetics to zoology.  He had a huge impact on education and philosophy and it took hundreds of years for people to stop thinking of him as "THE philosopher". 
 

Dallin

Aristotle talked a lot about potentialities.  Every situation has a lot of potentialities,  or different possibilities to bring to life, and one must select which potentialities to actualize.  On a social website, potentialities are endless.  When creating a website, think to yourself: "Which potentialities will help with the purpose of this website?"

Isaac
The perspective Aristotle is coming from is one that says that no one knows nor has created a perfect social media website.  We all have an idea, or glimpse, of what the ideal form is, but none envelope the complete form.
Our goal while creating social websites is to move them closer and closer to that ideal form.

Topher  
The first page should be general information, and as they go throughout the website they should get more in depth information. 

Lisa
Aristotle talked about child vs. adult education.  Child education was the type that just taught the students without much opportunity for them to participate and create during the learning process.  Adult education put a lot more power into the student's hands.  The students helped to dictate their learning process.  This second type of education is how a social website should be. It should be so interactive that it molds to the users needs.  It should not be some static thing that can't bend and move and grow.

Greg
The idea of potentialities should apply to the users and not just the builders of the website. The users should be part of the process of the site moving toward it's ideal form.

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