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February 2010 Blog Posts (13)
Second Life - Three articles worth reading
1)…
Added by Paul Simbeck-Hampson on February 27, 2010 at 8:42am — No Comments
The Cult of the Amateur: How Today's Internet Is Killing Our Culture
Author Andrew Keen discusses his book "The Cult of the Amateur: How Today's Internet Is Killing Our Culture" as part of the Authors@Google series. This event took place June 5, 2007 at Google Headquarters in Mountain View, CA.
We revisit this 2007 humorous, often acidic, production with one question in mind, "WAS HE RIGHT?"…
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Added by Managing Editor on February 26, 2010 at 2:30pm — 1 Comment
THE SINGULARITY IS NEAR:
THE SINGULARITY IS NEAR:When Humans Transcend Biology
By Ray Kurzweil, Viking Press
About the Book
At the onset of the twenty-first century, humanity stands on the verge of the most transforming and the most thrilling period in its history. It will be an era in which the very nature of what it means to be human will be both enriched and challenged, as our species breaks the shackles of its genetic legacy and achieves inconceivable heights of intelligence, material… Continue
Added by Managing Editor on February 25, 2010 at 1:00pm — 1 Comment
How a Discovery and Innovation School Works: Allan Charles Jones
The Tracy Learning Center (TLC) is, as its name implies, focused on learning and built on a foundation of Discovery and Innovation. Most traditional schools are focused on teaching. One of the essential skills that we both teach and practice at the school is collaboration. The school is managed by the Director of Learning with her team of faculty leaders composed of the three Master Teachers and the lead teachers. Each “school” (elementary, middle and high) is managed by the… Continue
Added by Reid Cornwell on February 24, 2010 at 3:00pm — No Comments
We are The People: The Movie
This is a clip from Lord Putnam's amazing movie on Education "We are the people" http://www.wearethepeoplemovie.com/ In many ways it's a case for support for eSingularity. And the need to completely redefine our global education… Continue
Added by Managing Editor on February 24, 2010 at 11:00am — No Comments
Gender Gap in Mobile Ownership
According to a report, 'Women and Mobile: A Global Opportunity', produced by the GSMA Development Fund and the Cherie Blair Foundation for Women and published at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona on Tuesday. There is a 300 million subscriber gender gap that is, 300…
ContinueAdded by Arzak Khan on February 18, 2010 at 11:30am — 2 Comments
Germany plans enquiry into the digital society
On 14th January the Christian Democratic Union and its Union partner in the German government the Christian Social Union of Bavaria (CDU/CSU) proposed setting up an Enquete Commissionto examine the implications of the Internet on society. Amongst other things, the Commission will be asked to look at initiatives for
providing free…
Added by Richard Poynder on February 7, 2010 at 12:49pm — 1 Comment
Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Online Video - Center For Social Media
Center For Social Media
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INTRODUCTION
What is This?
This document is a code of best practices that helps creators, online providers, copyright holders, and others interested in the making of… Continue
Added by Reid Cornwell on February 3, 2010 at 9:30am — No Comments
Microsoft Releases a Study on Data Privacy
To commemorate Data Privacy Day, Microsoft released a… Continue
Added by Managing Editor on February 2, 2010 at 3:00pm — No Comments
Noshir Contractor on social networks
Noshir Contractor, the Jane S. & William J. White Professor of Behavioral Sciences, discusses his social network research, undergraduate research, and cross-disciplinary research…
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Added by Reid Cornwell on February 1, 2010 at 10:30pm — No Comments
Public by Default, Private when Necessary
By danah boyd January 25, 2010 - 9:42am
With Facebook systematically dismantling its revered privacy infrastructure, I think it's important to drill down on the issue of privacy as it relates to teens. There's an assumption that teens don't care about privacy but this is completely inaccurate. Teens care deeply about privacy, but their conceptualization of what this means may not make sense in a setting where privacy settings are a binary. What teens care about is the… Continue
Added by Managing Editor on February 1, 2010 at 8:22pm — No Comments
What is the Internet /the Web for Beginners: Cassetteboy
Added by Reid Cornwell on February 1, 2010 at 1:00pm — No Comments
New Media Literacies
Members of the research team at Project New Media Literacies discuss the social skills and cultural competencies needed to fully engage with today's participatory culture. Featuring Henry Jenkins, and produced by Anna Van Someren at Project New Media… Continue
Added by Reid Cornwell on February 1, 2010 at 9:00am — No Comments
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