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On Digital Immigrants and Digital Natives, offered by Zur Institute, LLC for Psychologi... - 1 views

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      Absolutely amazing article 5/5. 
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Kickstarter - 0 views

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      CCCCCCCCCC: 86/100 Lacking Authority Content is somewhat iffy
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    Kickstarter has raised millions of dollars for start-ups in all industries.
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Encyclopedia of Life - Animals - Plants - Pictures & Information - 0 views

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      10C score: 93 Information is Open Source and lacking validity.
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    An example of social collaboration at its finest.
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EBSCOhost: Scholarly Knowledge Development and Dissemination in an International Conte... - 0 views

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      WEB PAGE EVALUATION Currency: 15 The site has the date of last revision posted. The site has been updated recently. Frequency of planned updates and revisions is stated. Content: 15 The information will be useful to our curriculum and/or student interest. This information is not available in any other format elsewhere in my library. The information on the topic is thorough. The information is accurate. The purpose of the page is obvious. The information is in good taste. The page uses correct spelling and grammar. Authority: 10 The authors are clearly identified. The authors and/or maintainers of the site are authorities in their field. There is a way to contact the author (s) via e-mail or traditional mail. You can easily tell from the domain name where the page originates. Navigation: 7 You can tell from the first page how the site is organized and what options are available. The type styles and background make the page clear and readable. The links are easy to identify. The links are logically grouped. The layout is consistent from page to page. There is a link back to the home page on each supporting page. The links are relevant to the subject. The icons clearly represent what is intended. Experience: 10 The page fulfills its intended purpose. The page is worth the time. The page's presentation is eye-catching. The site engages the visitor to spend time there. Multimedia 1 Sound, graphics or video enhance the site's message. Treatment: 10 Any biases towards the subject matter can be easily identified. The page is free from stereotyping. The page is age appropriate for content and vocabulary for its intended audience. Access 5 You can connect quickly to the page. The page is available through search engines. The page loads quickly. You can choose whether to download smaller images, text-only, or non-frame versions. Miscellaneous: 15 There are no per-use costs involved. Interactions asking for private information are secured. Information can be printed wi
David Bell

Web 2.0: A New Wave of Innovation for Teaching and Learning? (EDUCAUSE Review) | EDUCAU... - 0 views

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      WEB PAGE EVALUATION Currency: 15 The site has the date of last revision posted. The site has been updated recently. Frequency of planned updates and revisions is stated. Content: 15 The information will be useful to our curriculum and/or student interest. This information is not available in any other format elsewhere in my library. The information on the topic is thorough. The information is accurate. The purpose of the page is obvious. The information is in good taste. The page uses correct spelling and grammar. Authority: 10 The authors are clearly identified. The authors and/or maintainers of the site are authorities in their field. There is a way to contact the author (s) via e-mail or traditional mail. You can easily tell from the domain name where the page originates. Navigation: 10 You can tell from the first page how the site is organized and what options are available. The type styles and background make the page clear and readable. The links are easy to identify. The links are logically grouped. The layout is consistent from page to page. There is a link back to the home page on each supporting page. The links are relevant to the subject. The icons clearly represent what is intended. Experience: 10 The page fulfills its intended purpose. The page is worth the time. The page's presentation is eye-catching. The site engages the visitor to spend time there. Multimedia: 9 Sound, graphics or video enhance the site's message. Treatment: 10 Any biases towards the subject matter can be easily identified. The page is free from stereotyping. The page is age appropriate for content and vocabulary for its intended audience. Access: 5 You can connect quickly to the page. The page is available through search engines. The page loads quickly. You can choose whether to download smaller images, text-only, or non-frame versions. Miscellaneous: 15 There are no per-use costs involved. Interactions asking for private information are secured. Information can be printed
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http://www.library.illinois.edu/diglit/definition.html - 4 views

  • understand and use information in multiple formats
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    The ability to use digital technology, communication tools or network to locate, evaluate, use and create information.
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Hurricane Sandy pictures: Instagram posts 10 images per second - Telegraph - 0 views

  • Photos of the storm were popping up on many social networks including Twitter and Google+, but Instagram data showed at least 521,000 photos with the hashtag Sandy
  • On Twitter, some 147,000 pictures were posted over a 24-hour period tagged Sandy
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    "Hurricane Sandy pictures: Instagram posts 10 images per second" Another article highlighting Instagram's role in reporting Hurricane Sandy.
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Hurricane Sandy Showing Social Power Of Instagram - Forbes - 0 views

  • Instagram has turned my iPhone into a window into all things Sandy with live views of flooding roads, to dangling cranes and drinking friends. It both captures the events unfolding (and unraveling) outside and also gives me a peak into how people are riding out the storm inside.
  • Instagram captures the storm entirely.
  • The storm has yet make landfall, but already there have are 300,026 photos shared on the mobile site under #sandy; 183,003 under #hurricanesandy, 27,564 photos shared tagged #frankenstorm and  1,467 marked with #huricanesandy
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    An article examining how Hurricane Sandy played a role in highlighting the power of Instagram.
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Hurricane Recovery Program | Red Cross | Disaster Recovery - 0 views

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    A donor stewardship report from the American Red Cross on their Hurricane Sandy Relief campaign. 
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Hurricane Sandy and Twitter | Project for Excellence in Journalism (PEJ) - 0 views

  • people sent more than 20 million tweets about the storm from October 27 through November 1. This was more than twice the usage from the two previous days
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  • largest share of this news and information, fully 34% of the Twitter discourse about the storm, involved news organizations providing content, government sources offering information, people sharing their own eyewitness accounts and still more passing along information posted by others
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  • critical lifeline throughout the disaster that struck on October 29
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    This article looks at how Twitter was utilized during Hurricane Sandy.
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The Jersey Shore Roller Coaster That Was Mangled In Hurricane Sandy Is Finally Being To... - 0 views

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    Photo journal of the demolition of the Jersey Shore roller coaster. 16 May 2013
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Frankenstorm Sandy Will Bring Flooding, Storm Surges to the East Coast | TIME.com - 0 views

  • will almost certainly be the largest storm to ever hit the East Coast, with a reach that extends some 450 miles beyond its core
  • “We’re looking at impact of greater than 50 to 60 million people,” said Louis Uccellini, head of environmental prediction for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). A drone strike couldn’t be better targeted to cause maximum damage than this storm
  • NOAA put the storm surge threat from Sandy at 5.7 on that 6 point scale—greater than any hurricane observed between 1969 and 2005, including Category 5 storms like Katrina and Andrew. NOAA’s National Hurricane Center says that “life-threatening storm surge flooding” is expected along the mid-Atlantic coast.
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  • amplified by the fact that Sandy will be hitting during high tide
  • The sheer oddness of Sandy’s arrival begs the obvious question: Is climate change involved here?
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    This article by Bryan Walsh was published before Hurricane Sandy made landfall. It looks at the scientific data from NOAA's Hurricane Research Centre. As Time is a publication read by a large number of people, as opposed to NOAA, this media outlet provided the general population with detailed storm information and why the storm should be taken seriously.
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Superstorm Sandy: key updates - Telegraph - 0 views

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    "AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews" Live coverage of the impact of Hurricane Sandy on the city of New York.
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