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Micah Sifry, who lives in New York. On the website TechPresident, he wrote about how New York public radio station WNYC initiated a crowdsourcing project to keep listeners informed in the hours, days and now weeks since the storm hit the city.

WNYC was also quick to reach out to the public and encourage people to submit stories of what was happening in their surrounding communities -- in real time.

hen direct contact with students in a traditional face-to-face classroom is not feasible, instructors must be innovative in content delivery and provide for students a sense of instructor presence. It has been suggested that the online instructor is the critical factor for a successful learning experience

For example, in February, Toyota announced it began testing a wireless recharging station for its hybrid cars in which the vehicle would power up by parking over a charging pad on the ground.

Collaboration is a joint effort of multiple individuals or work groups to accomplish a task or project.

ollaboration may be asynchronous , in which case those collaborating are not necessarily working together (and in communication) at the same time; in contrast, collaboration may be synchronous (this is known as real-time collaboration), in which collaborative partners are working together simultaneously and in communication as they work.

By 8 p.m., three hours after the F.B.I. released the suspects’ photos, angry messages began to appear on the Tripathi’s Facebook page, and at 8:15 Ravi received a phone call from a reporter at ABC News in New York, who asked if Sunil had been spotted in Boston and if Ravi had seen the F.B.I. photos of Suspect No. 2. Ravi, unclear at what she was getting at, told her there had been no word from Sunil.

The Facebook page was created with the hope that if Sunil searched for himself, he would find loving messages from his family and friends.

At 10:56 p.m., Stone tweeted: “I’m sure by now the @fbipressoffice is looking into this dude” and included a link to the Facebook page. Seven minutes later, she tweeted: “Seconds after I sent that tweet the page is gone off of Facebook. If you can cache it . . .” Several journalists began tweeting out guarded thoughts about Sunil’s involvement.

Netiquette is a collection of social conventions which dictate the way in which people interact with each other on the internet. The term is a portmanteau of “net,” short for “internet,” and “etiquette.” Like social etiquette in real life, the rules of netiquette are commonly in flux, and they may vary significantly between different groups of internet users and across different cultures. Some websites even post their own netiquette guidelines under headings such as “rules” or “comment policies” to provide directions to their users.

What is Digital Literacy? The ability to use digital technology, communication tools or networks to locate, evaluate, use and create information. 1

Collaboration is working with each other to do a task.[1] It is a recursive[2] process where two or more people or organizations work together to realize shared goals, (this is more than the intersection of common goals seen in co-operative ventures, but a deep, collective, determination to reach an identical objective[by whom?][original research?]) — for example, an intriguing[improper synthesis?] endeavor[3][4] that is creative in nature[5]—by sharing knowledge, learning and building consensus. Most collaboration requires leadership, although the form of leadership can be social within a decentralized and egalitarian group.[6] in particular, teams that work collaboratively can obtain greater resources, recognition and reward when facing competition for finite resources.[7] Collaboration is also present in opposing goals exhibiting the notion of adversarial collaboration, though this is not a common case for using the word.

Information Literacy: A Compilation of Web Resources

The Evolution of Information Literacy The accepted defInition of literacy has evolved from beIng able to read and write to the expanded and more elaborate ability to address the practices and outcomes of education In the Information Age. Literacy is referred to In different terms: math literacy, readIng literacy, media literacy, prInt literacy, visual literacy, cultural literacy, computer literacy. Each literacy prescribes a particular process by which that content area can be more easily negotiated. But there is one -- Information Literacy -- under which all the other literacies reside because it is a tool of empowerment. Students who possess Information literacy have a heightened capacity for doIng meanIngful, relevant work. "Regardless of where Information literacy skills are employed, they are applicable In any school, play, or work situation."

llaboration When you join a group of friends to build a huge sandcastle on the beach, your impressive structure is the result of collaboration, or working together toward a common goal. Working with another person — or a group of people — to make something together is collaboration. You can also describe the result of your work, like the elaborately decorated cake you made with your best friend, as a collaboration. During World War II, the word collaboration began being used to mean "working traitorously with an enemy," and became a very serious crime. DEFinITIONS OF: collaboration 1 n act of working jointly “they worked either in collaboration or independently” Synonyms: coaction Type of: cooperation joint operation or action n act of cooperating traitorously with an enemy that is occupying your country Synonyms: collaborationism, quislingism Type of: cooperation joint operation or action Learn Add to List... Launch WORD FAMILY collaborationcollaborationscollaborationismcollaboratecollaboratedcollaboratingcollaborationcollaborativecollaboratorthe "collaborate" family USAGE EXAMPLES I saw women head to the dressing ro