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Bri Zabriskie

Thoughts on education and creativity - 0 views

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    YOU GOTTA WATCH THIS VIDEO ABOUT THE NEED FOR AN EDUCATIONAL REVOLUTION!!!
Gideon Burton

The Internet? We Built That - NYTimes.com - 1 views

  • it’s impossible to overstate the importance of peer production to the modern digital world.
  • What sounds on the face of it like the most utopian of collectivist fantasies — millions of people sharing their ideas with no ownership claims — turns out to have made possible the communications infrastructure of our age.
  • Peer networks laid the foundation for the scientific revolution during the Enlightenment, via the formal and informal societies and coffeehouse gatherings where new research was shared. The digital revolution has made it clear that peer networks can work wonders in the modern age.
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  • We have an endless supply of folklore about heroic entrepreneurs who changed the world with their vision and their force of will. But as a society we lack master narratives of creative collaboration.
  • what the Internet and its descendants teach us is that there are now new models for doing things together, success stories that prove convincingly that you don’t need bureaucracies to facilitate public collaboration, and you don’t need the private sector to innovate
Kristen Nicole Cardon

Education, Social Media, and Ethics: Howard Gardner, Harvard Graduate School of Educati... - 1 views

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    Part of our new mindset in the digital revolution
Andrew DeWitt

YouTube - Digital Civilization - Count of Monte Cristo - 1 views

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    Please visit and comment on our video about the The Count of Monte Cristo for the mini-book-club assignment.
Megan Stern

Free Classical Music For Everyone? Why That's Just Plain Old-Fashioned Communism! - 0 views

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    Do you believe the new digital economy is leading to worldwide Communism?
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    This was probably a rhetorical question, but I don't. I believe that our economy will adjust accordingly. Just because the media industry is changing dramatically, doesn't mean people are giving away free food, free houses, free services. I feel this is just an adaptation, not a complete economical revolution.
Andrew DeWitt

Honors Fall 2010 Semester Courses - 0 views

  • In this course we will view western civilization through the lens of the digital revolution, learning both what the past has to say about how we produce and share knowledge, and what our experiences with modern technology lead us to discover about the past.
  • Students will become fluent with the concepts and tools needed to be lifelong learners and active participants in a world where technological innovations change rapidly.
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    Guide to the courses offered in the BYU Honors program for Fall 2010
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    Check out our course description as shown on the Honors website.
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