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Shuan Pai

Foundation Writing on the Internet - 0 views

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social computing computers foundation writing internet class

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  • Shuan Pai on 23 Sep 10
     
    Gives an interesting view on social computing
Kevin Watson

Wikimedia Foundation - 0 views

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digiciv open access wikipedia wikimedia wiki opensource

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      Kevin Watson on 22 Sep 10
       
      It's interesting how many teachers will not allow you to use Wikipedia as a source, but in light of this digital civilization class, isn't it a form of Open Access Information, and shouldn't it be praised in a way?
  • Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. That's our commitment.
James Wilcox

Novum Organum; by Bacon, Francis - Reviews, Discussion, Bookclubs, Lists - 0 views

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digiciv Scientific Method science

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  • James Wilcox on 09 Oct 10
     
    The basics and foundational principles of the Scientific Method.
anonymous

MIT OpenCourseWare | Literature | 21L.002-2 Foundations of Western Culture II: Renaissa... - 2 views

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      anonymous on 27 Oct 10
       
      Ideas to think about when it come to Nietzche.
Gideon Burton

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

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  • 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
anonymous

Bell Tower (Architecture) - 0 views

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      anonymous on 22 Sep 10
       
      It says that the tower was built to intentionally lean. Now we know it leans because of a poor foundation. Interesting
Kristi Koerner

The Social Contract - The Open-Borders Network - Philanthropic foundations fund immigra... - 0 views

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shared by Kristi Koerner on 30 Sep 10 - No Cached
  • When it comes to advancing goals, objectives, and agendas, groups that are well organized, and consequently well funded, will eventually triumph over the unorganized, underrepresented, and underfunded.
  • these groups network across the social, cultural, and political divide in shoring up mutual interests (business, corporate, and labor) to advance their agenda of a world without borders.
  • Kristi Koerner on 30 Sep 10
     
    Good connections between networking ideas and the social contract.
Katherine Chipman

The Crystal Palace/ The Great Exhibition of 1851 - 0 views

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  • Over 13,000 exhibits were displayed and viewed by over 6,200,000 visitors to the exhibition.
  • The London Borough of Bromley, who own the park today, together with the Crystal Palace Foundation, have recently submitted an outline proposal the National Heritage Lottery Fund to restore much of the park to its former glory.
  • The Crystal Palace itself was destroyed by fire on  November 30th 1936, following which the area lost much of its focus and began to decline. But many of the most important events in the history of the Crystal Palace took place in the grounds, which retain much of their original overall layout today and are a Grade II listed historic park.
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  • The park also contained unrivaled collections of statues, many of which were copies of great works from around the world, and a geological display which included a replica lead mine and the first attempts anywhere in the world to portray life-size restorations of extinct animals, including dinosaurs.
  • This "bigger and better" building was divided into a series of courts depicting the history of art and architecture from ancient Egypt through  the Renaissance, as well as exhibits from industry and the natural world.
  • The Crystal Palace was originally designed by Sir Joseph Paxton in only 10 days and was a huge iron goliath with over a million feet of glass.
  • The Great Exhibition of 1851 in London was conceived to symbolize this industrial, military and economic superiority of Great Britain. 
  • Kristi Koerner on 04 Oct 10
     
    More on the crystal palace.
Parker Woody

Gates and Hewlett Foundations Focus on Online Learning - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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  • Parker Woody on 11 Oct 10
     
    An interesting article I found in the paper this morning about what is being done by these institutions to increase the use of technology in post secondary education. All content will be free.
Katherine Chipman

Nuclear Files: Timeline of the Nuclear Age - 0 views

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shared by Katherine Chipman on 10 Nov 10 - No Cached
  • The following Nuclear Age Timeline was created by the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation to preserve memory, and to awaken and educate new generations about the profound dangers and extreme risks posed by nuclear weapons.
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