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Jake Corkin

china's middle class social problems - 0 views

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china middle class economics obesity industrial revolution

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  • Jake Corkin on 06 Oct 10
     
    PBS article with video. Obesity is an unfortunate side effect of china's growing middle class.
Madeline Rupard

Helium--An interesting idea. - 0 views

www.helium.com/...whatishelium

digiciv open wikipedia blog wiki information revolution communication education knowledge

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  • Madeline Rupard on 14 Oct 10
     
    I stumbled upon this website the other day. Its an article site with a bunch of hired authors. "Wait--hired authors!!" You say, in righteous defense of the open "wiki" model. But the cool thing about hired authors is that they are all viewing and rating each other's articles. Hence, "helium," the best articles rise to the top. I mean who decided that it was the best system to have bored 40 year olds living with their parents as the main source of information. (Let's be honest, those wikipedia articles didn't write themselves.) The good thing about a paid workforce is that there is a sense of pressure under writing the articles. Their business model is in and of itself an "invisible hand." Anyways, i thought it was a cool idea. Voila.
Andrew DeWitt

Honors Fall 2010 Semester Courses - 0 views

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courses digiciv guide honors

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  • 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.
  • Andrew DeWitt on 28 Sep 10
     
    Guide to the courses offered in the BYU Honors program for Fall 2010
  • Andrew DeWitt on 28 Sep 10
     
    Check out our course description as shown on the Honors website.
LeeAnne Lowry

Karl Marx - 2 views

www.historyguide.org/...marx.html

digiciv revolution communism socialism

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  • LeeAnne Lowry on 05 Oct 10
     
    It's truly shocking how influential Marx was and the things he did....
  • Katherine Chipman on 05 Oct 10
     
    Great find! The eulogy is especially interesting.
Katherine Chipman

The Story of the Triangle Fire: Part 2 - 0 views

www.ilr.cornell.edu/...narrative2.html

industrial revolution

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  • Even today, sweatshops have not disappeared in the United States. They keep attracting workers in desperate need of employment and illegal immigrants, who may be anxious to avoid involvement with governmental agencies. Recent studies conducted by the U.S. Department of Labor found that 67% of Los Angeles garment factories and 63% of New York garment factories violate minimum wage and overtime laws. Ninety-eight percent of Los Angeles garment factories have workplace health and safety problems serious enough to lead to severe injuries or death.
  • Katherine Chipman on 05 Oct 10
     
    Yikes! Horrible working conditions are not completely gone from even our society today.
Katherine Chipman

The Story of the Triangle Fire: Part 3 - 0 views

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industrial revolution

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  • Many of the Triangle factory workers were women, some as young as 15 years old. They were, for the most part, recent Italian and European Jewish immigrants who had come to the United States with their families to seek a better life. Instead, they faced lives of grinding poverty and horrifying working conditions.
  • Katherine Chipman on 05 Oct 10
     
    It is so sad to see that the freedom that people come to America hoping to find sometimes instead turns out to be worse than what they may have left behind.
Madeline Rupard

Rebels Against the Future - 0 views

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digiciv science revolution

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  • Madeline Rupard on 05 Oct 10
     
    I wasn't aware that there was a legit, active anti-technology movement in the world today. Apparently there is.
Katherine Chipman

Hard Times - 0 views

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times revolution hard

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  • Published in weekly parts Apr 1854 - Aug 1854
  • Hard Times -  Published in weekly parts Apr 1854 - Aug 1854
  • Dismissed initially as "sullen socialism", the novel gained new life with F.R. Leavis' positive critical treatment in The Great Tradition (1948). Leavis considered Hard Times Dickens' "masterpiece" and "his only serious work of art". Since then it has been one of Dickens' best-sellers, widely taught in schools
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  • Dismissed initially as "sullen socialism", the novel gained new life with F.R. Leavis ' positive critical treatment in The Great Tradition (1948). Leavis considered Hard Times Dickens' "masterpiece" and "his only serious work of art". Since then it has been one of Dickens' best-sellers, widely taught in schools ,
  • Katherine Chipman on 05 Oct 10
     
    It is interesting that Hard Times was published in parts over a 4 month period.
Bri Zabriskie

Wearable computer - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 0 views

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digiciv science computer revolution

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  • Bri Zabriskie on 13 Oct 10
     
    It sounds like science fiction! LOL
Andrew DeWitt

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

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  • Andrew DeWitt on 15 Oct 10
     
    Please visit and comment on our video about the The Count of Monte Cristo for the mini-book-club assignment.
Bri Zabriskie

IA Books in Browsers 2010 Agenda - Reading 2.0 - 1 views

reading20.posterous.com/-books-in-browsers-2010-agenda

open source publish revolution web2.0 media digiciv

shared by Bri Zabriskie on 31 Oct 10 - No Cached
  • Monocle
    • Bri Zabriskie
      Bri Zabriskie on 31 Oct 10
       
      is it the same as this?: "Monocle is a global briefing covering international affairs, business, culture and design." -- www.monocle.com
    • Bri Zabriskie
      Bri Zabriskie on 31 Oct 10
       
      What do they mean by reader privacy?
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  • Social Reading
    • Bri Zabriskie
      Bri Zabriskie on 31 Oct 10
       
      Social reading -- sounds exciting. I've been thinking how cool it would be to have a class group textbook online. SO like you go online to yoru textbook for your class and you can see what other classmates have highlighted and commented on and tagged and add your own thoughts to the discussion. They can link to their blog posts about a subject in teh book that they did expanded self-directed learning on or just that they thought about more, etc. Sounds SUPER cool, huh? (ok ok, I'll blog about it)
  • discoverability
    • Bri Zabriskie
      Bri Zabriskie on 31 Oct 10
       
      LOVE this word. Discoverability?! he he
  • A network of Books
    • Bri Zabriskie
      Bri Zabriskie on 31 Oct 10
       
      yes! A network of books! just like webpages! 
  • Finding Shelf Space in a World Without Shelves
    • Bri Zabriskie
      Bri Zabriskie on 31 Oct 10
       
      or rethinking the format we're used to!
    • Bri Zabriskie
      Bri Zabriskie on 31 Oct 10
       
      hmm... a sticky subject. 
  • Bri Zabriskie on 31 Oct 10
     
    What I wouldn't give to be a fly on the wall of this conference.  Check out the contents!
Gideon Burton

Amateur Revolution | Fast Company - 0 views

www.fastcompany.com/...open_essay.html

amateur amateurism participatory culture pro-am

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  • Gideon Burton on 27 Oct 10
     
    Charles Leadbeater's seminal discussion of Pro-Am efforts
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