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Elise Beall

SXSW 2011: The internet is over | Technology | The Guardian - 1 views

www.guardian.co.uk/...sxsw-2011-internet-online

digital sxsw technology gamification social future

shared by Elise Beall on 16 Mar 11 - No Cached
  • We've been hearing about this moment in digital history since at least 1988, when the Xerox technologist Mark Weiser coined the term "ubiquitous computing", referring to the point at which devices and systems would become so numerous and pervasive that "technology recedes into the background of our lives".
  • sensor-driven collective intelligence
  • When the GPS system in your phone or iPad can relay your location to any site or device you like, when Facebook uses facial recognition on photographs posted there, when your financial transactions are tracked, and when the location of your car can influence a constantly changing, sensor-driven congestion-charging scheme, all in real time, something has qualitatively changed
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  • You're still creating the web, but without the conscious need to do so.
    • Elise Beall
      Elise Beall on 16 Mar 11
       
      I have great optimism for actually being alive to see all of this happen.  My fear is that it falls into the wrong hands.  Or we begin to rely on it so heavily, that when the system hiccups, the world crumbles.  Recently, in my "Computational World" class, we talked about how the fear is all relative.  My teacher (late 40s maybe?), said he wanted nothing to do with facebook, and has a hard time understanding why people feel the need to share in that way.  He also despises his cell phone, and only carries one because his family insists.  My generation has embraced all of these technologies, and I am positive that my son will grow up with few reservations about this incredible growth in tech.
  • credit card companies can predict with 98% accuracy, two years in advance, when a couple is going to divorce, based on spending patterns alone
  • Videogame designers, the logic goes, have become the modern world's leading experts on how to keep users excited, engaged and committed
  • So why not apply that expertise to all those areas of life where we could use more engagement, commitment and fun: in education, say, or in civic life, or in hospitals?
  • Seth Priebatsch
  • SCVNGR
  • His take on the education system, for example, is that it is a badly designed game: students compete for good grades, but lose motivation when they fail
  • why not start all pupils with zero points and have them strive for the high score
  • Clay Shirky
  • The end state of connectivity," he argues, "is that it provides citizens with increased power."
  • AskNature
  • Nissan, right now, is developing swarming cars based on the movements of schooling fish
  • the internet is distracting if it stops you from doing what you really want to be doing; if it doesn't, it isn't
  • we were not meant to operate as computers do
  • A related danger of the merging of online and offline life, says business thinker Tony Schwartz, is that we come to treat ourselves, in subtle ways, like computers. We drive ourselves to cope with ever-increasing workloads by working longer hours, sucking down coffee and spurning recuperation. But "
Alex Bayer

Video 2 mp3 Converter - 0 views

www.video2mp3.net

file conversion audio files video files multimedia digital tools

shared by Alex Bayer on 25 Feb 11 - Cached
  • Alex Bayer on 25 Feb 11
     
    This web link allows you to convert anything from youtube and places it in your itunes. To begin go to youtube and find the music video or song you would like. Listen to it to make sure the quality is good. Then copy the URL and paste it in video to MP3 and click convert song. After a few seconds it will have you click finish converting and it will convert right onto your computer and into your itunes.
anonymous

Digital Literacy Tips - 1 views

A few Mac tips: Switch between apps using command-tab and between open windows within an app using comand-` (the key that also has a tilde on it, to the left of the 1). F11 (or fn F11 if applicab...

started by anonymous on 27 Feb 11 1 follow-up, last by anonymous on 27 Feb 11
Taylor Meyers

5 new links - 3 views

http://www.dumblittleman.com/: I found this site very useful for getting yourself organized and each week they have new tips. http://lifehacker.com/#!5780575/limit-visits-to-time+wasting-web-site...

started by Taylor Meyers on 10 Mar 11 no follow-up yet
anonymous

Pipes: Rewire the web - 0 views

pipes.yahoo.com/pipes

digital tools aggregate content digital composition mashup

shared by anonymous on 27 Feb 11 - Cached
  • Pipes is a powerful composition tool to aggregate, manipulate, and mashup content from around the web.
  • anonymous on 27 Feb 11
     
    Combine feeds, tags, and other online data into one stream.
mandabee9

StumbleUpon.com: Discover the Best of the Web - 0 views

www.stumbleupon.com

shared by mandabee9 on 25 Feb 11 - Cached
  • Alex Bayer on 25 Feb 11
     
    This is a cool site that has a lot of random stuff on the web anywhere from photos,videos, and websites recommend by other people. The website finds things that you are interested in.
  • mandabee9 on 11 Mar 11
     
    I have spent many MANY hours "stumbling" through various websites. What I love about StumbleUpon is that you can choose a category (or categories) to "stumble" through. My favorite topic to stumble through is food. More often than not, the featured websites that would come up have easy-to-follow recipes posted on blogs and mouthwatering pictures. Another good topic to stumble through is games if you're looking for more lighthearted fun.
anonymous

News: Google's Gadfly - Inside Higher Ed - 0 views

www.insidehighered.com/...en_over_knowledge_and_learning

google information literacy education

shared by anonymous on 18 Feb 11 - No Cached
  • Google does not reward our impulse to know, Vaidhyanathan argues; it exploits it by making it appear as though knowing is easy.
  • “The ways that Google structures, judges, and delivers knowledge to us exacerbate our worst tendencies to jump to erroneous conclusions and act on them in ways that cause harm,” the professor writes.
  • negligence by public stewards to preempt the privatization of knowledge and learning in the switch from analog to digital.
anonymous

WRTG 2090: Writing for Digital Media » DAY 15: Tuesday 3/1 - 0 views

www.digitalstudents.net/...day15

shared by anonymous on 27 Feb 11 - No Cached
  • If you’re serious about wanting to improve your writing skills, you may meet with me as often as you’d like, and after we’ve met a few times, I may also post some notes on the drafts we discuss. To sign up for a meeting, use the sign-up sheet in Google Docs.
    • anonymous
      anonymous on 27 Feb 11
       
      Just call this to your attention, if you happen to be using the Diigo toolbar!
  • check the sign-up sheet to see which drafts still need reviewers and sign up ASAP.
    • anonymous
      anonymous on 27 Feb 11
       
      If you're not sure whose draft to review, please email me!
cnewhouse

Scheduling made easy - 0 views

www.tungle.me/Home

digital students digital tools

shared by cnewhouse on 07 Mar 11 - Cached
  • cnewhouse on 07 Mar 11
     
    I use this app for work and school to keep everything organized. It's great because other users of tungle can check your schedule to see if your busy or not. Great to use for internships, work, school, and social life. If you have a mac you can export your iCal as well
cnewhouse

DropBox - 0 views

www.dropbox.com/home

digital students digital tools

shared by cnewhouse on 07 Mar 11 - No Cached
  • cnewhouse on 07 Mar 11
     
    We've mentioned this tool in class before but I'm so in love with it i thought I would post it here as well. This tool is similar to google docs but allows users with multiple devices to have one place to store all of their files (for free) and view them from anywhere. Check it out and download it to see exactly how awesome it is
anonymous

Sumo Paint | Online Image Editor - 0 views

www.sumopaint.com/home

image editing paint software digital tools digital art

shared by anonymous on 01 Mar 11 - Cached
  • anonymous on 01 Mar 11
     
    Free web-based Paint application with lots of cool features and effects.
Alex Bayer

Rate My Professors Site - 0 views

www.ratemyprofessors.com/SearchProfs.jsp

college students professors ratings

shared by Alex Bayer on 25 Feb 11 - Cached
  • Alex Bayer on 25 Feb 11
     
    This website is pretty straight forward, but it helps me decide what classes to take at college based on what people who previously have taken the class and has had the teacher. All you do is put the professors name or school you go to in the search key and look them up. Not all professors are on the website. But it gives you a good feel of what the class will be like.
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