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Kate Pok

A Personal Appeal TO Wikipedia Founder Jimmy Wales | TechCrunch - 101 views

techcrunch.com/...ers-and-tigons-and-wales-oh-my

comedy

shared by Kate Pok on 24 Nov 11 - No Cached
  • Kate Pok on 24 Nov 11
     
    made me laugh so I wanted to share...
Steve Ransom

Truth as meta - 13 views

www.hyperorg.com/...2b2k-truth-as-meta

truth authority informationliteracy accuracy evaluation

shared by Steve Ransom on 18 Sep 12 - No Cached
  • That was a much more useful (lazy/efficient) reflex in the paper days when publication entailed filtering.
  • only a small percentage of Wikipedia users even know what the Talk pages are.
  • Steve Ransom on 18 Sep 12
     
    To survive in the networked, web 2.0 world, we must transition from a learned "blind trust" of authoritative sanctioned or spiffy looking information of the print world. 
Kathy Rodziewicz

The Sniper--Liam O'Flaherty (1897-1984) - 26 views

www.classicshorts.com/...sniper.html

shared by Kathy Rodziewicz on 10 Sep 13 - Cached
  • Dublin lay enveloped in darkness
    • Kathy Rodziewicz
      Kathy Rodziewicz on 10 Sep 13
       
      Good imagery. The idea of Dublin being surrounded by darkness really sets the tone for the story. 
  • Republicans and Free Staters were waging civil war
    • Kathy Rodziewicz
      Kathy Rodziewicz on 10 Sep 13
       
      I wonder why the country is fighting a civil war. What does each side stand for?
  • Republican sniper lay watching.
  • ...6 more annotations...
  • too excited
  • He decided to take the risk.
  • parapet of the roof
  • His enemy was under cover
  • eecy clouds, casting a pale light as of approaching dawn over the streets and the dark waters of the Liffey. Around the
  • The Sniper by Liam O'Flaherty (1897-1984) Word Count: 1619 The long Jun
Jac Londe

Buckminster_Fuller - 1 views

en.wikipedia.org/...Buckminster_Fuller

science synergie photon Fuller Buckminster ondes citation wiki

shared by Jac Londe on 21 Jul 13 - Cached
  • Jac Londe on 21 Jul 13
     
    In 1927 Fuller resolved to think independently which included a commitment to "the search for the principles governing the universe and help advance the evolution of humanity in accordance with them... finding ways of doing more with less to the end that all people everywhere can have more and more."[
Don Doehla

Bhutan_Gross_National_Happiness.jpg - 54 views

upload.wikimedia.org/...n_Gross_National_Happiness.jpg

bhutan gross national happiness jpg

shared by Don Doehla on 06 Oct 13 - No Cached
  • Don Doehla on 06 Oct 13
     
    Super quote!
  • Don Doehla on 06 Oct 13
     
    Great quote to live by!
Christophe Gigon

elearnspace. Connectivism: A Learning Theory for the Digital Age - 17 views

www.elearnspace.org/...connectivism.htm

connectivism MEMOIRE learning elearning theory collaboration technology community

shared by Christophe Gigon on 09 Dec 08 - Cached
  • Over the last twenty years, technology has reorganized how we live, how we communicate, and how we learn.
    • Rose Molter
      Rose Molter on 30 Aug 11
       
      I aggree that as teachers we need to realize that technology has changed instruction and the way that our students learn and the way that we learn and instruct.
    • Orlando Gonzalez
      Orlando Gonzalez on 13 Mar 12
       
      Technology has always changed the way we live. How did we respond to changes in the past? One thought is that some institutions, some businesses disappeared, while others, who took advantage of the new tech, appeared to replace the old. It will happen again and we as educators need to lead the way.
    • Maureen Curran
      Maureen Curran on 24 Mar 12
       
      With technology our students brains are wired differently and they can multi-task and learn in multiple virtual environments all at once. This should make us think about how we present lessons, structure learning and keep kids engaged.
    • Mike Burnett
      Mike Burnett on 18 Aug 14
       
      Rubbish. The idea that digital native are adept at multitasking is wrong. They may be doing many things but the quality and depth is reduced. There is a significant body of research to support this. Development of grit and determination are key attributes of successful people. Set and demand high standards. No one plays sport or an instrument because it is easy rather because they can clearly see a link between hard work and pleasure.
  • Information development was slow.
  • Many learners will move into a variety of different, possibly unrelated fields over the course of their lifetime.
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  • Informal learning is a significant aspect of our learning experience.
  • Learning is a continual process, lasting for a lifetime.
  • Technology is altering (rewiring) our brains.
  • Connectivism is the integration of principles explored by chaos, network, and complexity and self-organization theories.
  • Principles of connectivism:
  • Learning and knowledge rests in diversity of opinions. Learning is a process of connecting specialized nodes or information sources. Learning may reside in non-human appliances. Capacity to know more is more critical than what is currently known Nurturing and maintaining connections is needed to facilitate continual learning. Ability to see connections between fields, ideas, and concepts is a core skill. Currency (accurate, up-to-date knowledge) is the intent of all connectivist learning activities. Decision-making is itself a learning process. Choosing what to learn and the meaning of incoming information is seen through the lens of a shifting reality. While there is a right answer now, it may be wrong tomorrow due to alterations in the information climate affecting the decision.
    • Rose Molter
      Rose Molter on 30 Aug 11
       
      I think it is important for us to realize the importance of connections.
  • The organization and the individual are both learning organisms.
  • Classrooms which emulate the “fuzziness”
    • Maureen Curran
      Maureen Curran on 24 Mar 12
       
      So what does this look like? I feel that when I attempt this, evaluators and administrators don't necessarily understand. They want a neat, quiet, well-managed, orderly classroom.
    • Maureen Curran
      Maureen Curran on 24 Mar 12
       
      If new learning approaches are required, then why are we still being evaluated in a linear way?
  • John Seely Brown presents an interesting notion that the internet leverages the small efforts of many with the large efforts of few.
  • The pipe is more important than the content within the pipe. Our ability to learn what we need for tomorrow is more important than what we know today.
  • Knowledge is growing exponentially
  • amount of knowledge
  • is doubling every 18 months
  • To combat the shrinking half-life of knowledge, organizations have been forced to develop new methods of deploying instruction.”
  • (the understanding of where to find knowledge needed).
  • know-where
  • learning
  • a persisting change in human performance or performance potential…[which] must come about as a result of the learner’s experience and interaction with the world”
  • Learning theories are concerned with the actual process of learning, not with the value of what is being learned.
  • The ability to synthesize and recognize connections and patterns is a valuable skill.
  • knowledge is no longer acquired in the linear manner
  • What is the impact of chaos as a complex pattern recognition process on learning
  • An entirely new approach is needed.
  • Chaos is the breakdown of predictability, evidenced in complicated arrangements that initially defy order.
  • Meaning-making and forming connections between specialized communities are important activities.
  • Chaos, as a science, recognizes the connection of everything to everything.
  • If the underlying conditions used to make decisions change, the decision itself is no longer as correct as it was at the time it was made.
  • principle that people, groups, systems, nodes, entities can be connected to create an integrated whole.
  • Connections between disparate ideas and fields can create new innovations.
  • Learning is a process that occurs within nebulous environments of shifting core elements – not entirely under the control of the individual
  • decisions are based on rapidly altering foundations
  • The ability to draw distinctions between important and unimportant information is vital.
  • Behaviorism, cognitivism, and constructivism do not attempt to address the challenges of organizational knowledge and transference.
  • The health of the learning ecology of the organization depends on effective nurturing of information flow.
  • This cycle of knowledge development (personal to network to organization) allows learners to remain current in their field through the connections they have formed.
  • This amplification of learning, knowledge and understanding through the extension of a personal network is the epitome of connectivism.
  • Diverse teams of varying viewpoints are a critical structure for completely exploring ideas
  • An organizations ability to foster, nurture, and synthesize the impacts of varying views of information is critical to knowledge economy surviva
  • As knowledge continues to grow and evolve, access to what is needed is more important than what the learner currently possesses.
    • BalancEd Tech
      BalancEd Tech on 25 Mar 12
       
      Access is not enough. Prior knowledge and understanding is needed. Processing is needed. Evaluation of processing and outputs is needed. Feeding that back into the "system" is needed.
  • learning is no longer an internal, individualistic activity
  • learning is no longer an internal, individualistic activity
Dallas McPheeters

Intel: Light beams can replace electronic signals for future computers - SmartPlanet - 12 views

www.smartplanet.com/...9370

shared by Dallas McPheeters on 28 Jul 10 - Cached
  • Here’s how it works, step by step: The transmitter chip is made of four hybrid silicon lasers. Light beams from the lasers each travel into an optical modulator. The modulator encodes data onto the beams at 12.5Gbps. The four beams are then combined and output to a single optical fiber, for a total data rate of 50Gbps. At the other end of the link, the receiver chip separates the four optical beams and directs them into photo detectors. The photo detectors convert data back into electrical signals.
    • Dallas McPheeters
      Dallas McPheeters on 28 Jul 10
       
      The future of fast computing using laser light to transfer data 50Gb/second.
  • a video explanation:
  • “silicon photonics,”
    • Dallas McPheeters
      Dallas McPheeters on 28 Jul 10
       
      Silicon Photonics making 1Tb/sec goal of data transfer affordable and within reach of mass consumer markets. Two videos here explain how it works in less than 2 mins each.
Jac Londe

Making Oil from Plastic - 34 views

www.oil-price.net/...making-oil-from-plastic.php

oil plastic science plastiques

shared by Jac Londe on 14 Oct 10 - No Cached
  • Making Oil from Plastic
  • Tons of plastic from Japan and US is left afloat in the Pacific Ocean, which is endangering marine life significantly.
  • Blest, a Japanese company has invented a safe and user friendly machine
  • ...3 more annotations...
  • The machine is effective in recycling different kinds of plastic into oil.
  • Utilization doesn't just take into account the 20 percent of recycled plastic. But it also considers the incinerated 52 percent used for energy recovery like generating electric power or heat. Akinori Ito says "If we burn the plastic, we generate toxins and a large amount of CO2. If we convert it into oil, we prohibit CO2 production and at the same time, increase people's awareness about the value of plastic garbage"
  • Oil from Shale: Oil can be extracted from this fine grained, organic rich, sedimentary rock through pyrolysis, thermal dissolution or hyderogentation. Shale contains high concentrations of organic chemical compounds known as Kerogen. From this solid mixture, oil is extracted through chemical process. Shale can be effective converted into combustible oil shale gas and liquid hydrocarbons (shale oil). Global deposits of Shale are estimated to be around 2.8 trillion to 3.3 trillion barrels of restorable oil. Planet earth is blessed with about 600 known oil shale deposits, most of which is found in United States of America. Although several countries have oil hale deposits, known deposits of economic importance is found only in 33 countries.
Jason Schmidt

Wikiversity - 76 views

en.wikiversity.org/...Wikiversity:Main_Page

wiki education elearning wikiversity learning reference teaching wikipedia

shared by Jason Schmidt on 26 Oct 10 - Cached
  • Jason Schmidt on 26 Oct 10
     
    Open educational content
Jenni Parker

Internet Research - Finding Reliable Sources on the Internet - 162 views

homeworktips.about.com/...internet.htm

internet research

shared by Jenni Parker on 09 Oct 10 - Cached
  • Sally Dooley on 13 Oct 10
     
    About.com is a citizen guide to online information, a type of wikipedia. It should never be used by students without clicking on the guide's credentials, which are usually mininmal or non-existent.
Ed Webb

The Ed Techie: Who are the reality instructors now? - 0 views

nogoodreason.typepad.co.uk/...e-reality-instructors-now.html

techie opinion higher-ed martin weller

shared by Ed Webb on 10 Mar 09 - Cached
  • People from the commercial sector who believe they have some truth to reveal to the misguided people in higher education see themselves very much in the role of what Saul Bellow terms 'Reality Instructors.' The reality instructor is referenced in the marvellous Herzog, ("Moses was irresistible to a man like Simkin who loved to pity and to poke fun at the same time. He was a Reality-Instructor. Many such. I bring them out") but the character is a constant theme in Bellow's novels. It is usually manifest in a male, street-wise character who delights in teaching the main, intellectual character some truths about the 'real world'. But it's worth pointing out that the main character is aware of this, enjoys it, and that these truths are rarely as valuable and as robust as the reality-instructor believes.
  • Instead of universities being told how to operate in a tough financial climate, maybe businesses should be coming to them and asking 'you have managed to maintain a viable business and role in society for hundreds of years. You have adapted without completing ruining your entire system, and, ahem, throwing the world into a deep crisis. How do you do it?'
  • Ed Webb on 10 Mar 09
     
    Beautifully put.
Lee-Anne Patterson

BBC NEWS | Technology | Britannica reaches out to the web - 0 views

news.bbc.co.uk/...7846986.stm

britannica wikipedia news 21stCenturySkills publishing

shared by Lee-Anne Patterson on 28 Jan 09 - Cached
  • Lee-Anne Patterson on 28 Jan 09
     
    Finally they wake up to the 21st century!
  • Lee-Anne Patterson on 28 Jan 09
     
    The Encyclopaedia Britannica has unveiled a plan to let readers help keep the reference work up to date. Under the plan, readers and contributing experts will help expand and maintain entries online.
Jac Londe

Wikipédia - Aide indispensable - 16 views

fr.wikipedia.org/...Aide:Tout_l'indispensable...

Wiki encyclo aide connaissances apprentissage

shared by Jac Londe on 10 Feb 10 - Cached
  • Jac Londe on 10 Feb 10
     
    Aide pour collaborer à Wikipédia
Scott Waldman

Nike_of_Samothrake_Louvre_Ma2369_n4.jpg 2300×3485 pixels - 23 views

upload.wikimedia.org/...amothrake_Louvre_Ma2369_n4.jpg

shared by Scott Waldman on 07 Dec 09 - No Cached
  • Scott Waldman on 07 Dec 09
     
    Nike of Samothrake - Louvre, Paris, France.
Eric G. Young

Find It Friday: Are 'Wiki' Sites Reliable Research Tools? « Cyber-Esq. - 31 views

cyberesq.wordpress.com/...-sites-reliable-research-tools

wikis wikipedia research tools legal research

shared by Eric G. Young on 16 Jan 10 - Cached
  • Eric G. Young on 16 Jan 10
     
    For this week's 'Find It Friday' installment, I pose the following question - Are wiki sites now reliable enough to be used as research tools by lawyers?
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