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Rachel Henderson

The Daily Tar Heel :: Students living in a paperless world - 0 views

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paperless electronic literature e-textbooks reduce waste

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  • paper products make up the largest share of solid waste in the United States. This country is also the largest paper consumer in the world, with one person going through an average of 663 pounds each year.
  • the past several years have seen such improvements in electronic readers and other eco-friendly technologies that a paperless world is now possible
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  • some publications have shifted toward online-only content
  • It’s now possible to purchase and read many required textbooks online.
  • the course pack, should simply be banned
  • In cases in which copyright issues arise, course packs should be made available for purchase as e-books.
  • reduce the amount of money allocated to students for printing
  • encourage professors to require that homework be submitted online
  • The money formerly used for paper could be transferred to something more environmentally friendly, like purchasing eReaders that can be checked out in the library.
  • the main objection to eReaders – that the energy required to make and use one exceeds the carbon impact of making a book – is largely invalid: The carbon emitted in the life cycle of an Amazon Kindle is fully offset after one year of us
  • Rachel Henderson on 28 Feb 12
     
    Argument (with some decent solutions/suggestions) for making the transition from paper to electronic publications.
Eric Wardell

http://www.aaai.org/Papers/IJCAI/2007/IJCAI07-259.pdf - 0 views

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http www org papers pdf

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  • Eric Wardell on 04 Apr 12
     
    This a brief look at combining some linguistic approaches to the content of wikipedia and asking questions about the shaping of the meaning of words.
Eric Wardell

AXE's Channel - YouTube - 1 views

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social digital web

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  • Eric Wardell on 24 Feb 12
     
    This probably seems ridiculous that I'm sharing this, but this directly relates to a paper I wrote last semester about the rhetoric employed by AXE and now I think they're making a move that applies to this class. Here we have some combination of McLuhan's idea of media being an extension of man and we see elements of IF as people actively contribute the making of a graphic novel and then are characterized by the creators for their input all the while fusing their digital selves to some sort of global and digital AXE alliance. Imagine how difficult it would be to by a different product once you become part of their story and your digital self participates (to channel the ideas of Barry Brummett) in this particular reality.
Rachel Henderson

E-textbooks beyond Apple's iBooks - The Washington Post - 0 views

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ebooks etextbooks electronic literature digital text apple ibook

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  • Principles of Biology, a constantly updating science textbook
  • The book, which will constantly be updated with the latest scientific information, will cost $49 for students and will be available through a Web browser, rather than requiring a certain device.
  • For now, the books will only be in English
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  • “They don’t have to carry anything around, no apps, no devices, no matter where they are they have access,” he said
  • Savkar said he knows that e-textbooks will eventually be the primary texts for classrooms and believes that there’s a five- to 10-year transition before these texts are widely adopted.
  • Rachel Henderson on 28 Feb 12
     
    While I'm not a fan of reading online/on a computer screen-yet-I am interested in this transition from paper to digital texts (textbooks). There seems to be several advantages, such as constantly updating and affordable ($49 for a science textbook?!).
dibyadyuti roy

A Pre-History of Web Politics - 1 views

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web politics

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    Self explanatory title tracing the history of online spaces through its inception in a mass scale political context.
Martina Helfferich

Moby Dick typed on toilet paper | eBay - 0 views

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uncreative writing

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  • Martina Helfferich on 21 Feb 12
     
    Dennis Allen posted this item in the blog "The Tenants of Colson Hall" a few weeks ago. Originally, the seller was auctioning this item for $399.95 and then for $599.95 and finally for $999.95. No one bought the item, but I think it would make for an interesting discussion related to Kenny Goldsmith's Uncreative Writing. I'm wondering if the intent was serious (similar to the retyping of On the Road) or if it was meant to be comical? Either way, it would make for an interesting discussion on the materiality of language.
Jessica Murphy

The Dangerous "Research Works Act" - 0 views

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digital web writing politics research government industry

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  • Jessica Murphy on 20 Feb 12
     
    This guest post by Richard Price (founder and CEO of Academia.edu) addresses a bill called "The Research Works Act" intended to "restrict public access to publicly-funded research." Price points out that over 5,500 academics have signed a boycott of Elsevier, the largest academic publisher and one of the main sponsors. Several companies in the journal industry, however, argue that they've historically supported themselves by charging for access to research papers and that the government's open access mandate threatens their industry's sustainability by encouraging research institutions to stop subscribing to the journals and just wait to get the research for free.
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