Pierre Levy, an expert on collective intelligence, is interviewed in this video by Howard Rheingold. He explains that he views collective intelligence is a combination of filtering the knowledge stream and signaling to others via hyperlinks the value of your messages in the knowledge stream. Notice his words->"you are organizing the memory for others". This is exactly what you are doing in this project with tags and later with your wiki research followed by your videos - you are librarians !
Pierre Levy, an expert on collective intelligence, is interviewed in this video by Howard Rheingold. He explains that he views collective intelligence is a combination of filtering the knowledge stream and signaling to others via hyperlinks the value of your messages in the knowledge stream. Notice his words->"you are organizing the memory for others". This is exactly what you are doing in this project with tags and later with your wiki research followed by your videos - you are librarians !
There was a study done to see how many people use their smartphone while watching television. In the US there are 40% who do so on a daily basis, compared to as 12% of tablet users and 13% of smartphone owners say they have never done so. 45% search unrelated info on the web, 42% are checking social networking sites, and fewer than 20% are searching related ads they've seen on TV. While, I just researched some more related to this topic, I came to realize this results are correct and accurate.
were free not only to bring their mobile devices to school, but also to use them—at their teachers’ discretion—to connect to the school’s wireless network to do their work.
The students do see [a smartphone] as a potential learning tool
“There’s an appropriate time to use the device and not use the device. If I’m teaching and lecturing, you should not have that device out. If you get it out while I’m teaching or lecturing, you’re going to lose your privacy and have to go back to pencil and paper.”
Gives an example of a school who is going to give students the chance to use their mobile device during school hours. They will later have a catch up story to see whether they thought it was a success or not