Group items tagged

This article talks about how software is heavily invested in and how it may be a software "bubble." This also talks about how software may overtake the economy in one, drastic sweep.

"The "Big Idea" in The Lexus and the Olive Tree is found on page 232 where Friedman explains that: "if you can't see the world, and you can't see the interactions that are shaping the world, you surely cannot strategize about the world." He states that "you need a strategy for how to choose prosperity for your country or company.""

The Lexus and the Olive Tree is a 1999 book by Thomas L. Friedman that posits that the world is currently undergoing two struggles: the drive for prosperity and development, symbolized by the Lexus, and the desire to retain identity and traditions, symbolized by the olive tree. He says he came to this realization while eating a sushi box lunch on a Japanese bullet train after visiting a Lexus factory and reading an article about conflict in the Middle East. Friedman leads the reader on an international quest for a new understanding of the often misunderstood and misapplied term "globalization" by tapping on to stories of his actual experiences in interfacing with many of the global movers and shakers. He proposes that "globalization is not simply a trend or fad but is, rather, an international system. It is the system that has replaced the old Cold War system, and, like that Cold War System, globalization has its own rules and logic that today directly or indirectly influence the politics, environment, geopolitics and economics of virtually every country in the world."

This article talks about the use of the web in recent political elections.

Great resources for people inventing things.

Great article on the technologies that will change everything. Wonderful for your movies.

This is some really good information on why workflow software is needed and how it is useful.

This article discusses how workflow software provides a way for a computer to function higher than it would generally without a workflow software to assit it.

This article explains what workflow software is and how it increases productivity in people. The article also tells the reader how workflow software appeals to many people in the tasks that it simplifies.

I love this article from Pennsylvania about Suzy Nestico's class participation in the Flat Classroom project and the Flat Classroom conference. Many in pennsylvania have struggled because of their restrictive rules. Suzy gets it done. "The Flat Classroom Project, cofounded by Julie Lindsay, Beijing, China and Vicki Davis, Camilla, Ga., speaks to the very heart of Pennsylvania's Classrooms for the Future initiative and 21st Century learning, Nestico said. It utilizes technologies such as a Ning and Wikispaces that allow students to collaborate with other students around the world to peer edit and design a variety of multimedia, despite location and cultural barriers, much like how the real world is starting to work. Each student works with an international partner to create a multimedia presentation based on one of the 10 "Global Economic Flatteners," as described by Thomas L. Friedman in his book "The World is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-First Century." Nestico learned of the Flat Classroom concept while completing her master's degree in education at Wilkes University, and felt it would give her students an opportunity to explore cultural and political issues without ever having to leave home. After participating in the projects with multiple classes over the past year-and-a-half, new doors opened and, now, students are beginning to meet face-to-face, she said. Students are not just doing education, they are living it, creating it, and ultimately, reshaping what it will look like for others in the future, Nestico said." Great byline that gets to the heart of what we're doing.

Article highlighting Mount Carmel Area's participation in the Flat Classroom Conference in Mumbai, India

This is an article that talks about the different things that Motorola does with wireless connection!

Wireless Connectivity Overview Article

A article on google about how it has changed our lives over the years.

Teachers have a different standard. It is fascinating to read this newspaper article and also the responses. Our students on Flat Classroom project and Digiteen will be reviewing this information because teachers are held to a higher standard online.

Read this to understand that teachers don't really have a personal life online.

Current State of Mobile Learning - this is a book that talks about mobile learning. (hat tip to Stephen Downes) - it is an important article for those designing learning to read (as well as my Flat Classroom students writing about mobile and ubiquitous computing.

Very important overview of mobile learning that is a must read for students who are studying education and mobile and ubiquitous computing.

"The second steroid involves instant messaging and file sharing. Being able to share files from peer to peer is considered ubiquitous because the files can be everywhere and mobile because the files can be moved. Instant messaging is a huge breakthrough in the technological world. People can send instant messaging via cell phone, computer , PDA. This steroid revolutionized communication."

Article in the Citrus County Chronicle about Flat Classroom Project. November 2009

This is an article with peoples opinions from all around the world on how sharing information ha evolved on the internet.

This is a good article Marcelle.

When Google conquered Internet search in the early 2000s, it was strictly a Web company and faced only Web competitors. Since then it has only rarely ventured out of the friendly confines of the Web world. The 2005 launch of its controversial "book search," which enraged the New York publishing...

This article is from slate.com and explains how google is simply a web company but has potential to expand from that.

This is another article about how the world wide web began.

This article talks about Google wanting to be able to scan through its users' emails. It discusses how Google will need to present its idea and case before a judge, before the final decision is made. 

This article explains the emergence of workflow software and the social aspects that it has intended to affect and improve.

This article talks about how a video channel uses live streams online to give video coverage of street paintings being created and presented. 

This article discusses the overturn on a ruling last year that made it illegal for consumers to lock their cellphones. Consumers may now take their phone to other companies rather than just their phone numbers.