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Xavier Rozas

Man uses Facebook for suicide note - 0 views

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    This SOB used Facebook to explain his reasons for taking his son's and his own life. Make no mistake this guy has some serious issues. Still, it is noteworthy that Facebook and other social media outlets (youtube, flickr) have been used by the public and authorities to intervene and prosecute people that broadcast their criminal actions and intent. Think about it, George Orwell's vision of the future had the authorities constantly policing and monitoring citezens, but this has not been the case. Instead, we the people, ourselves are the ones monitoring each other via ubiquitous content creation and social media sharing.
Lisa Schnoll

EdNET Insight | The Evolution of Games in Educational Publishing - 0 views

  • On a marketing level, barriers to access have largely disappeared. In the old days, games were played on CD-ROMs, and few classrooms had computers. When Internet-delivered games first came out, schools had inadequate bandwidth, they struggled with administrative permissions issues, and there were not enough computers to go around. Now, computers are ubiquitous, broadband is standard, and permissions controls have been mastered.
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    This is a nice article expressing one opinion on where games in educational publishing is going!
Stephanie Fitzgerald

How Video Games Are Infiltrating--and Improving--Every Part of Our Lives | Fast Company - 0 views

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    This article discusses the gamification of life, and how it can be a good thing. But can gamification really bring about world peace? How gamified do you want your life to be?
Xavier Rozas

The public's ubiquitous use of social media changing news and entertainment - 0 views

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    Social media and entertinment figures discuss how social media has changed the nature of consensus building, mass marketing and entertainment.
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