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Mitch(ell) Miller

Rutgers student death: Has Digital Age made students callous? - 2 views

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  • Mitch(ell) Miller on 02 Oct 10
     
    A very sad story that people think was caused, in part, by how the digital age is affecting students.
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  • Britt Harris on 04 Oct 10
     
    The roommate was clearly trying to out him in a very nefarious way. Yes, easy access to recording and distribution technology was available, but bad decisions drove the actions.
  • P Parson on 07 Oct 10
     
    I think the wide use of cams has changed people's idea of what is appropriate and what is not. People who have not lived with these webcams and camera phones have at least a background of knowing of a time when they weren't so readily available. Children and students growing up now who've had them all their lives, may not automatically know what is acceptable. I am outraged if I'm in a social setting with friends where we are dancing, having fun, and bystanders start to record us without our consent. These cameras are everywhere, and some states aren't allowing people to video police officers on duty, but I think this should be extended to general public. People should have to consent before they are recorded on camera, and if there is no consent, that offending party should possibly face legal action.
  • Mydhili Bayyapunedi on 08 Oct 10
Devon Dickau

One Step Closer to a National Digital Library - Wired Campus - The Chronicle of Higher ... - 0 views

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higher education education technology libraries information collection

shared by Devon Dickau on 07 Oct 10 - No Cached
  • Can the nonprofit world create a national digital library to put America's collective intellectual wealth within everyone's reach?
  • the idea of "a Digital Public Library of America," envisioning it as "an open, distributed network of comprehensive online resources" drawn from the country's libraries, archives, museums, and universities.
  • the biggest obstacle to the Digital Public Library, in his view, is not money but "finding our way through our baroque copyright laws," especially those that govern so-called orphan works, whose copyright status is unclear.
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  • It didn't take long for people there to arrive at a conclusion, which is: We can do it.
Robyn Bykofsky

Latest News - Digital Learning - 2 views

digitallearning.macfound.org/...Latest_News.htm

education research 21stcenturylearning technology macarthur

shared by Robyn Bykofsky on 08 Oct 09 - Cached
  • Robyn Bykofsky on 08 Oct 09
     
    In 2006 - The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation (the folks that seem to sponsor everything on PBS and NPR) launched its 5 year initiative to explore how youth are engaged in digital media.
  • Robyn Bykofsky on 08 Oct 09
     
    In 2006 - The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation (the folks that seem to sponsor everything on PBS and NPR) launched its 5 year initiative to explore how youth are engaged in digital media.
Sammi Biegler

Dive In Digital - 1 views

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Wiki Authorship Class Teachers Dive In Digital

shared by Sammi Biegler on 07 Oct 09 - Cached
  • Sammi Biegler on 07 Oct 09
     
    I made this wiki for a class I took last semester on Authorship and Learning in the Digital Age. It was designed as a resource for teachers who are interested in using the internet in the classroom, but want to make sure they are preparing their students for safe internet use. It deals with COPPA, privacy and safety concerns, and touches on media literacy and informs teachers what researchers have found about young kids' processing of online content. I'd love to hear your feedback on the site, and if you find it useful, please forward the link along!
Megan Johnston

Off the Shelf, Onto the Laptop - Libraries Try Digital Books - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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digital books libraries reading

shared by Megan Johnston on 15 Oct 09 - Cached
  • Megan Johnston on 15 Oct 09
     
    Interesting article about libraries going digital, talking about how this actually functions in libraries (Boston Public Library being one) and addressing concerns about publishers' rights. I'm sad that at this point nobody really seems to care about the experience of reading a real book with actual pages. What a loss if we ditch physical books altogether.
Jennifer Lavalle

Digital library aims to expand kids' media literacy - 0 views

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  • Jennifer Lavalle on 12 Oct 11
     
    Article about a Chicago high school's new digital library that encourages kids to produce and remix media. Certainly an intriguing idea, but I am reminded of the attention we must pay to the latest 'fads' with new digital media - will this library be outdated by the time this district's elementary school children reach high school? Still, wicked cool stuff and definitely moving in the right direction in getting media literacy into schools!
Ayelet R

The All-Digital Library -- THE Journal - 0 views

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technology library e-books

shared by Ayelet R on 21 Oct 11 - No Cached
  • Ayelet R on 21 Oct 11
     
    A school turns its library digital.
Maung Nyeu

New Digital Tools Let Professors Tailor Their Own Textbooks - Technology - The Chronicl... - 2 views

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textbooks technology education T561 learning

shared by Maung Nyeu on 24 Oct 11 - No Cached
  • Maung Nyeu on 24 Oct 11
     
    "As professors mix and match book chapters, case studies, and journal articles, the site keeps track of how much royalties are going to cost. Once the book is made, students have the option of buying it digitally or paying an extra $10 (with an additional 3 cents per page if the book is more than one hundred pages) for the textbook"
Chris McEnroe

µTorrent 3.0 - µTorrent - a (very) tiny BitTorrent client - 2 views

www.utorrent.com/ut3

shared by Chris McEnroe on 29 Oct 11 - No Cached
  • Chris McEnroe on 29 Oct 11
     
    Does anyone have any experience with this tool. It looks like a very interesting example of a Intelligent Web Filtering. Wow! Good side is that this is like Tivo for the web. Bad side is that you better have nothing else to do but look at the web. Also an interesting take on Personal Learning Networks.
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  • Bharat Battu on 30 Oct 11
     
    I am familiar with BitTorrent, and it's interesting Chris that you came about it excited for its uses in education. But have you read or heard about the controversy surrounding it? In a nutshell- BitTorrent is a technology that allows large collections of files and data to be shared across the internet in a decentralized, peer-to-peer manner. A person who has the original files decides to share them via BitTorrent, so others can download from him/her. But as the others begin downloading the files, they also start sharing the pieces they've downloaded with the ever-growing set of new users asking for the file. BitTorrent works like a growing web- in order to download files shared via BitTorrent - you have to share the pieces you get with others. More downloaders = more uploaders as well, ensuring popular files will always be accessible. The benefits - this is cheap and decentralized, no need to pay to host the files on the web. The users who have the file are sharing the file from their own computers with others requesting it. And this can be permanent - if you host a BitTorrent to share a file, you have that sharing channel last forever (not relying on external services that cost $ or can be shut down).
  • Bharat Battu on 30 Oct 11
     
    BitTorrent is a really powerful technology that allows large amounts of files and data to be shared quickly with a limitless number of people. It's scalability at no cost. Could be a great tool for educators to share content across the globe in a hassle-free way. Even the folks at Khan Academy are excited to use it: from: http://blog.vipeers.com/vipeers/2008/10/bittorrent-is-a.html "For Khan Academy, BitTorrent was a natural extension for it stated mission of "a world-class education for anyone anywhere," Sal Khan tells Fast Company. Kahn was excited for activist educators to be able to download the Academy's entire portforlio, burn it on a CD, and distribute it to rural or underdeveloped areas otherwise unable to access it without a broadband connection. "I think the single most fun thing about BitTorrent," Khan adds, "is this content will never die. A nuclear bomb could hit our offices tomorrow and could take down our servers, but its going to sitting somewhere in the world on somebody's server." He added, "We don't care about monetizing the content; we just care that it gets used."
  • Bharat Battu on 30 Oct 11
     
    But despite the prospects of BitTorrent being a great technology to allow sharing of digital content freely, to allow downloading of vast amounts of data that can then be stored offline and shared with anyone... the rest of the article (http://blog.vipeers.com/vipeers/2008/10/bittorrent-is-a.html) mentions that Google was unhappy with Khan's decision to use BitTorrent. Google actually blacklists BitTorrent content from its searches, and so is actually blacklisting Khan Academy content, despite being a recent financial backer of Khan. Why? This is the controversy: BitTorrent's power to share digital content in a decentralized way, where the more popular a file is, the faster it'll spread-- has led it to become the most popular method of digital piracy out there today. This has quickly become the most common use of BitTorrent, far exceeding the sharing of legitimate digital content. It's become a nightmare for the movie, music, software, and video gaming industries. A summary of the legal issues surrounding BitTorrent: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legal_issues_with_BitTorrent
  • Chris McEnroe on 30 Oct 11
     
    Hey Bharat, I am so glad I asked. I had no idea. Very interesting. New dimension to the concept of free knowledge vs. intellectual property. I think the kids at my school are using this to share music. I'll have to check it out. I find this conflict- "Google actually blacklists BitTorrent content from its searches, and so is actually blacklisting Khan Academy content, despite being a recent financial backer of Khan. " so intriguing. At first glance it looked to me like a vision of networked learning that was aimed at an authentic task with authentic participants (as portrayed by actors :).
Maung Nyeu

Knewton Strikes A Deal To Power Pearson's Digital Education Courses | TechCrunch - 1 views

techcrunch.com/...ewton-pearsons-digital-courses

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  • Maung Nyeu on 02 Nov 11
     
    The partnership of Knewton and publisher Pearson will give a boost to digital textbooks and online course materials. The objective is to present educational content personalized to each student's learning pace and abilities. This deal will give it access to millions of students for the first time. Knewton uses alogrithm to personalize education, and the Pearson deal will give it access to millions of titles to create the network effects necessary for its algorithms to be adopted.
  • Bridget Binstock on 02 Nov 11
     
    This is HUGE! School for One will have a run for its money against the breadth and depth of content that Pearson has that can be tied to individualized learning through this type of algorithm and logic! Its a nice place for Pearson (and me) to be!
Maung Nyeu

17 Collier school administrators advance their learning through UF doctorate ... - 1 views

www.naplesnews.com/...octorate-administrator-collier

technology education learning t561

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  • Maung Nyeu on 29 Oct 11
     
    "They (students) are digital natives. We are digital immigrants...Technology should be an integrated tool in education." ", said Ferguson, a doctoral student and principal of an elementary school in her talk on Impact of Technology on Teaching and Learning for the 21st Century. Teacher are not the only source or learning for students, rather they are now facilitator of knowledge.
Tomoko Matsukawa

Digital classrooms move deeper into India - 0 views

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t561 digital classroom corporations india chid-centered access

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  • Tomoko Matsukawa on 25 Sep 12
     
    Big companies like Tata Interactive Systems (TIS) are involved. Affordability is made high through 3-5yr contract with monthly payments. ''Child centric concepts'' are widely being accepted the article says. The challenge they mention here is internet connectivity. No mention about PD or reaction from parents. Also there seem to be still a wide gap in access between private schools and public schools there. 
Hongge Ren

Researchers Meet at Harvard's Graduate School of Education to Discuss the Emergence of ... - 4 views

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'digital teaching platform'

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  • Hongge Ren on 14 Nov 12
     
    "The digital teaching platform is an innovative approach to personalizing student learning in a group classroom setting," said Chris Dede, Ed.D., the Timothy E. Wirth Professor in Learning Technologies at Harvard's Graduate School of Education and a member of the Research Advisory Board.
Hannah Lesk

Education Week: South Korea Works to Stem Digital Addiction - 0 views

www.edweek.org/...cskoreadigitalddiction_ap.html

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  • Hannah Lesk on 29 Nov 12
     
    Related to the Sherry Turkle article we read this week on the impacts of digital addiction on social interactions.
Janet Dykstra

Benefits of Student Digital Footprints in Science and Math - 0 views

www.teachscienceandmath.com/...footprints-in-science-and-math

education technology learning T561 online

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  • Janet Dykstra on 06 Dec 12
     
    Through optimizing the power of digital footprint in the classroom, students transform from passive to active learners. When incorporating technology within core curriculum, students' prior knowledge and experiences (PKE) with content are leveraged. They can then build learning communities, or personal learning networks, within and outside the classroom.
Tomoko Matsukawa

THE FUTURE OF DIGITAL [SLIDE DECK] - Business Insider - 1 views

www.businessinsider.com/ture-of-digital-slides-2012-11

mobile digital business t561

shared by Tomoko Matsukawa on 30 Nov 12 - No Cached
  • Tomoko Matsukawa on 30 Nov 12
     
    Not necessarily education related but extensive research/data on current trend in pc/mobile. (was created probably for those involved in media and marketing)
Brandon Pousley

Kyle Parry on Trees and Physical-Virtual Borderlands - 0 views

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berkman center video digital tools nature

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  • Brandon Pousley on 08 Dec 12
     
    Berkman Center Video on the implications of integrating digital technologies into traditionally analog worlds in nature. How can they help and how can they distract?
Jeffrey Siegel

Emphasizing Personal Instruction with "Digital Backpacks" and "Learner Profiles" - 0 views

www.technapex.com/...backpacks-and-learner-profiles

Digital Backpacks" "Learner Profiles technology education

shared by Jeffrey Siegel on 11 Oct 12 - No Cached
  • Cole Shaw on 11 Oct 12
     
    This new paper talks about the need for a "learner profile" that can help teachers adjust at the beginning of the year for each student. This would save them time and effort in personalizing to the needs of each student
  • Jeffrey Siegel on 12 Oct 12
     
    A push for electronic portfolios of student work that follows the student from year to year and from class to class. Analogous to the increasing use of electronic health records?
Chris Dede

Digital textbook mandate creates a wrinkle | TBO.com - 0 views

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digital textbook access equity

shared by Chris Dede on 01 Oct 12 - No Cached
  • Chris Dede on 01 Oct 12
     
    Illustrates the equity concerns we discussed in class
Jeffrey Siegel

Teaching Digital Citizenship - 0 views

www.technapex.com/...teaching-digital-citizenship

technology education Digital Citizenship online ethics

shared by Jeffrey Siegel on 03 Oct 12 - No Cached
  • Jeffrey Siegel on 03 Oct 12
     
    Related to our design exercise in section. Checkout the video at the bottom. Howard Gardner adds his two cents on online ethical issues .
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