Skip to main content

Home/ HGSET561/ Group items tagged instant

Rss Feed Group items tagged

Filter: All | Bookmarks | Topics Simple Middle
Devon Dickau

Google Instant search feeds our real-time addiction - CNN.com - 0 views

www.cnn.com/...index.html

technology education Google search instant knowledge predictive customized

shared by Devon Dickau on 12 Sep 10 - No Cached
  • By providing results before a query is complete and removing the need to hit the "enter" key, Google claims users will save two to five seconds per search
    • Devon Dickau
      Devon Dickau on 12 Sep 10
       
      Two to five seconds to hit Enter?  In a society obsessed with saving time, even mere seconds are perceived as valuable.
  • Web connections have become significantly faster over time
  • Web connections have become significantly faster over time
  • ...5 more annotations...
  • quick status updates
    • Devon Dickau
      Devon Dickau on 12 Sep 10
       
      Are the speed and brevity of these messages bypassing the potential exploration of a certain topic area in-depth, or is very topic only superficial?
  • many social sites now use our social connections to recommend content to us without the need to seek it out
    • Devon Dickau
      Devon Dickau on 12 Sep 10
       
      Search engines do the work for us.  We don't even need to know how to find the information ourselves these days.
  • What's more, this feature enables truly personalized discovery by taking into account your search history, location and other factors -- Google is essentially emulating social networks by trying to predict what we're looking for without the need to submit a fully-formed search
  • The next step of search is doing this automatically. When I walk down the street, I want my smartphone to be doing searches constantly: 'Did you know ... ?' 'Did you know ... ?' 'Did you know ... ?' 'Did you know ... ?
    • Devon Dickau
      Devon Dickau on 12 Sep 10
       
      Constant delivery of knowledge.
    • Devon Dickau
      Devon Dickau on 12 Sep 10
       
      In thinking about evolving technology in terms of both formal and informal education, I question whether or not constant and immediate access to information is improving or harming individual knowledge.  By this I mean that because we can so easily search for something online, what motivation is there to actually know anything.  If we have Wikipedia on our phones, and know HOW to find it, can't we just spend 30 seconds finding the page and "know" something for topic of conversation, or a test?  What is the point, then, or learning, of retaining knowledge?  I feel that this may be a problem in coming generations.  What knowledge will our students actually feel they need to retain? I took solace in the fact that at least we have to learn and teach HOW to find the information, but with new technologies like predictive and instant searching, it almost seems like that is a skill that will soon become unneeded as well.  We might as well just be physically plugged in to the Internet with access to all information simultaneously. Thoughts from the group?
Uche Amaechi

Psychologist: Facebook makes you smarter, Twitter makes you dumber | Technically Incorr... - 0 views

news.cnet.com/8301-17852_3-10346125-71.html

Learning working memory social networks t561 'ed tech'

shared by Uche Amaechi on 07 Sep 09 - Cached
  • Uche Amaechi on 07 Sep 09
     
    Anything that involves 'instant' such as twitter, texting, and youtube, hurt your 'working memory' and thus make you dumber. Facebook, on the other hand, expands your working memory as you seek to keep in touch with all your 'friends'. Really?
  • Xavier Rozas on 09 Sep 09
     
    But what if the people finding me on Facebook were better left fogotten.
Benjamin Berte

BBC NEWS | Technology | Google invites users to join Wave - 2 views

news.bbc.co.uk/...8280864.stm

wiki-style editing tools open-source trial social

shared by Benjamin Berte on 30 Sep 09 - Cached
  • Benjamin Berte on 30 Sep 09
     
    Google Wave, which combines email, instant messaging and wiki-style editing will go on public trial today. The search giant hopes the tool, described as "how e-mail would look if it were invented today", will transform how people communicate online.
  • Jennifer Hern on 02 Oct 09
     
    Agh! Not another way to communicate! I can't even remember my passwords to all these things! I can't even remember I have a Facebook account until someone "friends" me! What happened to isolation and Transcendentalism? Needing to read Walden in the woods alone right now...
Allison Gevarter

BBC News - Google Instant promises live search results - 1 views

www.bbc.co.uk/...technology-11239037

instant search google

shared by Allison Gevarter on 09 Sep 10 - No Cached
  • This is search at the speed of thought. It represents a quantum leap in search,"
  • Allison Gevarter on 09 Sep 10
     
    Wonder if this will impact how people search online/ gather info beyond just shaving off time from the act.
Kasthuri Gopalaratnam

ESA Portal - Augmented reality promises astronauts instant medical knowhow - 0 views

www.esa.int/...SEMHSTSXXXG_index_0.html

shared by Kasthuri Gopalaratnam on 13 Feb 12 - No Cached
  • Kasthuri Gopalaratnam on 13 Feb 12
     
    Fabulous and possibly life-saving application of augmented reality
Garron Hillaire

California testing iPads as algebra textbooks - The Hill's Hillicon Valley - 4 views

thehill.com/...ing-ipads-as-algebra-textbooks

ipads california technology digital publishing

shared by Garron Hillaire on 08 Sep 10 - No Cached
  • A pilot project in four California school districts will replace 400 students' eighth-grade algebra textbooks with Apple iPads
  • "This is a seminal moment. It marks the fundamental shift from print delivery of curriculum to digital," said John Sipe, vice president of K-12 sales at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
  • Students with iPads will have instant access to more than 400 videos from teaching experts walking them through the concepts and assignments
  • Garron Hillaire on 08 Sep 10
     
    One example of using Ipads instead of math books. There is a brief mention of incorporating video, but the article does not go into detail about the format of the digital text books
Yang Jiang

QQ-360 Battle Escalates into War - China Real Time Report - WSJ - 0 views

blogs.wsj.com/...-360-battle-escalates-into-war

qq 360 battle

shared by Yang Jiang on 06 Nov 10 - No Cached
  • A battle over alleged unfair business practices between Tencent, operator of the popular instant-messaging software QQ, and Qihoo 360, China’s biggest antivirus service provider, escalated this week when Tencent  stopped service to QQ  users whose computers are installed with  Qihoo 360’s software.
  • The conflict appears to have started two months ago when Qihoo 360, which has 300 million users, alleged that QQ was scanning the private data of its more than 600 million users and released software claiming to block plug-ins that could cause such privacy leaks.
  • In a statement sent to users Wednesday, Tencent said “Dear QQ users, this email is to inform you that we’ve just made a very difficult decision. Until Qihoo 360 removes the tag-on service and malicious slander against QQ software, we have decided to stop running QQ software on computers that have installed the 360 software. We are fully aware of the inconvenience this may cause you, and we sincerely apologize for it.”
Jennifer Jocz

Real life subtitles appear in Japan - 1 views

www.revolutionmagazine.com/...sses-offer-instant-translation

Augmented reality AR translation

shared by Jennifer Jocz on 08 Nov 09 - Cached
  • Jennifer Jocz on 08 Nov 09
     
    AR glasses for translating conversations in real time
Jennifer Jocz

Web-based tool Hotseat taking students' questions - USATODAY.com - 0 views

www.usatoday.com/...2009-12-01-Hotseat01_st_N.htm

technology education twitter facebook cellphone

shared by Jennifer Jocz on 01 Dec 09 - No Cached
  • That potential for instant feedback adds a new edge and depth to the class
  • Hotseat probably helps most in large classes, where he says it "can give voice to the silent student body and help stimulate discussion.
  • And because Hotseat allows anonymous posts, says senior Tim Cummings, 21, students are more likely to ask questions they wouldn't if they had to speak out in person.
  • Jennifer Jocz on 01 Dec 09
     
    Interesting article about Hotseat, a web-based tool that can be accessed by students through facebook, twitter, or cellphones, which allows them to ask questions and make comments during class.
Marium Afzal

Augmented Reality App Translates Street Signs Instantly - 2 views

www.wired.com/...nslates-street-signs-instantly

augmented reality Emerging Technology

shared by Marium Afzal on 13 Oct 11 - No Cached
  • Marium Afzal on 13 Oct 11
     
    Going back to our discussions on augmented reality, here's an app that takes us a step closer to the kind of future that was shown in a video in one of Professor Dede's presentations - instant translation!
  • Bridget Binstock on 15 Oct 11
     
    I wonder if this type of technology might be augmented to "replace" physical QR codes and instead, if you hold up your phone to a building name plaque (e.g.Empire State Building) - could you get statistical/historical data associated with just the name text?
1 - 10 of 10
Showing 20▼ items per page