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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

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  • 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...
Maura Wolk

Clifford Stoll: Why Web Won't Be Nirvana - Newsweek - 0 views

www.newsweek.com/...the-internet-bah.html

internet

shared by Maura Wolk on 24 Sep 10 - Cached
  • When most everyone shouts, few listen
  • Computers and networks isolate us from one another. A network chat line is a limp substitute for meeting friends over coffee.
  • Maura Wolk on 24 Sep 10
     
    A break from all our optimistic reading to check in with a pessimist.
amy hoffmaster

App Smart - Apps as Guides to New York Museums - NYTimes.com - 2 views

www.nytimes.com/...09smart.html

museums informal learning geolocation educational_technology

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  • amy hoffmaster on 09 Sep 10
     
    Museums are incorporating apps for exhibit info and wayfinding-- BUT, aren't "museums made for getting lost?" Discussion of limitations.
  • kshapton on 11 Sep 10
     
    My friend swore by her iphone app to get around the Louvre in Paris! (I got lost)
Lisa Estrin

Why the no-fun 'Farmville' is so popular - 0 views

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

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  • Lisa Estrin on 28 Sep 10
     
    I find it a little disturbing that there's a sense of social obligation to play FarmVille- if you don't play, then your Facebook/Farmville friends suffer. Kind of a sneaky trick.
Mitch(ell) Miller

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

www.csmonitor.com/...ital-Age-made-students-callous

Rutgers suicide webcam digital age Twitter

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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
Maura Wolk

The made-up world of Facebook - The Boston Globe - 0 views

www.boston.com/...the_made_up_world_of_facebook

facebook

shared by Maura Wolk on 05 Oct 10 - No Cached
  • when we log onto Facebook, we’re buying into a collective illusion. Facebook, we all know, is a colossal waste of time. It’s easy to lose hours trolling through friends’ pages, being voyeurs into other people’s lives. And it’s easy to forget that they, like us, are inventing themselves online, creating a permanent record that isn’t really true.
  • Maura Wolk on 05 Oct 10
     
    This article makes a pretty bold statement about what's real and what's not; do you agree?
Amanda Valverde

The New Facebook: New Dashboard, Download Your Stuff, and Groups - 0 views

gizmodo.com/...d-download-your-stuff-and-more

facebook document_sharing groups technology

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  • Amanda Valverde on 07 Oct 10
     
    New Facebook Groups feature - document sharing, mass email, group chat.
  • Amanda Valverde on 07 Oct 10
     
    Facebook's new application which allows small sub sections of friends to form groups. It includes the ability to have group chats as well as share documents and send out emails to all members of the group. I see a potential for education in that younger students who are already on facebook all the time but know less about other document sharing or collaboration features may have a new outlet for doing group work or getting help with homework.
Devon Dickau

New College Networks, Unlike Facebook, Connect 'Social' to Studies - Technology - The Chronicle of Higher Education - 4 views

chronicle.com/...124871

higher education technology college students online learning education

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  • Universities are turning to social networking to create online learning communities that mix serious academic work, and connections among working scholars, with Facebook-style fun.
  • write and share blogs, join subject groups, and participate in academic discussions
  • "You may not want to friend your dean on Facebook, but you still want to be connected to your dean
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  • open for user input, allowing it to evolve over time
Uche Amaechi

BYOD - Worst Idea of the 21st Century? : Stager-to-Go - 7 views

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technology Emerging Technology T561

shared by Uche Amaechi on 09 Oct 11 - No Cached
  • Allison Browne on 10 Oct 11
     
    Uche, you keep posting stuff I have a problem with- OK I understand that BYOD policies may not be so great but I really believe that familes should shoulder some of the costs for hardware since degredation is such a problem. The schools can have agreements with vendors to provide certain laptops or tablets for a certain price point and they can design their systems to support these items. Parents are expected to purchase backpacks, binders, and school supplies. When parents can't provide these back-to-school supplies, schools cover it. The same should be for computers. Speaking as a middle class parent (refer to above article) I believe this is an important investment in our schools so that they can focus on hardware support and software implementation/ integration.
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  • Bridget Binstock on 10 Oct 11
     
    @Allison and Uche - I am torn. While I initially thought BYOD was a good idea so that schools would have to stop "blaming" their fiscal woes on their inability to integrate emerging technologies into the curriculum, I now have some appreciation with points from this article - especially around "false equivalences" and "enshrining inequities" in light of my own children's "bring your own electronic device" day that took place two weeks ago. As a school wide reward for meeting their Accelerated Reading goal, all students were told they could bring an electronic device to school to "play" with on Friday afternoon. This prompted my kids to call me (Skype) on Thursday night and ask me if I could buy them a DS or a SmartPhone that NIGHT so that they could bring either of those devices to school for the celebration. Now mind you, my kids have access to lap tops, iPad, Smart Phones, Wii games, GameBoy, iPods, Flip camera, digital camera, etc - albeit not their OWN - but still access to them for use (when Mom and Dad are not using them). But apparently, of the devices left that Mom and Dad weren't using, none of them were "cool" enough for this event. That got me wondering if BYOD might have the same effect on our learners making those who don't have the latest and greatest feel bad or less adequate then their friends or classmates who could bring something they deemed as "better?" Allison, your point seems to be that requiring parents to cover the expense of a digital device as a requirement for school is not a bad idea, but I think you are referring to expecting the SAME device to be purchased and used, not myriad devices with various capabilities, features and functions - am I understanding you correctly? And if we did try to mandate parental supply of digital devices, would we have a different kind of fight on our hands because, as consumers, parents might have their own biases around what they deem is the best device of all (not just PC vs MAC or iOS vs Android, but sma
  • Allison Browne on 10 Oct 11
     
    I still believe that a system properly designed could mitigate some of your concerns. In reality, schools can not support any device that a student brings in. They are capable of supporting a certain number and if they build relationships with the vendors to sell those devices that the school is capable of supporting then families will be aware that the school will offer the best deal on the items that are compatible. Every year the school recommends items for back to school supplies. If the laptop could replace all of the binders it might be worth it. There are many factors to consider but the biggest obstacle is that schools maintain such old equipment because of their budget woes. Even when we can purchase the latest and greatest software, the computers can't run it.
  • Erin Sisk on 12 Oct 11
     
    What a great debate you guys are having! One point worth considering is that typically the parents are responsible for purchasing the supplies, while the school is responsible for providing the content (textbooks, workbooks, handouts, worksheets, videos, etc). In the near future these devices may also be the primary sources of content, replacing textbooks altogether. I would hope perhaps funding for textbooks could be transferred to funding for these devices. I would also hope that the price of these devices drops significantly (is the $35 tablet in our future?). Then of course the question of who pays is less important. In my job producing educational video for publishing companies, I spend way too much time dealing with various formats and compatibility problems with browsers, so I'd love to see a future where this becomes more standardized.
Uche Amaechi

Ubiquitous computing: Up close | The Economist - 4 views

www.economist.com/...21531116

Emerging Technology T561 educational_technology

shared by Uche Amaechi on 11 Oct 11 - No Cached
  • Maung Nyeu on 12 Oct 11
     
    Nice article. Technology in every facet of life - cars, homes, and public places, statiums, etc. It underscores focus on user interface, integration, and simplicity. We are getting more data than we can comsume. We know so much about daily lives of our friends, it has become, as the other puts it, "A New Reality Show."
Ashley Lee

Facebook launches safety tips as part of anti-bullying week | Media | guardian.co.uk - 0 views

www.guardian.co.uk/...bo-national-anti-bullying-week

cyber-bullying social networking sites web 2.0 facebook privacy control online safety

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  • Ashley Lee on 16 Nov 09
     
    facebook takes cyber bullying issues seriously. facebook solutions: 1) use privacy control settings 2) use those "remove" and "delete" buttons to drop bullies from your friend list.
Bridget Binstock

Putting Text Messaging BACK in the Classroom - 0 views

thejournal.com/...studyboost-text-messaging.aspx

text messaging education emerging technology learning

shared by Bridget Binstock on 12 Oct 11 - No Cached
  • Bridget Binstock on 12 Oct 11
     
    See a need, build something to meet the need, and go from there... StudyBoost is the result of a brother watching his brother and friend try to study for the GMAT without carrying around the book. Born: an IM client that allows for collaboration on questions and answers applicable to the test by both students and teachers - wherever and whenever. For Wiske's class - wouldn't this fit nicely into the CoI and PI models? If so, why wouldn't school embrace this use instead of worrying about inappropriate use of phones in class? Make the lesson or assignment engaging enough - generative enough - to hook and sustain appropriate interaction on the device that 93% of children have ACCESS to? Sounds like a win-win?
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