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Steve Madsen

Tracking device on bins ensures residents chip in - Technology - smh.com.au - 0 views

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shared by Steve Madsen on 14 Apr 08 - Cached
  • Steve Madsen on 14 Apr 08
     
    His suspicions grew further when he noticed a small, flat, circular object hidden under the rim of his new bin. About the size of a 10-cent coin, it had the letters "TI-RFid" embossed on it.
  • Steve Madsen on 14 Apr 08
     
    RFid technology attached to garbage bins to collect data about home owners re-cycling efforts or lack of. (Australia)
Vicki Davis

Talkback on School Library Journal - 0 views

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shared by Vicki Davis on 05 Apr 08 - Cached
  • Surface Computing Coming to your Library?
  • Vicki Davis on 05 Apr 08
     
    Envisioning microsoft surface application in libraries -- I think that there are exciting opportunities here -- we'll have smart tables instead of computers -- every flat surface being its own computing device as computers merge with everything around us.
Vicki Davis

From the Annointed Few to the Collective Many - 0 views

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shared by Vicki Davis on 24 Apr 08 - Cached
  • What has not changed significantly, however, is the nature of human interactions in business – email, conference calls, and presentations by experts to non-experts are still the dominant means of interaction
  • the Internet has morphed from a presentation medium to an interactive platform in just a few years
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  • more than 50 percent of Americans aged 20-30 years old use Facebook
  • among Americans under the age of 35, social networking and user-generated content sites have overtaken TV as a primary media.
  • “Visitors to MySpace.com and Friendster.com generally skew older, with people age 25 and older comprising 68 and 71 percent of their user bases, respectively.”
  • We’re in the midst of a paradigm shift where individuals are indeed connecting “in ways and at levels that [they] haven’t done before”
  • Workplace communities
  • orkplace communities are designed to solve workplace-related challenges
  • talent management is about finding, developing, and retaining key talent within the organization
  • Ernst & Young, for instance, has a significant presence on Facebook in support of its recruiting efforts
  • Google, Home Depot, Enterprise Rent a Car, and Deloitte also are recruiting using Web 2.0 tools through YouTube videos and even alumni social networks
  • “If companies keep social networks out, they will be doing a significant disservice to their bottom lines
  • Between 2000 and 2020, 75 million Boomers will reach retirement age.
  • The only content service with mass adoption (greater than 50 percent) was Social Networking, and this was only among respondents under the age of 35.”
  • In addition, Millennials are the first generation to spend more hours online per week than watching TV (16.7 vs 13.6).
  • some of the characteristics of Millenials, which included a desire to work in  “[open] and flat organizations” as “part of a tribe.”
  • “heavy use of technology (messaging, collaboration, online learning) as a daily part of their work lives.”
  • robust and active communities will have an easier time recruiting talented Millennials
  • they have opportunities to meaningfully connect to their peers and supervisors.
  • A retiring Boomer who is an expert in a particular field could be an excellent community manager, blogger, or wiki contributor.
  • Vicki Davis on 24 Apr 08
     
    Business people and management should read this article about the transformation of business by using workplace communities. "Workplace communities are designed to solve workplace-related challenges" -- they focus on tasks. I would find it interesting to see a business REALLY use technology to change things. Having the business in a business network (OK a NING) and let people tag their posts with the business related PROBLEMS they are having and blog, video, or photograph it-- the tag cloud would tell the business IMMEDIATELY what the problems are in the company. The problem with this model is that there are few corporate executives who REALLY want to know the problems within their organizations. They don't want to be problem solvers, just opportunity creators. However, when managers open their eyes (and I'm a former General Manager myself) and see that two things give business opportunity: problem solving and innovation. And they are directly related. True innovation solves problems. Read this article and think about how you may solve problems using the networks you may now create. If you don't want everyone to know, keep it private and only allow people in your company in.
  • Vicki Davis on 24 Apr 08
     
    Important article about why businesses need to change.
Vicki Davis

Cool Cat Teacher Blog: The Five Phases of Flattening a Classroom - 0 views

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shared by Vicki Davis on 29 Mar 08 - Cached
  • Vicki Davis on 29 Mar 08
     
    I wrote this post to outline the progression I take my classes through to get them to the state where they may collaborate directly with students in another country. I put a lot of time and thought into the progression of collaborative skills.
  • Vicki Davis on 29 Mar 08
     
    This talks about from an educational standpoint how I take students towards a flat classroom project.
Steve Madsen

Values Exchange Selected Oz schools - 0 views

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shared by Steve Madsen on 29 Mar 08 - No Cached
  • Steve Madsen on 29 Mar 08
     
    Values Exchange. Students able to discuss current interests. Has formal approach to discussions.
  • Steve Madsen on 29 Mar 08
     
    2008: software written in New Zealand. A pilot program where students respond to case studies which involve values. Responses are quantitatively collated. Good potential for further research for more academic inclined students.
Vicki Davis

Ning "the" Thing » CogDogBlog - 0 views

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shared by Vicki Davis on 26 May 08 - Cached
  • Vicki Davis on 26 May 08
     
    Observations by Alan Levine about the use of Ning for collaboration, specifically based upon Flat Classroom and Horizon.
  • Vicki Davis on 26 May 08
     
    Interesting observations from Alan Levine about those of us who use Nings for our projects. It truly becomes "the" ning.
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