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Interesting article about the infrastructure of our classrooms. How does technology (generally of course) perpetuate the cycle of only sitting-sedentary students which often leads to sedentary adults? How is this going to change the health landscape? And then the insurance landscape? And then the MediCare landscape? And then taxes? and then? and then? At which point does this become an integrated part of our culture, not just our education system (I think its already started). Where does the continued use of media fit into this landscape?

Skip over the synopsis of "The Social Network." Great discussion article about how Facebook oversimplifies humanity and can have dangerous effects on how we relate. I highlighted a lot of stuff. I highly encourage you to check it out. Talks in terms of how web2.0 has spawned people2.0. A kind of crazy reality.

Very well done video. It makes a point visually and in the words presented. The message fits the media.

School accused of spying on students through webcams in school-issued MacBooks. I've seen a few stories like this- I've yet to see one come to any fruition. But it's something to think about as another way media can be pervasive- or a way technology could become pervasive. Does the battle for the view include the battle for being viewed (or not viewed)?

BBC report on a survey (done by GlobeScan) on Internet Access as a Human Right. Interesting that so much of the world is barely media literate, yet thinks internet access is a human right(?)

In this book Pintak discusses the Arab media revolution by using interviews with professional reporters and editors whom are experienced with reporting in the Near East.

The research shows that the internet use via mobile phone actually INCREASE the interaction between family members and relatives in Japan, which is contrast to what we thought it should be...

Pretty interesting to see how a new medium is effecting another.

Don't let the title distract you.

Seattle pastor Mark Driscoll gives a message about the emergent church, the emerging church, and how postmodernism is meeting Christianity. Defines terms very well.

This article offers an explaination as to why athletes are engaging in twittering, and why fans like it.

an "interpretive analysis of 514 comments" left on multiple blog posts of a professional athlete

It talks about how English-language newspapers dominate South Africa's print media. This is very interesting to me because you would think that more people would want to read something in their native language, yet millions of Africans are preferring to read their newspaper in English. It also stated that "the English-language press is also read by the most important decision makers and policy advisers in the country on a regular basis and no doubt influences coverage in non-English newspapers as well as television and radio". What in the world is going on here? This is corrupting their culture!

This article helped guide my ideas for my video about how widespread technology can go across the globe. It talks about critical ethnography of the cultural politics of globalization and a broader concept of a medium. I like that it emphasizes on how we are a "public culture". That term is something I want to use in my video because everything we do now is public and the majority of people are okay with that.

Early language and alphabet in the Philippines. 

"The web is rich with resources that can inspire and support our teaching; however, navigating the web can be akin to swimming around an endless abyss." The goal of this collection of websites is to give teachers quick access to pages and info that can make them stronger teachers.