Can we save the world's dying languages? - 0 views
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Jenni Young on 06 May 13BBC article. Technology can help to save dying languages.
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The Escherian Stairwell: Building a Modern Myth - YouTube - 0 views
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How to create a modern myth - using technology to fool people.
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How to create a modern myth - using technology to fool people.
Beware of Images - 0 views
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Upcoming documentary about the technology, regulation and social effects of mass media.
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Upcoming documentary about the technology, regulation and social effects of mass media.
Mark Pagel: How language transformed humanity - 1 views
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Biologist Mark Pagel shares an intriguing theory about why humans evolved our complex system of language. He suggests that language is a piece of "social technology" that allowed early human tribes to access a powerful new tool: cooperation.
Pinterest for Dudes - 0 views
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Is it sexist to create a visual sharing site for men? from Slate.com
Will the Kalq keyboard finally spell the end for qwerty? - 0 views
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Researchers at the University of St Andrews have developed a split-screen keyboard that they claim can increase typing speeds for touchscreen users. Will it get the thumbs up? from Guardian.
포항공대신문 Mixed Opinions toward Campus Bilingualism - 4 views
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Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH) in Korea announced a Bilingual Campus Policy in 2010. This article from the campus newspaper considers the issue.
At School Papers, the Ink Is Drying Up - 0 views
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Fewer resources, lack of interest and the Internet have led to fewer high school newspapers in New York city's public schools.
E-Books and Democracy - 0 views
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All of the Big Six publishers have, for the first time, agreed to make e-books available to public library users (NYT article)
The Case for Banning Laptops in the Classroom : The New Yorker - 1 views
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A wealth of studies on students' use of computers in the classroom supports the notion of banning them.
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A wealth of studies on students' use of computers in the classroom supports the notion of banning them.
Disruptions: More Connected, Yet More Alone - 0 views
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A YouTube video about pervasive smartphone use may have landed at a moment when people start questioning if something has gone too far and start doing something about it.
Why the spammers are winning - 0 views
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Thought the war on junk mail was over? Think again (Guardian)
Disconnect to connect - 0 views
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Thai PSA
Twitter users forming tribes with own language, tweet analysis shows - 0 views
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Analysis of millions of tweets finds more precise use of social media which seems to contradict idea that Twitter users want to share everything with everyone
Facebook lifts ban on graphic violence - 0 views
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Facebook has surreptitiously resumed allowing decapitation videos to be posted on its website, lifting a temporary ban it had placed earlier this year on content featuring graphic violence.
Study Reveals Discrimination Starts Before Grad School - 0 views
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Study showed that professors are much more likely to respond to a student who sounds like a white male than to a student who sounds like a female or minority.
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Study showed that professors are much more likely to respond to a student who sounds like a white male than to a student who sounds like a female or minority.
Google and Sweden in war of words over ogooglebar - 1 views
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Term meaning 'ungoogleable' was to be added to Swedish lexicon, but has been pulled after Google tried to alter definition -
Term meaning 'ungoogleable' was to be added to Swedish lexicon, but has been pulled after Google tried to alter definition
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Term meaning 'ungoogleable' was to be added to Swedish lexicon, but has been pulled after Google tried to alter definition
What's Lost as Handwriting Fades - 0 views
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Does handwriting matter?
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Does handwriting matter?
At Front Lines, Bearing Witness in Real Time - 0 views
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We used to witness war in the rearview mirror. But journalists often now deliver what they see via Twitter, before consulting with headquarters, and it has made for more visceral reporting.
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We used to witness war in the rearview mirror. But journalists often now deliver what they see via Twitter, before consulting with headquarters, and it has made for more visceral reporting.