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Four trends in tech that every trainee teacher should know about | Education | theguard... - 2 views

www.theguardian.com/...inee-teacher-should-know-about MOOC gamification
shared by Elke Lackner on 03 Nov 14 - No Cached
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  • Elke Lackner on 03 Nov 14
     
    This article is not only about open education or open learningm, but about trends in tech that trainee teachers should be aware of. One of them is the MOOC trend. What is missing is the OER trend and its implications.
  • lola lawton on 07 Nov 14
     
    This is exactly what I need to learn as I develop our home school. I would be grateful for more insights.
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Why tech giants turn to Netflix for IT help - 0 views

gigaom.com/...ts-turn-to-netflix-for-it-help open access open source
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  • Alexandra Finch on 28 Nov 14
     
    Netflix - much more than late-night movie streaming
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Universities are Schooling Tech Companies in Video - 0 views

techcrunch.com/...ooling-tech-companies-in-video open access MOOC Knowledge
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  • tlsohn on 16 Nov 14
     
    Colleges and universities aren't just teaching businesses about the value of technology, they're leading by example. At the core of their lesson is an essential technology: the video content management system. With it, universities are able to use low-cost computers and anything from high-end cameras to consumer webcams to record every lecture in every classroom across campus. Some go beyond recording, broadcasting live courses to remote learners around the world.
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Why We Need Open Knowledge Societies - 2 views

ec.europa.eu/...wledge-societies-rufus-pollock module6 open data
shared by Kevin Stranack on 30 Sep 14 - No Cached
  • Kevin Stranack on 30 Sep 14
     
    "Every day we face challenges - from the personal, such as the quickest way to get to work, or what we should eat, to global ones like climate change and how to sustainably feed and educate seven billion people on this planet. At Open Knowledge we believe that opening up data - and turning that data into insight - can be crucial to addressing these challenges, and building a society in which is everyone - not just the few - are empowered with the knowledge they need to understand and effect change."
  • chacunin on 01 Oct 14
     
    really good! I think this is a very good summary about what we are learning in this course: "We need to create a culture of "open data makers", people able and ready to make apps and insights with open data. We need to connect open data with those who have the best questions and the biggest needs - a healthcare worker in Zambia, the London commuter travelling home - and go beyond the data geeks and the tech savvy to make data be useful to all."
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Cool connected learning project at Chattanooga Public Library - 2 views

diigo.com/03klhh Module2 connected learning public libraries Hive
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  • Penelope Hamblin on 09 Sep 14
     
    Chattanooga (no, I don't work or live there) is building the infrastructure for connected learning for all citizens. Gigabit broadband. Public library spaces where learners and entrepreneurs can play with all kinds of tools, not just tech ones. Make.Play.Read.Learn is a summer program offered by the library and the local Mozilla Hive Learning Community. I love the statement, "If you are reading this, you are already participating."
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Intellectual property law jobs on the rise - 1 views

www.insidecounsel.com/...-property-law-jobs-on-the-rise
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  • raulcd70 on 06 Oct 14
     
    With the ongoing patent wars between hi-tech companies, the emphasis on IP and patents has never been greater, and businesses are realizing the value of strong IP lawyers.
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Can a Computer Game Improve 'Citizen Journalism'? - 2 views

www.yahoo.com/...en-journalism-96546515154.html mooc
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  • tlsohn on 16 Sep 14
     
    Interesting article that combines the idea of citizen journalism with a video game While we've been living in the "citizen journalist" era for a while now, the recent events and controversies in Ferguson, Missouri, have reminded us yet again how everyday people with smartphones have redefined the way we take in breaking news - particularly with the images they use those phones to make and distribute across social media.

Forbes - Doctorow Article - 1 views

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When Is it One Gadget Too Many? - 4 views

www.huffingtonpost.com/...-one-gadget-too_b_4785173.html information overload MOOC
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  • tlsohn on 01 Nov 14
     
    Do you own too many devices? Posted: How many tech gadgets do you own? Chances are, you have a PC, Mac or Windows, desktop or laptop and a smartphone. Maybe you both kinds of PCs, a desktop workstation and a portable laptop. Maybe you have a tablet -- large or small? You might also have a Kindle e-reader.
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  • mbishon on 01 Nov 14
     
    If I had to pick just one gadget to keep and turf all the rest, I'd pick my iphone. I'd move all the files on my desktop/laptop into the cloud and use my iphone as the means to connect to everything. A project I'd like to undertake in the future is to do a complete MOOC on my phone. Right now I migrate between an ipad, laptop and my iphone but I think I could do it all on the phone. It would be frustrating but doable.
  • victorialam on 02 Nov 14
     
    I find myself constantly needing more devices, even though I know one is enough. We do live in this gadget-centric world, and with every year that Apple introduces something that blows away their last invention, I feel the need to acquire it. Though, what's actually stopped me from acquiring anything, is that I know year after year, there will be another 'revolutionary product' that will 'enhance' my life. So for now, it's just a laptop and a phone! Though a tablet does sound tempting...
  • noveltynotion on 02 Nov 14
     
    In my household we have two adults, two children, one Mac desktop, two smartphones, a nexus and an iPad. It seems to work out that we have enough for my husband to be learning and practicing coding on the mac, my son learning Italian on an app, my daughter watching animal videos all while I'm looking up a recipe online. So far so good. I wouldn't add any to it. And sometimes I want to subtract, but we're in a new era and I'm done fighting it. I'm trying to embrace all the wonderful qualities the device era has to offer.
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War of edits - 1 views

www.gazeta.ru/...18_a_6179921.shtml wikipedia module8
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  • natalyefremova on 02 Nov 14
     
    Due to the difficult political situation around the online encyclopedia Wikipedia developed this information war.
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THE FUTURE OF THE BOOK - 11 views

www.buzzfeed.com/...the-future-is-never open access
shared by monde3297 on 30 Nov 14 - No Cached
  • petrae77 on 30 Nov 14
     
    The year I graduated high school, the media was overrun with speculation about a new technology set to shake the foundation of the world. What was it? We weren't told, exactly. All we knew was that code name "IT" was so revolutionary that we would have to rebuild our cities from scratch.
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  • kristykim on 30 Nov 14
     
    Thank you for sharing. I also heard that many universities are getting rid of their printed textbooks and only using e-texbook due to high prices that students have to pay for their printed textbooks. They may order in the printed textbook, but majority of schools are going digital.
  • siyuwang on 04 Dec 14
     
    Thank you for sharing this resource. This reminds me of a news article I read before, which is "Apple Announces E-Book Store". According to that news article, Apple announced the create of iBook store in Apple's event in Jan 27 2010, hoping to reshape the e-book industry with a vast selection of electronic books in iBook. Electronic books offered in iBook store are around the same price as Amazon's Kindle platform, but with much more functions and convenience. Taking the form of iPad, and with the support of five largest publishers in the world, iBook offers the electronic version of various books and ebbeds multimedia such as photos, videos, and audio files into books, which is revolutionary. Therefore, the rapid development of technology has promoted the rapid changes and upgrading in book industry. From traditional physical books that we buy from retailers or borrow from libraries, to the online book sellers who sell both physical books and electronic books, to today, ebook stores in portable and mobile devices, how we read, when we read, where we read, and what we read have been transformed to a large extent.
  • haileyhjw on 05 Dec 14
     
    This is a good article. Sometimes, we think new technology will be a disrupted tech to kill and totally replace old industry.But actually, for old industry, the market will shrink a lot ,but won't totally disappear.
  • Olivia Azar on 08 Dec 14
     
    What's going to happen with printed books?
  • monde3297 on 10 Dec 14
     
    It depends on which side of the fence is one sitting on. The truth is the book is here to stay.
  • monde3297 on 10 Dec 14
     
    It is interesting that whenever a new innovation is introduced, the current one is declared dead before its final time arrives. Books in whatever format are appealing to different audiences for various reasons. To think that the introduction of e-books was going to lead to a declaration of war on printed books is laughable. Books will be with us for as long as we are still in this world. Does format matter? only time will tell.
  • ukanjilal on 12 Dec 14
     
    Long back Lancaster wrote about paperless society but still we are heavily depending on paper only. Technology has fast evolved. First we talked about e-libraries then virtual libraries and now contemplating cloud based libraries. Many technologies have come and gone but paper is still ubiquitous.
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Your Facebook profile may be more important than your resume - 3 views

www.business2community.com/...nt-resume-infographic-01065277 Module 2
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  • azhar_ka on 18 Nov 14
     
    Are you agree that social media profile becoming as important as your resume?
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  • melduncan on 18 Nov 14
     
    I would agree that social media profiles are becoming as important as your resume. I have heard many business professionals comment on the importance of having a social media account that lists your credentials.
  • pad123 on 18 Nov 14
     
    Yes some times, people starts looking at your Facebook account whether you are tech savvy and well connected and share knowledge and your group. People use this data that depends on purpose. Some may use for recruitment, some use for connected learning ans some use to accept you as your friend or not. So business professionals started using their social media accounts for their profiles
  • c maggard on 18 Nov 14
     
    Sadly, this is probably true...
  • mbchris on 26 Nov 14
     
    I have heard this recently and I do not have nor really want to have a facebook account. I like how this explains the reasons why though. My way of combating this trend is to try in either get my work featured somewhere online so that I am searchable beyond social media and use more private and professional social media sites, such as linked in. But this is a very important article for the times, thank you.
  • liyanl on 26 Nov 14
     
    Actually I don't think so. Personally think Facebook is more about personal use and private, but resume is more professional. For example you wouldn't never put a photo that your friend and you was in a pub on your resume, but you may put this on Facebook. However, LinkedIn do better in professional online profile in terms of social media networking.
  • Kelly Furey on 03 Dec 14
     
    I would argue that LinkedIn and Twitter are better indicators of professional accomplishment. I would like to think that as of now Facebook is still relatively private considering its primary function is to serve as a social (more intimate/private) communication tool rather than a networking platform. I have heard employers openly admit to using LinkedIn as a preliminary screening tool. Regardless of the forum, social media will continue to play a significant role in reflecting our personal and professional identities.
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Graphing New Yorkers' Lives Through the Open Data Portal - CityLab - 0 views

www.citylab.com/...375277 module6 data cities government
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  • Kevin Stranack on 31 Jul 14
     
    "The I Quant NY blog mines NYC's massive data clearinghouse to visualize issues facing city dwellers, from education to eating."
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The Today in iOS / iPhone Podcast - 0 views

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  • Janet Lewis on 09 Sep 14
     
    The iPhone Podcast that is all things iPhone - News, Tech Tips, Hacks, Reviews and Interviews
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Tech, equipment makers join U.S. 'net neutrality' debate - 0 views

www.reuters.com/...utrality-idUSKBN0H40UP20140909 open access privacy module1 netflix net-nuetrality
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  • Megan H on 10 Sep 14
     
    All credit to theSkimm, definitely caught my attention and leaves me wanting to learn/understand further... WHAT TO SAY WHEN THE NEXT EPISODE OF "HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER" WON'T LOAD… Barney blocked. Today, Netflix and a bunch of other big-name websites like Etsy, Kickstarter, and WordPress are protesting to support net neutrality. The sites will be showing a picture of the 'spinning wheel of death' loading symbol - not to make sure you're still breathing, but as a friendly reminder that this could be the future. Refresher: net neutrality is the idea that all content on the Internet should be treated equally, and preference shouldn't be given to sites willing to pay for faster connections. That's not what happens now. There's currently no regulation over how Internet providers treat traffic from different websites. The FCC's been listening to comments on some new rules for monitoring pay-to-play. They're going to stop listening to everyone's opinions next week.
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Facebook ready to spend billions to bring whole world online: Mark Zuckerberg - The Eco... - 0 views

m.economictimes.com/...41820623.cms mooc
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  • tlsohn on 06 Sep 14
     
    Short interesting article given this week's videos/readings on social economics as well as sharing information through technology. Mark Zuckerberg certainly has a vision for giving every single person on the planet the ability to communicate with each other and make commerce a more available item for anyone
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Open access is revolutionizing science, and it's a growing research market online | Sci... - 2 views

www.dw.de/...a-17619476 open access
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  • omarrr on 06 Sep 14
     
    Comparto, la forma en que se percibe al Open Access, en diferentes áreas de conocimiento, y que considero, ya que no es un caso aislado para los que se han comprometido con la causa: "Access to this research is like a human right"
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'Regin' spy software snooping for years - Symantec - 0 views

m.news24.com/...ng-for-years-Symantec-20141125 privacy Malicios software Internet
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  • nthabik on 25 Nov 14
     
    San Francisco - Computer security firm Symantec on Monday said it uncovered stealthy software wielded as part of a years-long spying campaign, most likely by a nation state. The malicious software, dubbed Regin, has a rare level of sophistication and has been targeting government agencies, telecoms, utilities, airlines, research facilities, private individuals and others since at least 2008, according to Symantec Corporation.
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