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"History of the internet" is an animated documentary explaining the inventions from time-sharing to filesharing, from Arpanet to Internet.

The digital divide is alive and well in Roxboro, North Carolina where the Foushee family, like many other rural families, do not have access to highspeed internet.

Why the history of the public sphere matters in the Internet age

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The demise of the university is starting to sound repetitious and banal. A digital generation has its own ideas about learning and learning practices. According to this short intro we don't need experts, we have the internet. I'm skeptical and becoming wary.

Over the past few years, I have been collecting interesting Internet videos that would be appropriate for lessons and presentations, or personal research, related to technological and media literacy. Here are 70+ videos organized into various sub-categories. These videos are of varying quality, cross several genres, and are of varied suitability for classroom use.

[NOTE: Skip lengthy intro of participants - talk begins at 7:15] danah boyd participated in the Berkman Luncheon Series to discuss her work and research in the area of social networks. She provided a great historical context to the various sites that have come and gone from the center of Internet activity, as well as some insight into what brought about their successes and failures.

Ms. Leonard put the video on the Internet in December 2007. Word quickly spread among teachers, who recommended it to one another as a brief, provocative way of drawing students into a dialogue about how buying a cellphone or jeans could contribute to environmental devastation.

There's a disgusting amount of hate on the internet (especially on youtube!) directed at minority groups (especially the LGBT community) so i [ed: steviebeebishop@youtube] was inspired to organize this collab video. i never set out to "change the world" i simply wanted to make something light hearted to put a smile on the face of any hate-victim watching. you're not alone! stevie loves you :)

These specialty products, all of which are currently sold over the good old Internet, manage to push the boundaries of extravagance and questionable taste, simultaneously. You'd be surprised how many of them are sold out.

do we want to raise a generation of kids who have the tech savvy of an Iranian dissident, or the ham-fisted incompetence of the government those dissidents are running circles around?

Tips and strategies.