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Morgan Lock

The Pennsylvania Charter Cyber School - How Does Our School Work? - 1 views

www.pacyber.org/curriculum.jsp

Cyber school

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  • Morgan Lock on 14 Jun 11
     
    I've been hearing about his PA Cyberschool on NPR and it really sparked my interest, so I decided to check it out. I wonder how this use of technology is going to impact students long term educational prospects?
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  • Cynthia Tavlin on 16 Jun 11
     
    This seems like an interesting hybrid between online and homeschooling.
  • Amanda Riegel on 16 Jun 11
     
    This is really interesting! I've been looking at e-learning, so it's interesting to see this example. I wonder how enrolled students would fare if they choose to attend higher education? Adjusting to the social aspect that the level of technology used might be difficult.
  • Cynthia Tavlin on 18 Jun 11
     
    http://jewishvoiceandopinion.com/2010/11/pre-college-learning-center-nj%E2%80%99s-new-jewish-high-school-offering-customized-education-for-5000-per-year/ Just saw this today. Jewish Day Schools have been in trouble financially for a number of years; one is opening in New Brunswick this fall that will only charge $5,000 tuition because they are taking a similar approach to the PA Cyberschool (though I doubt it costs them $5K per student). I have doubts whether this model is sustainable at this cost; having experienced online classes it's more work for teachers and professors, not less.
Rebecca Martin

Berkman Center for the Internet & Society - 2 views

cyber.law.harvard.edu/research

Internet culture society

shared by Rebecca Martin on 07 Jun 11 - Cached
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  • Rebecca Martin on 07 Jun 11
     
    The Berkman Center often conducts great, free webcasts on its many different research focuses and produces an incredible number of research reports. Lots to digest on the site, but I wanted to share for everyone's perusal. I'd really recommend subscribing to its blog as well.
  • Mary Beth Davis on 08 Jun 11
     
    This site is chock-full a great information!
Elisa Varon

Digital Privacy - 2 views

www.msnbc.msn.com/...d-i-care-about-digital-privacy

media culture

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  • Elisa Varon on 06 Jun 11
     
    I'm interested in the idea of digital privacy (or lack thereof). It seems nobody is particularly worried about their privacy online, and I'd like to learn a little more about this
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  • michelleamills on 06 Jun 11
     
    After reading your article and thinking about my own opinions on digital privacy, I think that people aren't too concerned with their privacy because the virtual world seems so gigantic. I feel like a very tiny part of this world so I am more apathetic and unconcerned when it comes to my personal privacy than I should be. Sounds horrible, right? We, as a society, also tend to be very open about ourselves - even posting where we are at that second to everyone on our facebook!
  • Suzanne W. on 06 Jun 11
     
    wow...scary stuff!! i think that's a great topic with a lot to explore. a lot of content and some interesting psychological implications...funny how a lot of people ignore the issue since the evidence is pretty terrifying. but good to be aware since it affects us all.
  • Rebecca Martin on 06 Jun 11
     
    Interesting to also consider the ways in which teens view privacy - particularly in comparison to the ways in which their parents view it: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/digitalnation/relationships/identity/famous-for-15-minutes.html?play. Glad I could bring danah boyd into the conversation here!
  • Maggie Murphy on 06 Jun 11
     
    Elisa, I actually just got an email from Ravelry.com (an online knitting community) saying that their account database had been hacked and that I should change my password anywhere where I used the same email address and password to log in. I just went through this a few months ago when the Gawker Media servers were hacked! It's hard to rack my brain to remember every single website where I've signed up using my primary email address and go-to password. There are probably hundreds! God forbid I have accounts with that information that also have my credit card associated with it. It's scary to think about how much of me is spread all over the internet, and I can't even remember where in order to protect myself.
  • Cynthia Tavlin on 07 Jun 11
     
    I think I fall into that category of people who care about privacy but then contradict themselves with their behavior. From the personal to more organizational, this report on cyber hackers was on NPR today. http://www.npr.org/2011/06/06/137000302/latest-hacks-could-set-the-stage-for-cyberwar
  • Maggie Murphy on 07 Jun 11
     
    Um, I can't think of a more bone-chilling phrase than "cyberwar."
  • Mary McNamara on 07 Jun 11
     
    Steig Larsson made hacking look pretty cool. But it's interesting to think about how much is possible in the hacking world that we tend to forget about since our everyday use of technology has been so woven into our routines. Just saw this article and I found interesting to see the many sides of hacking: http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2011/jun/06/hackers-how-and-why-they-hack I always make fun of my dad for being a computer hypochondriac -- he always thinks that someone is hacking into his computer, so he has a million anti-virus and security programs (a combination which I think is actually destroying his computer). But it is a valid concern, though I think you have to just find a balance for your privacy since in extreme cases, your privacy can be a bit restricting.
amanda brennan

I SEE WHAT YOU DID THERE: How are the use of memes and tropes by those within online co... - 5 views

www.petehindle.com/...u-did-there-by-pete-hindle.pdf

pete hindle memes tropes twitter hashtags community

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  • amanda brennan on 19 Jun 11
     
    Building an online community and culture around words, phrases, and tropes -> looks at twitter hashtags, 
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  • Amanda Riegel on 20 Jun 11
     
    I can haz meme? I like this article, especially since it covers Rickrolling. You know, this is a good article to share with my parents--I'm a member of lots of communities, and it's hard to explain memes like LOLcats and Rickrolling to them. It's like a different culture, and sometimes I'm at a loss to explain it. I have to say that it's a bit weird to see this from an academic perspective. By the way, you've been posting a lot of articles like these. Where are you finding them?
  • amanda brennan on 24 Jun 11
     
    Hey, sorry I didn't see this comment sooner! I'm on a few google groups about memes so I get a lot of articles through them, as well as following twitter accounts of academics studying the lulz. This one, I think I just found it on google scholar while looking for sources for my final project.
  • Jeanine Finn on 28 Jun 11
     
    Jay Smooth nails the "no homo" meme (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7nCB8aiXD4)....and explains that as fun as it is to "play the game," just don't do it.
Mary Beth Davis

Digital Anthropolgist - 0 views

web.ebscohost.com.proxy.libraries.rutgers.edu/...detail

Danna boyd digital anthropologist

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  • Mary Beth Davis on 17 Jun 11
     
    Just came across these fairly recent article on Danna boyd. (yes, that's lower case 'b.') She's been involved with some pretty interesting online studies that focus on teen and young adults. Some of her research has included topics such as, "Online White Flight," "Digital Self-Harm," and Privacy Techniques." I found it particularly interesting that on the topic of Digital Self-Harm, she discovered that vicious anonymous questions on a teen's profile weren't examples of cyberbullying but were posted by the teen herself!
  • Rebecca Martin on 19 Jun 11
     
    Thanks for bringing her into the conversation, Mary Beth! danah boyd is definitely one of my favorite researchers. I read large portions of her dissertation as part of HIB my first semester in the program here at Rutgers, and a lot of what she's said has stuck with me since. You can read it here: http://www.danah.org/papers/TakenOutOfContext.pdf. I also recently attended a webinar from the Berkman Center, where she's a fellow, in which she summarizes nicely a lot of her work under the broader theme of "Embracing the Culture of Connectivity." You can watch it here: http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/events/2011/05/academicSM.
Rebecca Martin

"Hyper-Public: A Symposium on Designing Privacy and Public Space" - 1 views

cyber.law.harvard.edu/6930

internet culture social media privacy internet as space community

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  • Rebecca Martin on 23 Jun 11
     
    A really interesting series of videos, audio, visualizations, and other outputs from "Hyper-Public: A Symposium on Designing Privacy and Public Space," at Harvard's Berkman Center
  • Mary Beth Davis on 23 Jun 11
     
    Interesting to think about the fact that the concept of privacy is really shifting. Danna boyd's illustrates this point well with her statement that that "even though we're in the public, doesn't mean we desire publicity." She also mentioned "youth" hiding in broad day light through their use of online code.
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