Adrian Short raises some crucial points on ownership, identity and control on the web. As he says"The promise of the open web looks increasingly uncertain". The question is what can/should we do (if we care about that, of course). It’s the end of the web as we know it « Adrian Short This was posted […]
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Dave Cormier – Why teaching isn’t selling
Dave Cormier – Why teaching isn’t sellinghttp://davecormier.com/edblog/2011/09/27/why-teaching-isnt-like-selling/ (via C4LPT, aka Jane Hart on Twitter). Why teaching isn’t selling » Dave's Educational Blog Why teaching isn't selling. change11 Add comments. Sep 272011. Boring preamble I've been trying to think my way through the reasons why I've spent so much time in the last five years track… […]
Pushing for open access to knowledge
Pushing for open access to knowledge . Big and very admirable move. Steve Wheeler: Sharp practicehttp://steve-wheeler.blogspot.com/2011/09/sharp-practice.html Edited to correct the url This was posted on Google+…
danah boyd – Why Cyberbullying Rhetoric Misses the Mark
Good for developing a better understanding of bullying and for informing decisions on how to deal with it. Reshared post from +danah boyd +Alice Marwick and I co-authored an op-ed for the New York Times entitled “Why Cyberbullying Rhetoric Misses the Mark.” http://nyti.ms/q1THlf This is based on a new paper that we wrote called “The […]
Extreme schooling
A great story via Jason Kottke – Extreme schoolinghttp://kottke.org/11/09/extreme-schooling. I don't think I'd have the guts to do this to my kid 🙂 This was posted on Google+…
danah boyd and Kate Crawford interrogate the big data trend.
+danah boyd and +Kate Crawford’s interrogate the big data trend. Reshared post from +danah boyd The era of “Big Data” has begun. Computer scientists, physicists, economists, mathematicians, political scientists, bio-informaticists, sociologists, and many others are clamoring for access to the massive quantities of information produced by and about people, things, and their interactions. Diverse groups […]
danah boyd on G+ real name policy
Two great posts by danah boyd on G+ real name policy. Really worth reading. 1) http://www.zephoria.org/thoughts/archives/2011/08/04/real-names.html 2) http://www.zephoria.org/thoughts/archives/2011/08/05/design-social-norms.html This was posted on Google+…
The future of social media [Graham Attwell]
“The future of social media” is Graham Attwell’s very insighful comment on George Siemens post on social media that is attracting a lot of attention, Deservedly, imo, since George Siemens has voiced a growing feeling of weariness that many have been experiencing (I have), and rightly criticized the way some people are exaggerating the power, […]
Matt Damon rocks :-)
Matt Damon had some great things to say at the “Save our schools march”. Matt Damon’s headliner speech at the Save Our Schools March in DC, 7/30/2011. And watch the answer he gave in this short interview (at around 38 secs). Way to go Matt :-). What We Saw at the Save Our Schools Rally […]