Posted in New Information Ecologies, New Technologies, Something to Think About on November 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The new shape of information
Yesterday Vicki Butler and I attended an online presentation through LMC@The Forefront. The subject - Personal Learning Networks – was presented by David Warlick, a nationally renowned school technology advocate. You can read more about it here at the ISTE Technology site.
Here is an excerpt from the link above:
As we work [...]
Posted in New Information Ecologies, New Technologies on November 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Last Saturday I rolled out of bed at a leisurely 8:45 a.m. … jumped onto the computer and into a live presentation on Diigo with colleagues from all over the country. It turned out to be the best thing I’ve done all year. Everyone bookmarks their favorite sites right? If you are a fan [...]
Posted in New Information Ecologies, New Technologies, tagged SaasTV on March 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Yesterday we broadcast our first class live over SaasTV using the web service UStream. It was a hit with the 10 alums who logged in to watch the honors history class present their trial of Sometimes a Great Notion. Apparently a few current SAAS students also tuned in — much to the chagrin of their [...]
Posted in New Information Ecologies on February 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Yes you!
Encyclopaedia Britannica now allows readers to suggest edits to encyclopedia entries which are then inspected by the resource’s editors for approval. According to the Sydney Morning Herald, Britannica aims to turn around edits within 20 minutes. Many of these changes/additions will appear in the print edition of the encyclopedia.
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Posted in New Information Ecologies, New Technologies, tagged Zoomii; bookstores; user interface on November 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Zoomii, a new virtual bookstore that uses Amazon’s prices and fulfilment, provides a nifty ‘browse’ interface that lets the viewer zoom in and out of 21,000 ‘books’ – read cover thumbnails – arranged on ’shelves’ according to category. (from: if:book blog)
Posted in For Teachers, New Information Ecologies, tagged information, knowledge management, learning, technology on September 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
As usual, Peter Drucker was on the case before anyone else. In the late 1960s he coined the term knowledge economy, predicting that the spread of information would cause major changes in society. Knowledge – the right kind of knowledge – adds value. Knowledge is becoming a strategic issue – how to acquire it, develop [...]
Posted in New Information Ecologies, tagged Visualization Humanities on June 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Fairfax, Va. — Turning historical and social-science data into pictures could help scholars identify new patterns in old records, according to researchers who gathered at George Mason University this weekend for a conference on technology in the humanities.
At a session devoted to visualization — as making pictures out of data is [...]
Posted in New Information Ecologies, tagged Encyclopedia Britannica wikis on June 6, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Long a standard reference source for scholarship, largely because of its tightly controlled editing, the Encyclopaedia Britannica announced this week it was throwing open its elegantly-bound covers to the masses. It will allow the “user community” (in the words of the encyclopedia’s blog) to contribute their own articles, which will be [...]
