In “A Champion of Information Literacy,” William Badke tells us about a former student of his who had left the print world behind. In the article, Badke replays his discussion with the student:
“Student A, mind you, was not simply dumbing down to a Google search, grabbing the first three results and using them willy-nilly. No, [...]
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Google Books Now, Yeah!
Posted in collaboration, education, higher education, internet, media, technology, tagged Books, education, Google, internet, media, technology on October 29, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Wow, LoC.
Posted in Controlled Vocabularies, Flickr, Library 2.0, Library of Congress, Tagging, collaboration, education, information, internet, participation, read-write, technology, web 2.0, tagged collaboration, Controlled Vocabularies, education, Flickr, information, internet, Library 2.0, Library of Congress, participation, read-write, Tagging, technology, web 2.0 on January 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I’m not completely sure how to start this post. First, I guess with thanks to John Fudrow, else it would have been even longer before I found out about this development (how did I miss this?). My original title for this post was LOC + Flickr = Interesting, but then I saw that the LibrarianInBlack [...]
when it comes to encyclopedias, does Google knol best?
Posted in Encyclopedia, Google, Wikipedia, collaboration, education, higher education, information, internet, knol, read-write, technology, www, tagged collaboration, education, Encyclopedia, Google, higher education, information, internet, knol, read-write, read/write, technology, Wikipedia, www on January 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
knol
main entry: knol
pronunciation: \ˈnōl\
function: noun
etymology: 12/13/2007 Udi Manber in Encouraging People to Contribute Knowledge, “Earlier this week, we started inviting a selected group of people to try a new, free tool that we are calling ‘knol’…”
definition: A unit of knowledge.
By the end of 2008, the above definition might seem silly. Should [...]
everyone needs a little lessig in his or her life
Posted in collaboration, copyright, internet, larry lessig, law, media, participation, read-write, technology, ted, tedtalks, www, tagged copyright, internet, larry lessig, law, read-write, ted, tedtalks, www on December 4, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Larry Lessig is a Professor of Law at Stanford University, the founder of its Center for Internet and Society (CIS), the founder and CEO of Creative Commons, and the author of several books calling for a reworking of the copyright law to better mesh with contemporary culture/technologies. Why am I on about him today? [...]
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