Although information technology is well integrated into the lives of many Americans, gadgets and communication services require, for some, a call for help. Some 48% of technology users usually need help from others to set up new devices or to show them how they function. Many tech users encounter problems with their internet connections, cell phones, and other gadgets. This, in turn, often leads to impatience and frustration as they try to get them fixed.
New research from the Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project shows that:
* 44% of those with home internet access say their connection failed to work properly at some time in the previous 12 months.
* 39% of those with desktop or laptop computers have had their machines not work properly at some time in the previous 12 months.
* 29% of cell phone users say their device failed to work properly at some time in the previous year.
For the full report please visit our website.
The Pew Internet Project is an initiative of the Pew Research Center, a nonprofit "fact tank" that provides information on the issues, attitudes and trends shaping America and the world. Pew Internet explores the impact of the internet on children, families, communities, the work place, schools, health care and civic/political life. Support for the project is provided by The Pew Charitable Trusts. The project's Web site.
Monday, November 24, 2008
Web 2.0
Using the Web 2.0 write up in Wikipedia this video is to help teach educators about Web 2.0 tools.
Information R/evolution
From: mwesch
Added: October 12, 2007
This video explores the changes in the way we find, store, create, critique, and share information. This video was created as a conversation starter, and works especially well when brainstorming with people about the near future and the skills needed in order to harness, evaluate, and create information effectively.
High Quality WMV download
Quicktime
If you are interested in this topic, check out Clay Shirky's work. Also check out David Weinberger's Everything is Miscellaneous.
This video is licensed under a Creative Commons
Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 License. So you are welcome to download it, share it, even change it, just as long as you give me some credit and you don't sell it or use it to sell anything.
Added: October 12, 2007
This video explores the changes in the way we find, store, create, critique, and share information. This video was created as a conversation starter, and works especially well when brainstorming with people about the near future and the skills needed in order to harness, evaluate, and create information effectively.
High Quality WMV download
Quicktime
If you are interested in this topic, check out Clay Shirky's work. Also check out David Weinberger's Everything is Miscellaneous.
This video is licensed under a Creative Commons
Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 License. So you are welcome to download it, share it, even change it, just as long as you give me some credit and you don't sell it or use it to sell anything.
Web 2.0... The Machine is Us/ing Us
From: mwesch
Added: January 31, 2007
Web 2.0 in just under 5 minutes. This is the 2nd draft, and I plan on doing one more final draft. Please leave comments on what could be changed or improved, or what needs to be excluded or included. Subscribe if you want to be notified when the revision is released.
UPDATE: I just added this video to Mojiti where you can actually write your comments into the video itself. It is an exciting experiment in "Video 2.0". Go check it out and add your voice! Transcripts are now available as well.
A couple of people have noted that the statement, "XML was created to do just that"(separate form from content) is misleading because CSS enables the same effect with HTML. I tried to integrate CSS into the video, but it ruined the flow. Perhaps in the next draft.
My statement on XML is based on the following from xml.com: "In order to appreciate XML, it is important to understand why it was created. XML was created so that richly structured documents could be used over the web. The only viable alternatives, HTML and SGML, are not practical for this purpose. HTML, as we've already discussed, comes bound with a set of semantics and does not provide arbitrary structure."
Thank you all for the comments. With your help the next draft will be cleaned up and hopefully free of factual errors.
A higher quality version is available for download.
The song is "There's Nothing Impossible" by Deus, available for free. Deus offers music under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.0 license, yet one more example of the interlinking of people sharing and collaborating this video is attempting to illustrate.
CC: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b...
Michael Wesch
Assistant Professor of Cultural Anthropology
Kansas State University
SECOND VERSION
FINAL VERSION
Added: January 31, 2007
Web 2.0 in just under 5 minutes. This is the 2nd draft, and I plan on doing one more final draft. Please leave comments on what could be changed or improved, or what needs to be excluded or included. Subscribe if you want to be notified when the revision is released.
UPDATE: I just added this video to Mojiti where you can actually write your comments into the video itself. It is an exciting experiment in "Video 2.0". Go check it out and add your voice! Transcripts are now available as well.
A couple of people have noted that the statement, "XML was created to do just that"(separate form from content) is misleading because CSS enables the same effect with HTML. I tried to integrate CSS into the video, but it ruined the flow. Perhaps in the next draft.
My statement on XML is based on the following from xml.com: "In order to appreciate XML, it is important to understand why it was created. XML was created so that richly structured documents could be used over the web. The only viable alternatives, HTML and SGML, are not practical for this purpose. HTML, as we've already discussed, comes bound with a set of semantics and does not provide arbitrary structure."
Thank you all for the comments. With your help the next draft will be cleaned up and hopefully free of factual errors.
A higher quality version is available for download.
The song is "There's Nothing Impossible" by Deus, available for free. Deus offers music under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.0 license, yet one more example of the interlinking of people sharing and collaborating this video is attempting to illustrate.
CC: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b...
Michael Wesch
Assistant Professor of Cultural Anthropology
Kansas State University
SECOND VERSION
FINAL VERSION
A Vision of Todays Students
From: mwesch
Added: October 12, 2007
A short video summarizing some of the most important characteristics of students today - how they learn, what they need to learn, their goals, hopes, dreams, what their lives will be like, and what kinds of changes they will experience in their lifetime. Created by Michael Wesch in collaboration with 200 students at Kansas State University.
Music by Try^d
Download higher quality wmv
mov version
More information
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons
Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 License. So you are welcome to download it, share it, even change it, just as long as you give me some credit and you don't sell it or use it to sell anything.
Added: October 12, 2007
A short video summarizing some of the most important characteristics of students today - how they learn, what they need to learn, their goals, hopes, dreams, what their lives will be like, and what kinds of changes they will experience in their lifetime. Created by Michael Wesch in collaboration with 200 students at Kansas State University.
Music by Try^d
Download higher quality wmv
mov version
More information
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons
Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 License. So you are welcome to download it, share it, even change it, just as long as you give me some credit and you don't sell it or use it to sell anything.
The New Media Literacies
Posted November 15th, 2008 by NMC in media literacy new media
Find the short video featuring members of MIT's Project New Media Literacies (NML) "discuss the social skills and cultural competencies needed to fully engage with today's participatory culture" at its website. Edited in a modern graphic format, it quickly highlights what is "new" about new media literacy.
Find the short video featuring members of MIT's Project New Media Literacies (NML) "discuss the social skills and cultural competencies needed to fully engage with today's participatory culture" at its website. Edited in a modern graphic format, it quickly highlights what is "new" about new media literacy.
Digital Media and Learning - MACARTHUR Foundation
The MacArthur Foundation launched its five-year, $50 million digital media and learning initiative in 2006 to help determine how digital technologies are changing the way young people learn, play, socialize, and participate in civic life. Answers are critical to developing educational and other social institutions that can meet the needs of this and future generations. The initiative is both marshaling what is already known about the field and seeding innovation for continued growth.
On this website you can find:
* information about ongoing projects and emerging research;
* a link to the Spotlight blog, where visitors can engage with initiative grantees about their work; and
* information about the open-call Digital Media & Learning Competition, which provides $2 million in awards to innovators shaping the field.
On this website you can find:
* information about ongoing projects and emerging research;
* a link to the Spotlight blog, where visitors can engage with initiative grantees about their work; and
* information about the open-call Digital Media & Learning Competition, which provides $2 million in awards to innovators shaping the field.
eClass Desgin
There are a number of web sites being developed by publishers to enable religious educators to create classes/courses online. Here are some of them:
* Dedicated Teacher
* Dedicated Teacher
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
