Lankshear, C., & Knobel, M. (2007). Sampling “the New” in New Literacies. In M. Knobel & C. Lankshear (Eds.), A New Literacies Sampler (Vol. 29, pp. 1-24). New York: Peter Lang.
Breakthrough Ideas for 2008
Want to know what Harvard thinks is happening in terms of the future? Of course you do. This set of articles covers the gamut from why gaming is valuable as a learning environment to what fields actually need experts. Choose some trends that interest you and check them out.
Blogs – The New York Review of Books
Want to know more about what blogs are and why we should care. This article does a good think on blogs and books.
Q&A: Author Nicholas Carr on the Terrifying Future of Computing
A quick little Q&A session about Google, who owns you data, and why you should care.
Secret Websites, Coded Messages: The New World of Immersive Games
What do games mean when they play out in the open with hundreds, thousands or hundreds of thousands of real people working together? This article takes about alternate reality games and how they are used in marketing. Fascinating use of web 2.0 technologies.
http://www.wired.com/entertainment/music/magazine/16-01/ff_args
Should Web Giants Let Startups Use the Information They Have About You?
This is an article about scraping – a process of gathering data from a web-based service (e.g. facebook) and repurposing it for use in other applications / services. It as interesting implications for who owns what data.
http://www.wired.com/techbiz/media/magazine/16-01/ff_scraping
What Did the Professor Say? Check Your iPod – New York Times
A story about the use of podcasting in higher education.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/09/business/09novel.html?_r=2&oref=slogin&oref=slogin
WNYC’s Radio Lab Podcast: Contact
This is a brilliant little podcast out of WNYC. This episode is about technology and its impact on community and social interactions. Seemed appropriate for our class.
http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=152249110&s=143441&i=21047153
CSI Facebook (McEducation)
What is the broader impact of online identity?
McEducation
This is my (rarely updated) blog. I am hoping that this class will get me reengaged with the blogosphere and get me posting again. Looking forward to a good semester.