CogDogBlog » Blog Archive » Social Software In Action (no real software required) I’ve often used the example of how quickly and effectively Larry Lessig’s book Free Culture was remixed into a dozen different forms. If I remember correctly, the audio version was available within a weekend after AKMA suggested splitting up the chapters and…
Month: February 2006
Can Blogging be Serious and Experimental?
Link to: Inside Higher Ed :: Serious Bloggers This piece by Wayne State assistant professor Jeff Rice, who blogs as Yellow Dog, highlights the chilling effect that articles like the Chronicle’s Bloggers Need Not Apply and the Business Week cover story Attack of the Blogs have had on academic bloggers. Even academics who are attracted…
The Ends of Education
There have been a number of thought provoking comments on one of Rachel‘s recent posts on a paper she’s working on that focuses on what it means for a New Media Center or other organization to “have an impact on campus.” Gardner commented on the original post asking: Hmmm. What *does* it mean to have…
A Little Wabi Sabi Please
Link To: Rough Type: Nicholas Carr’s Blog: Wikipedia and open source As the debate on the accuracy of the Wikipedia goes on, I am reminded about the wiki:wabi sabi world view ( the appreciation of the beauty of things imperfect, impermanent, and incomplete). Nicholas Carr, of IT should become boring, fame, continues to stir things…
Limitations of the Education Industry
Link to: CogDogBlog » Blog Archive » The Dissonance of “Blogs in Education” There’s lots to chew on in this post from the CogDogBlog. Seems like the whole crew at the Northern Voices conference got their juices flowing and there are more provocative ideas floating around than I can absorb. I think Alan’s discomfort with…
NPR : Blogging: A Blight or a Boon to Marriage?
Link to: NPR : Blogging: A Blight or a Boon to Marriage? Here’s an cute commentary on family blogging by Julie Zickefoose on All Things Considered. A naturalist, writer and commentator, she blogs at http://www.juliezickefoose.com/blog/index.php. Her use of images in her diary is pretty impressive. Thanks to Norman Elton, Network Engineer Outstandacus, for the link.
Preparing the Next Generation of Digital Natives
Link to: Mommy, Help Me Download ‘Farmer in the Dell’ to My MP3 Player – New York Times Digital cameras and MP3 players designed for kids 3 years old and up. Increasingly, I’m being drawn into discussions by K-12 educators about the appropriateness of various technologies for very young students. I’m not sure about the…
Presidents Who Blog
The recent issue of University Business ran an interesting Editor’s Note on college and university president’s who blog. Arizona State University president Michael Crow has a blog, offers podcasts, and even has his own domain! Other president’s who blog, according to the article, include Michigan State president Lou Anna K. Simon and Trinity University President…
MySpace Isn’t Blogging
Link to: Scobleizer – Microsoft Geek Blogger In the recent session that I took part in with a group of K-12 teachers, we talked about how MySpace and FaceBook actually work against teachers who want to use social software for learning purposes. Our initial premise was that students who had experience with online communities will…
Captioning and Searching Rich Media
Link to: 2005-09-12: Captioning services update The opening of the Multimedia Studio and the increased discussion of podcasting, and other rich media is raising numerous questions about our future ability to index, search and recombine those files in the way we can remix text today. That’s some time in the future, but there are some…
