Geeking Our Way to a Better World

Go out into the world today and love the people you meet. Let your presence light new light in the hearts of people. -Mother Teresa Thinking more about the homeless issue and how to make an impact. Steve Hargadon and I have been throwing ideas around for awhile now. I plan to Skype him into [...]

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Tech Enhanced Learning and Social Networking as a Degree

Interesting discussion over on Will’s site.  University of Michigan is offering a M.A. specialization in Social Computing. Here’s the list of courses you have to take: SI 508: Networks: Theory and Application (3 credits) SI 532 Digital Government I: Information Technology and Democratic Politics (1.5 credits) SI 583: Recommender Systems (1.5 credits) SI 631: Content [...]

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David Weinberger: NPR, User-Generated Content and Trust

Public relations professionals and journalists often work together, and sometimes they even get along.With citizen journalism on the rise yet another layer of the onion is being pulled back as we think through how networks and the resulting emerging connections will shape from whom and how we get  information. Andy Carvin features several short videos [...]

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New Zealand Connection Elluminated

I had the best time in Elluminate on Tuesday and Wednesday listening to the Advanced Teams (ABPC 21st Century teaching and learning project) tell about their Learning 2.0 projects. The highlight of both evenings was the guest visit with Chris Craft, a Spanish teacher in South Carolina and  Allanah King, a teacher from New Zealand. [...]

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