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Internet Learning

February 28, 2021 By gmoke Leave a Comment

RheingoldLearningRevolution 20 minute summary about the pedagogy and use of social media Howard Rheingold developed over 10 years teaching at Stanford and Berkeley https://youtu.be/DgbQiDeQ12I Howard Rheingold wrote The Virtual … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Editor, User Tagged With: communications, community, computer literacy, etiquette, HowardRheingold, internet, learning, media literacy, organization, social-media, teaching, WholeEarthReview, Zoom

Will Globe Keep Ignoring Columnist’s Blatant Conflicts of Interest?

August 18, 2015 By thegreenmiles 16 Comments

Why is the Boston Globe letting former US Sen. John Sununu (R-NH) sell space on its op-ed page? As Eric Hananoki reports for Media Matters, the Globe has once again allowed Sununu to pen a column without disclosing he's a highly-paid … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: boston-globe, energy, environment, internet, John Sununu, media, Media Matters

Like a seed, sprouting in the mind

January 13, 2011 By AmberPaw Leave a Comment

In his universal prayer, Alexander Pope makes clear that he knew that the imagination and our thoughts lead to actions. In Rwanda, media was used to create a climate where hundreds of thousands died, because imaginations were fed by the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: empathy, honor, imagination, internet, media, newspaper, radio, second-amendment, truth

We have the technology – why doesn’t the MBTA use it?

May 30, 2010 By Pablo 50 Comments

As we exited the train, these excellent T digital displays (complete with clocks) were just flipping from 11:00 to 11:01, flipping at the same time as my cell phone. Piece of cake. A very short walk to the busway, hop on the bus, and we … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: internet, mbta, schedules

Trust and the Interwebs, the Amazon Case Study (Updatedx3)

April 13, 2009 By lynne Leave a Comment

"brutal_honesty" links to someone who was "the only person to figure it out," someone called "dely," writing at another livejournal blog (why does anyone use livejournal? God I hate that format). Basically, #amazonfail is the name for a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: internet, online-communities

Now What?

April 9, 2009 By liveandletlive Leave a Comment

The discussion about the aggregation and distribution of content on the web heated up this week when the Associated Press announced plans to "launch an industry initiative" designed "to protect news content" online. from Huffington Post The … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: internet, links, news

Let it shine, let it shine, let it shine!

March 18, 2009 By akingsley Leave a Comment

According to statistics from the Pew Research Center, 74% American adults use the Internet and nearly 59% of those individuals use it to visit a government website. There are no statistics, however, for what these visits yield. In early … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: internet, open-government, sunshine-week, transparency

“Convenient and sufficient access to the Internet”

July 30, 2008 By David 11 Comments

That's what the Chinese government has said it is willing to supply foreign journalists covering the Beijing Olympics.  But, of course, the Chinese government itself will determine what is "sufficient."  Bottom line: [A] … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: internet, media, olympics

Op Ed by Elizabeth Edwards calling for real coverage by the MSM in the NYT #6 on the hits parade

April 29, 2008 By AmberPaw 2 Comments

As Elizabeth herself says: FOR the last month, news media attention was focused on Pennsylvania and its Democratic primary. Given the gargantuan effort, what did we learn? Well, the rancor of the campaign was covered. The amount of money … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: campaign-coverage, dumbing-down-of-america, elizabeth-edwards, health-care, internet, journalism, main-stream-media

FCC Chair: Prepared to Stop ISPs from Hobbling Traffic

February 26, 2008 By lynne 7 Comments

DAVID COHEN: All of this is designed to have a minimal, virtually imperceptible effect on a small number of users. The result of course is a wildly positive impact on the Internet experience of many more users who subscribe to our … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: fcc, internet, kevin-martin, net-neutrality, public-hearing

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