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Results From The Pew Internet Project Study

Thursday, February 11th, 2010

The Read/Write Web recently posted an article about the diminishing number of young adults who blog:  ”Kids Don’t Blog Anymore? Maybe They Never Did“. Published on the heels of  research results from the Pew Internet Project, the RW article was just one of many that claimed kids were more likely to use social networking sites rather [...]

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The Slow Sputter of Delicious

Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010

I’m in the ed tech field so it’s my job to keep a lookout for technologies that will make an impact in education. It’s pretty common to see technologies with great promise fizzle because of poor business decisions, a bumpy economic landscape, or maybe they’ve solved a problem that doesn’t exist yet. Does the search [...]

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One-on-one with Tim Berners-Lee

Tuesday, May 27th, 2008

Okay, so it’s not really one-on-one but YOU do have an opportunity to get involved and ask questions to experts such as Tim Berners-Lee about net neutrality, democracy and the role of the web. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) is hosting a June 11th ‘08 interactive debate on the future of the web in which YOU [...]

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Net neutrality documentary

Monday, May 5th, 2008

Melanie McBride posted this video documentary about net neutrality that needs a broad audience – hence I’m cross-posting it here (though it’s a slightly different version). The video, “Humanity Lobotomy: Net Neutrality Open-Source Documentary”, is 11 minutes long and contains information that is of interest to all internet users.

 

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