From the great folks at CommonCraft, Twitter in Plain English: An excellent explanation of Twitter—better than I ever could do when talking with students about it—but I must say that I do miss the “Hmm Hmm Hmm” that began and ended their prior videos.
Via if:Book, the current issue of First Monday takes a critical look at Web 2.0. The table of contents: Preface: Critical Perspectives on Web 2.0 by Michael Zimmer Market Ideology and the Myths of Web 2.0 by Trebor Scholz Web 2.0: An argument against convergence by Matthew Allen Interactivity is Evil! A critical investigation…
This Friday, Feb. 29, 2008, the New Jersey Knowledge Initiative (NJKI) is going to have its $1 million FY2008 funding is going to be cut from the state budget. As a result, students, faculty, and staff at colleges and businesses that are associated with NJKI, which includes my institution, will no longer have access…
I love readings stories like this (and it makes me proud to have been a Texan for a least a little while). Via Crooks and Liars via Burnt Orange Report blogging about an article in the Houston Chronicle, thousands of students from Prairie View A&M University yesterday marched 7.3 miles to vote in protest…