Hello everyone -- I think I need to "invite" you to be able to post -- so for this first week, you can get around this by posting as a "comment" to this post -- and include your knowledge bit there...if you send me, Carrie, or Jim your gmail address -- we'll also add you to be able to post to the Blog as a contributor!
Happy information searching -- be sure to let us know if you have questions.
Carol
Saturday, August 29, 2009
History of the Internet
I think it's important to understand at least a bit of the underlying technology behind all the "21st Century Knowledge" tools we're using in this class, and the most fundamental one is the Internet. You could read any of the great books written about these things (I loved "Chip: How two Americans invented the microchip and launched a revolution", by T.R. Reid) but your reading list is probably a little long right now. This 7-minute video, however, gives a great, simple but technologically deep overview of the development of the Internet - and it does it with great style.
Enjoy! Carrie.
History of the Internet from PICOL on Vimeo.
Enjoy! Carrie.
Sunday, August 9, 2009
Videos - Social Web & Wikis
3 videos -- reinforcing concepts we'll discuss this term:
Social Bookmarking in Plain English - http://www.commoncraft.com/bookmarking-plain-english
Social Networking in Plain English - http://www.commoncraft.com/video-social-networking
Wikis in Plain English - http://www.commoncraft.com/video-wikis-plain-english
Carol
Social Bookmarking in Plain English - http://www.commoncraft.com/bookmarking-plain-english
Social Networking in Plain English - http://www.commoncraft.com/video-social-networking
Wikis in Plain English - http://www.commoncraft.com/video-wikis-plain-english
Carol
Posting news & knowledge finds...
Each week, as part of your participation, you are being asked to post at least one item here related to a news item, piece of new knowledge, or "aha" bit of awareness that you found during the week as part of your readings for class.
We'd like you to subscribe to either a Blog, RSS feed, or listserv in an area of knowledge interest to you --related to class-- so that you will begin to get used to "staying current" and increasing your own awareness and knowledge bank, if you aren't already doing this.
How -- you ask?? There are a number of ways to find information about blogs and/or listservs and feeds -- try a Google search with -- blog SUBJECT-- as your search -- such as blog education or blog international culture -- there are also listings on Google for blog subject areas or you might also try technorati.com/ or www.blogger.com.
Here's a list of the Top 100 RSS feeds that are subscribed to: radio.xmlstoragesystem.com/rcsPublic/rssHotlist
You may also want to search delicious for terms of interest -- or look through some of the urls listed for class -- many of those offer RSS feeds. We'll talk about these in your class, but we wanted to give you plenty of opportunities to get started if you're eager!
Carol
We'd like you to subscribe to either a Blog, RSS feed, or listserv in an area of knowledge interest to you --related to class-- so that you will begin to get used to "staying current" and increasing your own awareness and knowledge bank, if you aren't already doing this.
How -- you ask?? There are a number of ways to find information about blogs and/or listservs and feeds -- try a Google search with -- blog SUBJECT-- as your search -- such as blog education or blog international culture -- there are also listings on Google for blog subject areas or you might also try technorati.com/ or www.blogger.com.
Here's a list of the Top 100 RSS feeds that are subscribed to: radio.xmlstoragesystem.com/rcsPublic/rssHotlist
You may also want to search delicious for terms of interest -- or look through some of the urls listed for class -- many of those offer RSS feeds. We'll talk about these in your class, but we wanted to give you plenty of opportunities to get started if you're eager!
Carol
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