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Graham Wegner - My Mate, Tom - Teaching Generation Z
This is a great story not because it's so unusual but because it's so typical, and it shows how the internet is changing lives, one or two at a time. Today I have internet friendships with people around the world, and while I don't see them very much, if at all, they are important and meaningful to me. And so, too, for many of the billion people now online. How can this not change the world, when it has changed me so much? [ From OLDaily on December 26, 2005 at 8:45 p.m..

Graham Wegner - Real World Learning Objects - Teaching Generation Z
Nice post with many links referencing mostly the From OLDaily on December 26, 2005 at 8:45 p.m..

Grant McCracke - Internet 2.0: the economic, social and cultural consequences of the new Internet - This Blog Sits At The Intersection of Anthropology and Economics
Observing that "our enthusiasm for the internet is returning," Grant McCracken offers a three (or four) part model describing the impact of the internet. "The Internet is a reformation machine. It will create new fundamentals of and for our world. It change the units of analysis and the relationships between them. This reformation model says, in other words, that the coming changes will deeply cultural... and not merely social (model 2) and economic (model 1)." [ From OLDaily on December 26, 2005 at 8:45 p.m..

Jeremy Price - The Emergence of Meaning: Wikipedia As Object-Centered Sociality - Smelly Knowledge
Synthesis of a few viewpointgs on what it means for Wikipedia to be thought of as an encyclopedia. The thrust is that what Wikipedia is up to is different from, but just as valuable, as a traditional encyclopedia. This is accomplished by leaving asidce ideas of being authoritative. Maybe so - but I read the value of Wikipedia differently. While it may be as authoritative as Britannica, it should be kept in mind that Wikipedia's article selection also varies - while editors and reviewers ensure objectivity, they also narrow the bounds of what is considered relevantg. Wikipedia carried no s From OLDaily on December 26, 2005 at 8:45 p.m..

Terry Heaton - TV News in a Postmodern World - Donata
Next year's tech trend is probably the easiest to predict in years - next year will be the year of video. You read it last here. "This awakening of creativity among our youth -- and their ability to do something with it -- is the essence of what's known as Web 2.0. We've moved past the early adopter stage with young people, and that will continue to flourish next year. Online video will be where much of the action is in 2006." [ From OLDaily on December 26, 2005 at 8:45 p.m..

Happy Holiday Learning!
Find out why Ron Gross views holidays as inviting, rewarding, rich, enjoyable, and consequential learning opportunities.... From Adult/Continuing Education on December 26, 2005 at 12:50 p.m..

Testament reviewed
Nice review!http://www.columbusalive.com/2005/20051221/122105/12210508.htmlNew New TestamentBy J. Caleb MozzoccoIf enough people beyond the usual comics audience getaround to reading it, I have a feeling that controversialthinker and author Douglas Rushkoff's new monthly series,Testament (DC/Vertigo), could ignite a real firestorm.In other words, it makes for a pretty potent read. Not onlyis it well-written and even better illustrated (by artistLiam Sharp), it manages to tell a dramatic story that&ap From rushkoff.blog on December 26, 2005 at 10:45 a.m..

NEC unveils first 'Yonah' notebook, But when will it actually ship? - Tony Smith, the Register
NEC has announced what may well be the first notebook to be based on Intel's upcoming 65nm, dual-core processor, 'Yonah'. The Japanese manufacturer's LaVie RX LR900/ED, announced yesterday, will contain the new CPU, backed by 512MB of DDR 2 SDRAM - the up From Techno-News Blog on December 26, 2005 at 12:49 a.m..

PC sales expected to slow in 2006 - Dinesh C. Sharma, CNET News
Global personal computer sales are projected to grow at 10.5 percent in 2006, compared with 15.8 percent growth seen in 2005, according to new data from IDC. Fewer replacements and slower economic growth will slow down computer sales in the coming months From Techno-News Blog on December 26, 2005 at 12:49 a.m..

Google Earth: Too close for comfort? - Katie Hafner and Saritha Rai, The New York Times
When Google introduced Google Earth, free software that marries satellite and aerial images with mapping abilities, the company emphasized its usefulness as a teaching and navigation tool, while advertising the pure entertainment value of flying over high From Techno-News Blog on December 26, 2005 at 12:49 a.m..