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Fun with Facebook
Influenced in some degree by the cover to the Talking Heads’ 1980 album Remain in Light:
Facebook is creepy
My wife and I had a debate yesterday about tweens and their use of technology. The crux of her argument was that kids constantly being on Facebook, MySpace, etc. did something to take away their humanity. My perspective was that … Continue reading
Posted in Media, Technology
Tagged China, Facebook, Howard Rheingold, Jeremy Bentham, Lost, Michael Wesch, panopticon, social media
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Tech, explained.
I discovered the “explainer” videos by Common Craft today, and they are just so beautiful in their simplicity. A large swath of Americans grew up with the cheap educational videos that Common Craft take their aesthetic from, so they make … Continue reading
On Connectivism
A research paper written for my “Development of Technology-Based Instruction” course. Every post on this blog will not be a mile long and written in APA format, but in the interest of creating my own “personal content management system,” I … Continue reading