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Jonathan Zittrain on Minds for Sale

26. February 2010

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One of the thought leading places I follow is the Berkman Center at Harvard University and their podcast/webcast delivery vehicle called MediaBerkman, whose focus is to “…feature conversations with and talks by leading cyber-scholars, entrepreneurs, activists, and policymakers as they explore topics such as the factors that influence knowledge creation and dissemination in the digital age; [...]

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Classroom of the Future?

7. December 2009

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Reinventing education in a time of accelerating change is more important than ever before, especially if you’re at all interested in your kids and our future workforce being technologically savvy and possibly more so than any other workforce in the world. Normally I wouldn’t do a story on an interesting initiative with a marginally innovative [...]

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Minnov8 Gang Podcast 55: The Connected & Social Library

17. October 2009

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Libraries used to be places to go solely to find information and knowledge in containers called “books” that were comprised of “atoms” and organized by Melvil Dewey’s cool Decimal System, but increasingly library systems are morphing in to places to get connected online where patrons can find their information and knowledge in “bits” while interacting [...]

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Gary Koelling Gets Personal With Radio

24. July 2009

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I’ve written before about my involvement with the Conclave , an organization that seeks to educate radio broadcasters. This year I had the pleasure of heading up the planning of the Tech/Interactive Track at this year’s Learning Conference (#clave09), underway right now in Minneapolis. I’m thrilled that I have been able to include many of [...]

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Science Museum Could Be Minnesota’s Tech Secret

7. October 2008

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The Science Museum of Minnesota held another of its Web Seminars on Tuesday, October 7th.  For many, the SMM has become a valuable resource as they seek to get up to speed, learn a new skill, or discover “what all the fuss is about” in the computer world. To others it could very well be [...]

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Moodle Makes Its Mark

22. September 2008

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Today’s accelerating adoption of open source software (OSS), and the shift from desktop to web applications increasingly built on top of OSS, is being embraced by individuals, the non-profit sector, small, midsize, and even enterprise businesses. As more of us get connected via the internet and through web applications, seek ways to make our collaboration [...]

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Entire U of MN At-Your-Fingertips

8. June 2008

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Every behemoth company or institution shares a fundamental problem: they’re so big and organized in silo’s that access to the wealth of opportunities and resources they could offer is minimized. If only people on the outside could figure out what’s available, whom to call and how to engage with the right people inside, this problem [...]

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Emerging Digerati Showcase at U of MN

4. April 2008

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Today was the Emerging Digerati Showcase at the University of Minnesota, Weisman Art Museum. The focus was a College of Liberal Arts, new media festival featuring digital technology, art and research. It was inspiring to see the innovation and boundary pushing being done in this market and the passion people are bringing to digital technologies. [...]

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