technology

MySpace and identity theft

This article details the ease of identity theft "among friends" on social networking sites. As the world becomes smaller and we have fewer of the "in-person" clues and other types of networks to know whether or not we can trust someone, the online social networking world will have to develop ways to deal with this crucial threat.

Laptop from the Past

An Associate Press report published about a week ago discusses the laptop from southern Greece 2,000 years ago. Scientists "have identified a handful of puzzling metal scraps found in a shipwreck as the earliest known mechanical computing device, which pinpointed astronomical events." These findings were also published in Nature. 

How can we connect this to the evolution of human/computer thought???

Internet Usage

A Nov. 29 article in US today states that "Online communities have become so vital that close to half those in the USA who participate - 43% - say their online friends and associates are as important as groups they participate in face to face." This is from an Annenberg School Center for the Digital Future at the University of Southern California report.

YouTube and Schools

Here's an insightful teacher post with 'how-to's' included.

Instant messaging and students

During my surfing adventures this morning, I ran across this interesting article about instant messaging and students perceptsion/use of something they see as "normal" versus separately as technology.

Sociology Wiki

Here's an example of a class wiki for sociology.

NCSS Presentation

Here's my NCSS conference presentation:

Download blogs_podcasting_and_wikis.ppt

The session was over capacity and full of insightful people with lots of great ideas about blogs, podcasting, and wikis.

I promised to find out about some wiki software programs:

Project Forum

wikidot.com

TWiki

Free wiki Software

If you have any you have used and would recommend, please add them in the comments.