Lawrence Lessig Video – Political Corruption

This is a must-see video presentation. (Click on the image on the left.) Lessig is a compelling, witty speaker, and his style is simple yet very effective. In this lecture, he’s calling for a “process revolution” that clarifies each politician’s level of independence from — or dependence on — private money. The consequences of the [...]

Adjusting to College – Tips from a Student

In this video, a college student shares tips on how to make the adjustment from high school to college. She focuses on four areas, and, interestingly, first on the list is adjusting to not having a car.
Second, laundry. She says, “Know what you’re doing,” and suggests getting tips from parents. Third is the standard — [...]

Web 2.0 Expo Apr 22-25 – San Francisco

[Excerpts from the site:] “Online registration for Web 2.0 Expo San Francisco is now closed. Please come down to Moscone West and register on-site.”
“Web 2.0 technologies are empowering us in ways we could only have imagined even just a few years ago. We’re able to build more, connect more, have more fun, sell more stuff, [...]

TCC 2008: Lisa Sepa’s Web 2.0 Tips

Lisa Sepa’s “Enhancing communication using Web 2.0” is an imaginative, innovative way to present online (TCC 2008 Online Conference, Apr 15-17). Sepa, a professor at University of Hawai`i – Maui Community College, uses a blog as her platform to demonstrate the power of blogs. Her effort is exemplary: aesthetically pleasing, efficiently designed, extremely useful, and [...]

Caltech Alumni Association Uses Facebook

In Andrew Careaga’s 17 Apr 2008 blog is a piece on Caltech Alumni Association’s use of LinkedIn, Facebook, and Flickr. He
says, “Caltech made a conscious decision to use third-party social networks instead of creating a separate, exclusive network hosted by the alumni association. The reasons: third-party validation (especially from LinkedIn, I would assume), and most [...]

K-20 Educational Social Network – Muse

“The National Internet2 K20 Initiative brings together Internet2 member institutions and innovators from primary and secondary schools, colleges and universities, libraries, and museums to extend new
technologies, applications, middleware, and content to all educational sectors, as quickly and connectedly as possible.” (quote from the Muse website)
(source: Gerry McKiernan, “Muse: The National Internet2 K20 Initiative Online Social [...]

Blogs Are ‘the Adult Social Networks’

Fred Wilson, in his blog, A VC (“Musings of a V[enture] C[apitalist] in NYC”), has a lively discussion going on “The Difference Between WordPress and Facebook” (18 Apr 2008). His opening post and comments in the discussion are obviously beyond the imaginative reach of most of the other participants. Here are a few Fred excerpts:
“The [...]

One-Stop Reference Site – Schoolr

The Unbundling of Newspapers — and Colleges?

Last week, April 7-11, the Britannica Blog did a series called “Are Newspapers Doomed? (Do We Care?): Newspapers & the Net Forum.” This series is an example of the power of blogs. It’s a landmark in the sense that it raises the value bar for blogs. The individual articles and the reader discussions that follow [...]

‘Massasoit on Demand’ – Videos and Podcasts

I discovered this website via boston.com (Boston Globe), more specifically, its online listing of remedial college classes near Greater Boston.
“Massasoit on Demand” provides streaming media, videos and podcasts, on the Massasoit Community College webpage. Click on the image on the left to view an example on Massasoit language labs, hosted by Dr. Charles Wall, MCC [...]