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The Congress is blowing fuses ? the electrical kind
The chaos on Capitol Hill these days includes breakdowns related to the public electronic mobbings of their Washington representatives. Although the fellow in charge says not all the crashes are related to the current crisis, more energy efficient servers are needed to handle electronic relations between politicians and their increasing input from the public. [...]
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New video on ?vernacular video?
My newest vlog post is about vernacular video in culture and education. 6 1/2 minutes
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Dimension M = math game for New York City school kids
A math game will be in action in 109 middle schools this fall in the world’s largest public school system, serving New York City students. The decision to expand, as the New York Times reports, came after trial runs in two dozen schools last year:
?You have to be at the top of your game,? said [...]
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Multi-touch smart desks in the classroom
Multi-touch screens are very fashionable these days, but there are not many practical applications for them. Now, researchers at Durham University in the UK are using them to develop the world’s first interactive classroom. The new learning environments are using ‘interactive multi-touch desks that look and act like a large version of an Apple iPhone.’ [...]
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Citizen journalism in Africa
The following is a very informative excerpt by Masters of Media from the University of Amsterdam of the Surprising Africa event at Picnic 08.
Bring the world to Africa and bring Africa to the world.? (Gisel Hiscock, talking at Surprising Africa)
Hiscock, one of speakers at the Surprising Africa conference, held a lecture about Google?s interest in [...]
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