Digital Literacy and the Digital Divide

11.05.09 Posted in education, literacy by Shelley

Working in technology, it is sometimes easy to forget that not all people have the same levels of technical proficiency nor equal access to technology. In fact, this week on the Instructional Technology Forum (out of UGA), this very topic has incited quite a heated debate. Some participants indicate that there is a global digital [...]

Export Computing

02.24.09 Posted in Social Media, research by Shelley

The seven minute video about Siftables (see below) from the recent Ted Conference sparked an interesting discourse between me and a professor at my university. While Siftables are interesting and innovative in just premise, there is an underlying shift at work in the thinking behind the product. While traditional computer programs involve presentation of information, [...]

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