On Why I [heart] Henry Jenkins

06.14.10 Posted in Moxley, Social Media, conferences by Shelley

Last week I attended Games, Learning, and Society 6.0, a small conference about learning and games. One of the highlights was the Henry Jenkins keynote (and definitely the David Wiley keynote, which I’ll talk about in another post). In his white paper, Jenkins talks about the new skills required in our emerging participatory culture. Some [...]

From Standing to Shouldering

05.25.10 Posted in Moxley, Social Media, collaboration, literacy by Shelley

William Calvin, in his response to the 2010 World Question How is the internet changing the way you think?, concludes that the internet allows you to “stand on the shoulders of a lot more giants at the same time” since, compared to traditional methods of researching, much more information is available much more quickly. People [...]

Afraid to Change

05.19.10 Posted in Moxley, Social Media by Shelley

Long before I became interested in the ways people interact online, I was struck by an essay written in 1987 by Wendel Berry. In the essay, Berry explains why he “is not going to buy a computer.” To support his proclamation, he employs his activist background and claims an already unhealthy dependence on energy companies [...]

Digital Illiteracy

03.24.10 Posted in Media, Social Media, education, literacy by Shelley

It is really unlike me to write two posts in one day, but I’ve been thinking about an embarrassing moment for a colleague and how it is actually a lesson about digital literacy. So, at the risk of embarrassing him or her further, I am going to share the story. Today on the ITForum listserv, [...]

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 [...]

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