Monthly Archives: January 2011

Here is a long article from The Journal of Second Life’s decision to close teen grid. The article also considers the issue of educators investing in free, but undependable online destinations.

I follow one podcaster on a regular basis – Leo Laporte. Here is a feature from the LA Times blog.

This article on the spread of malware via USB drives caught my attention because I encountered this problem last year. I would think this would be a big issue in education at all levels. Students carry content on USB drives … Continue reading →

Henry Jenkin’s book “Confronting the challenges of participatory culture” is presently available at no cost from Amazon (Aug. 24). If you own a Kindle or want to try the Kindle app on other devices (e.g., iPad), I certainly recommend what … Continue reading →

If you are attempting to understand the various issues associated with net neutrality, you might explore this summary by Stephen Light. His post offers a visual summary and plenty of links if you want to investigate in depth.

Back in 2006, I started an online bookmarking site. The original idea was to offer a searchable directory of Internet resources to those who were using our textbook. So, resources were tagged by chapter but also using other descriptors. I … Continue reading →