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Surveillance Capitalism
Surveillance capitalism is the phrase Shoshana Zuboff coined to describe the business model of collecting personal information online and using these data as a way to generate revenue. Her entire model is explained in her book of the same name. … Continue reading
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Hour of Code
I would be remiss if ignoring the yearly effort to promote coding and computer science in K12. This is the annual week for this recognition and this link from Hour of Code founder Hadi Partovi offers some interesting information on … Continue reading
Wikiversity
I encountered this resource by accident, but thought some who follow this blog might find it useful. Wikiversity is a side project of the Wikipedia foundation and is an attempt to organize OER resources appropriate for higher education. The link … Continue reading
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Phone camera skills
The general access to a cellphone camera makes it realistic to consider ways in which photography skills can contribute to learning. Just having the tool does not mean that the individual can use it effectively or even recognize when photography … Continue reading
Tracking Trackers
The companies collecting your personal information and the companies attempting to protect you are in an arms race. It is easy enough to identify cookies set by the sites you visit, but are the cookies really the responsibility of what … Continue reading
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The network effect
The network effect proposes that the value of goods or a service increases as more individuals use the goods or make use of the service. The network effect is the challenge to a new service that is similar to a large existing … Continue reading
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