Greenflame
Jottings on science, religion, technology, pop culture, photography and faith from the Aotearoa New Zealand
Category: Cyberspace
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A couple of short pieces from Harvard Business School about social networking Understanding Users of Social Networks — HBS Working Knowledge Social Network Marketing: What Works? — HBS Working Knowledge I particularly liked the quote, “Online social networks are most useful when they address real failures in the operation of offline networks”.
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This looks interesting digital nation – life on the virtual frontier | PBS Digital Nation is a new, open source PBS project that explores what it means to be human in an entirely new world — a digital world. It consists of this Web site as well as a major FRONTLINE documentary to be broadcast…
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Henry Jenkins’ blog has had a number of interesting recent postings related to transmedia storytelling, computer games and various other things: Confessions of an Aca/Fan: Archives: Transmedia Storytelling and Entertainment — A Syllabus looks like a course I’d like to take sometime. Confessions of an Aca/Fan: Archives: District 9 (Part One): Can a Bench Be…
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Radio interview on Radio NZ National on online religion at Easter went pretty much okay – apart from a glitch at the end when I ended up headphone problems that threw me a bit. Sorted it out by taking them off after about 10-20 seconds of confusion. All part of the learning experience. You can…
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This looks like it might be fun. A headset that control games with both your thoughts and your facial expressions. See Emotiv Systems uses your thoughts to power gaming – Ars Technica. Hat tip to: Nano and Nano- Bio, Info, Cogno, Neuro, Synbio, Geo, Chem…
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A brief op-ed piece by me appeared in the NZ Herald yesterday. The formatting changed a little, and the odd word or two got cut, but on the whole it’s out there to start discussion. See Spreading the word in cyberspace. (BTW – I didn’t pick the title)
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Paul’s put some really interesting posts up over on his blog. Check them out: fishers, surfers and casters » The Cyborg and the future of researching online religion – I fishers, surfers and casters » The Cyborg and the future of researching online religion – II fishers, surfers and casters » The Cyborg and the…
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Game Based Learning .:: alpha version ::. – Public Pedagogy through Video Games: by James Paul Gee and Elizabeth Hayes (Design, Resources & Affinity Spaces) is a really interesting article on how informal learning (and critical thinking within that) might function to enhance education. Hat tip to Derek.
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A collection of recent links relating to new media in a variety of contexts: “Kids’ Informal Learning with Digital Media: An Ethnographic Investigation of Innovative Knowledge Cultures” | Youth Ministry Blog Confessions of an Aca/Fan: Race in Digital Space (Revisited): An Interview with Sarah N. Gatson (Part One) Derek’s Blog » The Horizon Report: 2008…