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• Weekly Wrap: 10 Social Media Commandments, Glee Obsession, Life Without Facebook, Digital Content is the Future, PS3 Social Upgrade, Life After Oprah, Pakistani Youth & More!

  
  Derek E. Baird :: Barking Robot — Authority: 467
  Youth Impact Report 09 > Ryan Murphy full of Glee > Series creator has the youth audience by the throat">Ryan Murphy full of Glee : Thanks to his breakout Fox hit "Glee," Ryan Murphy not only has hisfinger on the pulse of the youth market -- he has it firmly by thethroat, so to speak. The exuberant ...
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• information wants to be expensive

  
  Sociology Lens — Authority: 489
  by nathanjurgenson My previous post centered on the implications of Google’s dominance in internet search. However, subsequent major news provides the possibility of a major restructuring of the internet search market. It also has implications on how “flat” and “open” the web really is. One of ...
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• Flat World Lets Students Access Books Online

  
  NYConvergence - A digest of New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut digital media technology news — Authority: 557
  Like its competitors, Nyack, N.Y.-based Flat World Knowledge recruits authors and produces titles on major academic subjects.  But, students can access digital versions of Flat Worlds books for free, or pay between $30 and $60 for a printed one.  Books, even specific chapters, are available in PDF and audio form ...
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• Weekly Wrap: Parenting Backlash, Twitter Christmas, Google & OpenID, BBC BullyProof, Africa & Web 2.0, Xbox Live Gets Social, Virgin Mobile, Homeless Teens & Lady GaGa

  
  Derek E. Baird :: Barking Robot — Authority: 467
  The Growing Backlash Against Overparenting By Nancy Gibbs">Backlash Against Helicopter Parents : The insanity crept up on us slowly; we just wanted what was best for our kids. We were so obsessed with our kids success that parenting turned into aform of product development. Parents demanded that nursery ...
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• Purple Acts of Kindness: Yahoo! For Good + Charity Water

  
  Derek E. Baird :: Barking Robot — Authority: 467
  This holiday season, Yahoo! For Good wants to You In?">start a ripple of kindness around the world.  Like Yahoo! I believe that it doesn’t necessarily take agreat deal of money or time to spread happiness – sometimes it can be thesimplest things like providing people with clean water. This holiday season ...
  2 weeks ago

• Global Youth: Turkish Millennials Love Instant Messaging, Facebook & Google

  
  Derek E. Baird :: Barking Robot — Authority: 467
  According to 93% of Internet Users in Turkey Visited Google Sites">research conducted by comScore more than 19.7 million people age 15 and older accessed the Internetfrom a home or work location in Turkey, viewing anaverage of 3,070 pages of content and spending an average of 31.6 hoursper person online giving ...
  3 weeks ago

• Weekly Wrap: BBCs Project Canvas, Gen Y Travel, Comcast Woos NBC, Clicker TV, ABC Goes Social, Disney Parks Go Mobile, Facebook Marketing, Mobile Social Networking & More!

  
  Derek E. Baird :: Barking Robot — Authority: 467
  Mobile + Social = Opportunity : Socialnetworking is one of the fastest-growing activities among mobile usersaround the world. And as one of the primary ways mobile userscommunicate with one another, it is proving a significant driver ofInternet usage on mobile devices. [eMarketer] Three Things YouTube Has ...
  4 weeks ago

• Learn English with an Indian accent?

  
  Chris Backe - AKA Chris in South Korea — Authority: 468
  I have nothing against the Indian people. Seriously - they work incredibly hard for a fraction of what the rest of the world gets paid. They study harder than virtually anyone on the planet (that includes the Koreans) and have a vibrant history I would love to learn more about. I have had few difficulties conversing ...
  4 weeks ago

• Denmark: Exams 2.0

  
  Tom March :: Bright Ideas for Education — Authority: 103
  As I mentioned in the NML Conference debrief, Denmark is taking the lead in piloting full Internet access for students taking their end of high school exams.  Nice to see the BBC article verifying that this has taken place.  As was indicated at the conference three main elements inform the decision:This is the real ...
  4 weeks ago

• A Decade of Global Learning

  
  Betchablog — Authority: 404
  I was browsing through some old files this week and I stumbled across this wonderful piece of video that brought back some great memories for me.  It’s just over 10 years old and is an interview with a group of students I taught back then, just after they had been awarded third place in the 1998 AT&T Virtual ...
  5 weeks ago

• Henry Jenkins on Transmedia, Participatory & Convergence Culture

  
  Derek E. Baird :: Barking Robot — Authority: 467
  Henry Jenkins is the director, Comparative Media Studies Programat MIT. In this viral-info-snack he discusses the power of media in a21 century trans-mediated world. A world where converging technologiesand cultures give rise to a new media landscape.
  6 weeks ago

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