Tag: web2.0
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Student use of Wikipedia
This thread on the use of Wikipedia in the academy appeared earlier this year on the discussion list Humanist. Here is the link. This message is a request for comment (the humanities version of a RFC). 2006 appears to be the year that undergraduate students discovered Wikipedia in a big way. My colleagues and I…
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What is MySociety.org?
More wonderful innovations in the field of Online Political Communication from Britain. This company recently built an online petition system for ‘No 10’ (this is where the Prime Minister lives if you have never been to Britain or never watched TV). mySociety has two missions. The first is to be a charitable project which builds…
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What is America Speaks?
One of the most sophisticated projects that I have come across in the field of online political communication in the government sector. They have an excellent guide called: “Public Deliberation: A Managers Guide to Citizen Engagement” (link .pdf) Plus a number of other highly innovative initiatives that you can view on their web site (thanks…
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AL Gore Speaking in Melbourne; Thursday 16 November
Al Gore is speaking in Melbourne this Thursday at the Arts Centre. But there are no tickets available plus the live online feed that was supposed to happen, isn't happening. Here is the link of the event (link). Here is Al Gore on South Park in case you feel bad about missing his talk.
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What is Thinking Rock?
I really like these projects…and this one is from Australia. It is a way of 'mapping' the things you do or want to do. Hypertext was first imagined by Ted Nelson way back in the 1960s as a way to organise his thoughts. Thinking Rock is a free software application for collecting and processing your…