Obama’s `Youth Mojo’ Sparks Student Activism, Fueling Campaign
- Quote: Obama’s strategy is visible on the Internet, where at least
325,000 young people have signed on to his biggest support
network on Facebook.com.Note: The article also notes that 75% of college students have Facebook sites. And what percentage of their teachers, I wonder…
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Nicholas Carr’s Blog: Avatars consume as much electricity as Brazilians
- Quote: Walsh notes that on average there are between 10,000 and 15,000
avatars in Second Life at any given time, a number that’s growing
rapidly. He wonders: “How much power do 15,000 human beings consume
daily compared to 15,000 avatars?” Hmm. That’s an interesting question. So let’s do the math.Note: This from last December, and the result is that our avatars in SL consume about as much electricity as the average Brazilian. A virtual footprint, I guess?
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- Quote: “I’m not sure this is legal.” Albert Cheng, executive vice president of digital media at Disney
(NYSE:DIS) -ABC Television Group, is showing off his team’s latest
creation. An online sneak peek of the Lost finale, perhaps? Behind-the-picket-fence footage of Desperate Housewives on a cell phone? No, something even more revealing: Behold the staff wiki……The wiki isn’t an act of defiance directed at the Big Mouse, and it
isn’t a goof. Rather, it’s a nifty tool for a fast-growing 150- person
virtual department. The digital-media crew is spread across the
company’s television units–ABC, ABC News, Disney Channel, ABC Family,
and a handful of its other cable channels. The members work in three
cities, five buildings in L.A. alone, and four locations in this
particular high-rise on West Alameda, about a mile from ABC
headquarters. The Web site allows team members to review new social-
networking applications, compare vendors, and share their latest
projects.“If HR tells us we can’t do this,” Cheng says, “we’ll apologize later.”
Note: Nice article from Fast Company on the way Disney is taking on Web 2.0 Some amazing thinking going on, whether you have serious issues with the company (as I do) or not. Thinking that we’re not doing much of in schools, btw.
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You know, Will, I think you overplay the whole “business gets this but schools don’t” angle. Business doesn’t really “get it” significantly more or less than schools do. I mean, from your quote it sounds like the people using wikis at Disney are just as out on a limb as a teacher using one. If Disney started Wikipedia or Blogger, I’d be more impressed, but they’re following just as much as everyone else.