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Global Guerrillas: Networked Tribes, Systems Disruption, And The Emerging Bazaar Of Violence. Resilient Communities, Decentralized Platforms, And Self-Organizing Futures.

Interesting post by John Robb about the switch to from mass to localized manufacturing. Expand for Continued Reading

Interesting post by John Robb about the switch to from mass to localized manufacturing.

Associated Topic: The Maker Economy

Tags: maker economy

Added: August 4, 2009

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Come In

Come In is an initiative just beginning (Winter 2010) in the UK that will put learning entirely on mobile technology in order to reach […] Expand for Continued Reading

Come In is an initiative just beginning (Winter 2010) in the UK that will put learning entirely on mobile technology in order to reach marginalized students who have left school.

Associated Topic: Platforms for Resilience

Tags: platforms for resillence

Added: February 4, 2010

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Register Now!

Great article about 15 schools districts in Northern Ohio making it easier to register children in school by offering a 1-800 hotine […] Expand for Continued Reading

Great article about 15 schools districts in Northern Ohio making it easier to register children in school by offering a 1-800 hotine and website. Good example of building a platform for resilience.

Associated Topic: Platforms for Resilience

Tags: platforms for resilience

Added: August 12, 2009

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Mimicking Nature: Interpretive Trail Aims To Educate Pedestrians About Importance Of Protecting Biodiversity Along Clark Fork

On April 21, Mayor John Engen helped cut the ribbon on the world’s first biomimicry-inspired interpretive trail in Missoula, Montana […] Expand for Continued Reading

On April 21, Mayor John Engen helped cut the ribbon on the world’s first biomimicry-inspired interpretive trail in Missoula, Montana. “This biomimicry trail will be the first of its kind, but not likely the last,” said Sam Stier, youth education director for The Biomimicry Institute. "Interest in looking to nature for solutions to humankind's various challenges is only growing."

Associated Topic: Platforms for Resilience

Tags: biodiversity,

Added: June 2, 2010

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Virtual World Population: 50 million by 2011

Technology analyst group Gartner recently asserted that “80% of active Internet users (and Fortune 500 companies) will have a ‘second […] Expand for Continued Reading

Technology analyst group Gartner recently asserted that “80% of active Internet users (and Fortune 500 companies) will have a ‘second life’, but not necessarily in Second Life” by 201. Gartner is referring to “people who are heavyweight Net users.” The estimate is actually that 50-60 million Net users will participate in a virtual world by 2011. Consider the current largest existing worlds, including South Korea’s Cyworld with 20 million uniques, World of Warcraft with its 8 million subscribers, and Europe’s Habbo Hotel with its own 7 million regular users. Lisa Cosmas Hanson of Chinese game market analyst, Niko Partners, estimates 26 million online world users by 2011 in China alone. Other contributing factors are: (1) Upward growth rates of existing worlds and social networks like MySpace; (2) Usage patterns of current online world users (“Especially in the teen and young adult area…”); (3) General computer game usage; (4) Penetration and growth of Internet-enabled notebooks in this generation and spread of easily accessible wireless Internet; and (5) Involvement by major firms like IBM in virtual worlds, coupled to metaverse consulting groups to serve them there. This reflects both a growing interest from their client base, and will result in growing pressures and competencies to accelerate the move by corporate users into the virtual worlds’ space.

Associated Topic: Amplified Organization > Collective Sensemaking

Tags: census, demographics, research, technology,

Added: December 9, 2008

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The Not-So-Hidden Politics Of Class Online

This is a link to a video of Danah Boyd's talk at the Personal Democracy Forum where she discusses racism and classism on the Internet […] Expand for Continued Reading

This is a link to a video of Danah Boyd's talk at the Personal Democracy Forum where she discusses racism and classism on the Internet and its implications for deomcracy (and education).

Associated Topic: A New Civic Discourse

Tags: new civic discource

Added: August 4, 2009

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Tinkering Makes Comback Amid Crisis

The American tradition of tinkering -- the spark for inventions from the telephone to the Apple computer -- is making a comeback, boosted […] Expand for Continued Reading

The American tradition of tinkering -- the spark for inventions from the telephone to the Apple computer -- is making a comeback, boosted by renewed interest in hands-on work amid the economic crisis and falling prices of high-tech tools and materials, illustrating the emerence of a "maker economy" in the United States.

Associated Topic: Platforms for Resilience

Tags: maker economy

Added: January 6, 2010

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Chuck House speaks on workforce skills needed for 21st century jobs

Chuck House, executive director of Media X, Stanford University's membership research program on media and technology, talks about […] Expand for Continued Reading

Chuck House, executive director of Media X, Stanford University's membership research program on media and technology, talks about the new skills needed for 21st century jobs.

Associated Topic: Amplified Organization > Transliteracy > TeacherTube

Tags: education, global learning, learning, simulation, social media, social networking, technology,

Added: January 23, 2009

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Interview With Beth Noveck, Deputy CTO

Deputy US Chief Technology Officer for the Open Government initiative, talks in a video clip about wiki government and initiatives […] Expand for Continued Reading

Deputy US Chief Technology Officer for the Open Government initiative, talks in a video clip about wiki government and initiatives at the White House. This, and the IT dhashboard, are good examples of the whitehouse taking on a Beta Culture in trying new things, learning from them and moving on. This is also a good example, especially the IT dashboard, of open assessment - as it is really inviting the public into to mashing up the data and doing their own assessment of government spending.

Associated Topic: Amplified Organization

Tags: amplified organizations, mash-ups, new civic discource,

Added: August 4, 2009

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Lisa Petrides talks about how education can work in a commons

Lisa Petrides, President of the Institute for the Study of Knowledge Management in Education, speaks about OER commons and how to put […] Expand for Continued Reading

Lisa Petrides, President of the Institute for the Study of Knowledge Management in Education, speaks about OER commons and how to put the teaching and learning processes back into the hands of those who use it.

Associated Topic: A New Civic Discourse > Learning Commons > DC Voice

Tags: commons, data, Data trails, information, Knowledge,

Added: January 23, 2009

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