http://www.edtags.org/ http://www.edtags.org/css/EdTags.jpghttp://www.edtags.org/bookmarks.php/katiebda/april07 Recent bookmarks posted to Edtags.org 60 http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/27/us/27mit.html?fta=y Marilee Jones, the dean of admissions at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, became well known for urging stressed-out students competing for elite colleges to calm down and stop trying to be perfect. Yesterday she admitted that she had fabricated her own educational credentials, and resigned after nearly three decades at M.I.T. Officials of the institute said she did not have even an undergraduate degree. katiebda Wed, 14 May 2008 01:01:41 +0000 april07 story deception mit http://www.boston.com/news/education/higher/articles/2007/04/26/mit_admissions_dean_resigns_for_misrepresenting_credentials/ Jones falsely bolstered her credentials to get a job with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and over the course of her career claimed to have earned degrees from three schools. MIT officials say now they have no evidence she ever graduated from college at all. katiebda Wed, 14 May 2008 00:53:15 +0000 april07 story deception mit http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL The results indicate that in the text-only chat environment, subjects who were deceiving their partner experienced higher anxiety levels than those who were truthful to their partner; however, the same phenomenon was not observed in the avatar-supported chat environment. This suggests that “wearing a mask” in cyberspace may reduce anxiety in deceiving others. Additionally, deceivers are more likely to choose avatars that are different from their real selves. The results also show that the use of avatars in a computer-mediated chat environment does not have an impact on one's perceived trustworthiness. katiebda Tue, 21 Aug 2007 20:19:22 +0000 research april07 deception trust identity http://wiki.fandomwank.com/index.php/How_Do_You_Solve_A_Problem_Like_SVMaria? Describes the incident of SVMaria - a girl from Chile who allegedly faked a miscarriage and other details of her life, set up a wish list when she was in the "fake" hospital, and maintained a number of fake LJ user accounts (sock puppets) who reported about her misfortunes and asked for gifts from the LJ community. katiebda Thu, 14 Jun 2007 02:58:46 +0000 april07 identity deception kdqpp participation story http://chronicle.com/wiredcampus/index.php?id=2029 Stacy Snyder, an aspiring teacher who is now 27 years old, was set to graduate last year from Millersville's School of Education. But just days before commencement, campus officials discovered Ms. Snyder's MySpace page -- which featured a photograph of the student wearing a pirate hat and sipping from a plastic cup. katiebda Tue, 05 Jun 2007 22:53:53 +0000 story april07 privacy http://chronicle.com/wiredcampus/index.php?id=2025 Many students still do not understand even the barest fundamentals of copyright, according to a new study conducted by professors at American University and its Washington College of Law. katiebda Tue, 05 Jun 2007 22:51:46 +0000 april07 copyright research ownership http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=9612074 The blogosphere is coming to a newspaper near you. Beginning April with Boston as the pilot market, Icelandic publishing co. Dagsbrun plans to launch free dailies in 10 U.S. cities. The papers will run blogs alongside the usual newspaper fare. The flagship paper, BostonNOW, hits the streets today. Editor in Chief says bloggers will not only get an outlet for their musings, they'll also break news. katiebda Tue, 01 May 2007 00:54:06 +0000 april07 quality blogging journalism undecided http://www.april16archive.org/about/ The April 16 Archive uses electronic media to collect, preserve, and present the stories and digital record of the Virginia Tech tragedy of April 16, 2007. Virginia Tech's Center for Digital Discourse and Culture (CDDC) launched this project. This project seeks to preserve the record of this event by collecting first-hand accounts, on-scene images, blog postings, and podcasts. katiebda Mon, 30 Apr 2007 19:15:01 +0000 april07 virginia tech undecided community http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/22/business/yourmoney/22stream.html?ex=1334894400 Critics have mocked the banality of most tweets & questioned whether we really need such an assault upon our powers of concentration. But right now, it’s one of the fastest-growing phenomena on the Internet. I also strongly disliked the radical self-revelation of Twitter. I wasn’t sure that it was good for my intimate circle to know so much about my daily rounds, or healthy for me to tell them. katiebda Fri, 27 Apr 2007 00:16:09 +0000 april07 twitter phenomena virtual communities quality identity kdqpp undecided http://web.ics.purdue.edu/~mpepper/slbib katiebda Thu, 26 Apr 2007 06:24:51 +0000 april07 second life virtual communities fortrustteam undecided research http://www.gameology.org/node/1463 I'm always interested in videogames that claim to present complex, controversial, or spiritual ideas, so I was interested to read an article yesterday about a game sponsored by Thailand's Department of Religious Affairs that promotes Buddhism. The English title of the game is The Ethics Game and the article (which is basically a press release) explains that the game teaches good, ethical behavior as opposed to all the violence and killing one finds in most video games. katiebda Wed, 25 Apr 2007 02:48:43 +0000 april07 ethics game undecided http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_Genie The Game Genie is a series of cheat cartridges designed by Codemasters and sold by Camerica and Galoob for the Nintendo Entertainment System, Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Game Boy, Mega Drive/Genesis, and Sega Game Gear that modifies game data, allowing the player to cheat, manipulate various aspects of games, and sometimes view unused content and functions. Although there are currently no Game Genie products on the market, most video game console emulators feature Game Genie support. katiebda Tue, 24 Apr 2007 23:32:41 +0000 april07 cheating gaming fortrustteam undecided http://www.wired.com/culture/culturereviews/news/2007/04/lethemprofile Over the course of Jonathan Lethem's new indie rock novel, You Don't Love Me, we discover that none of Monster Eyes' songs come from one author. They're cobbled together out of pop culture, history, conversations & the ephemera of everyday life. One character tries to claim copyright on the songs after contributing some lyrics, and Lethem characterizes his actions as "manipulative" and "bullying." katiebda Tue, 24 Apr 2007 04:32:56 +0000 april07 copyright plagiarism authorship ownership fortrustteam undecided http://www.eschoolnews.com/news/showStory.cfm?ArticleID=7021 Wayne Chiang (23) was mistaken by some as the VT shooter--partly because his Facebook profile includes references to graduating from Virginia Tech and several photos of him with his gun collection. At first, Chiang says he "played along with it" on his personal web page, partly to see how much money he could make, since payment from the ads he places on his site are based on the number of hits. katiebda Tue, 24 Apr 2007 04:24:05 +0000 april07 transparency behavior virginia tech fortrustteam undecided http://www.wired.com/gaming/virtualworlds/commentary/games/2007/04/gamesfrontiers_0423 Video-game players often hold radically different views on what constitutes cheating. Today's digital fare represents the first time we've argued about the precise meaning of cheating. katiebda Mon, 23 Apr 2007 21:54:31 +0000 april07 ontrustteam cheating behavior gaming