http://www.edtags.org/ http://www.edtags.org/css/EdTags.jpghttp://www.edtags.org/bookmarks.php/katiebda/july08 Recent bookmarks posted to Edtags.org 60 http://www.philly.com/philly/entertainment/25513119.html Rheingold said that even if online friends don't become best friends, there's a benefit to building a "portfolio of weak ties." When you experience something traumatic, he explained, like losing your home, you're most likely to seek shelter from one of your closest friends or relatives. But when you lose a job or are seeking a mate, a sizable network of weak ties can come to the rescue. katiebda Thu, 31 Jul 2008 01:45:03 +0000 july08 dm2 friends http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/27/books/27reading.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1 Children like Nadia lie at the heart of a passionate debate about just what it means to read in the digital age. Some literacy experts say that reading itself should be redefined. Interpreting videos or pictures, they say, may be as important a skill as analyzing a novel or a poem. katiebda Tue, 29 Jul 2008 00:19:51 +0000 july08 dm2 research literacy http://chronicle.com/free/v54/i44/44a02301.htm In 1996, Congress enacted Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, which provides immunity from legal liability for messages posted by anyone other than the operator or proprietor of a site or service. The presence of such a barrier goes far to explain why victims are frustrated, as most poignantly illustrated by Juicy Campus, a campus-gossip Web site. katiebda Tue, 22 Jul 2008 18:56:58 +0000 july08 story legal participation http://chronicle.com/wiredcampus/index.php?id=3160&utm_source=wc&utm_medium=en Academic cheating and dishonesty have long been a problem. But with YouTube students have discovered a new avenue for actually promoting such fraud. Liz Losh, a rhetorician at the University of California at Irvine, notes that there’s now a genre of videos that combine cheating advice with a “do-it-yourself aesthetic.” She flagged one of them Wednesday on her blog. It shows a student using a scanner and photo-editing software to make a cheat sheet on a Coke bottle. katiebda Mon, 14 Jul 2008 06:39:12 +0000 july08 authorship story youtube cheating http://chronicle.com/wiredcampus/index.php?id=3136&utm_source=wc&utm_medium=en Publishers see Web sites like Textbook Torrents, which offer free downloads of textbooks without authorization, as part of a growing problem of piracy that could potentially threaten their industry. But the founder of Textbook Torrents calls his actions “civil disobedience” against “the monopolistic business practices” of textbook publishers. katiebda Thu, 03 Jul 2008 22:45:02 +0000 july08 authorship story