Submitted by cevmartinez on Jan 25, 2010, 02:56 AM

 

The following is from the DML Competition submitted by myself and my colleagues.  This is an expansion of a project I have been working on for the last two years.  We are very much interested in your critical and constructive commentary.

 

 

Submitted by Cathy Davidson on Dec 07, 2009, 05:45 AM

A great article in FT.com (Financial Times) about what happened to MySpace after Rupert Murdoch acquired it and did his all to milk it for every penny of advertising revenue.  The piece is called "The Rise and Fall of MySpace," by Matthew Garrahan.  It can be found here.  http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/fd9ffd9c-dee5-11de-adff-00144feab49a.html

Submitted by Amanda Phillips on Sep 18, 2009, 08:35 PM

With that in mind, I've been conducting research to see how other academic institutions have been representing themselves on some of the other major networks. I expected to find some innovation here and there, maybe a few major players that have some really great ideas and would serve as raw materials for a patchwork masterpiece.

I did not expect one single university to dominate the entire field. Has anyone been watching those Aggies lately??

Submitted by Cathy Davidson on Jul 29, 2009, 03:44 PM

Is it possible in this so-called fragmented, decentralized, customizing life of ours that some of these digital devices actually restore community that was lost in the so-called "bowling alone" suburbanized era in post-War modernity? Is it possible social networks put together the fragmented, alienated self?

Submitted by Cathy Davidson on May 13, 2009, 05:01 PM
In order to get the word out about the PLOrk concert we were putting on at the Newberry and the full-day of events showcasing a year in the life of the first winners of the HASTAC/MacArthur Foundation Digital Media and Learning Competition, we tried every imaginable form of media.   You name it, and we were on it (and Mandy even got called an "adorable spammer" by one person whose list she "visited").   But then we learned the best way to get college students was postering, so we hired a professional posterer.  Here's Kyle's photostream of where he put up signs, a really eccentric and interesting Poster Tour of Chicago.  Thanks, Kyle.  We had SRO only for all our events and one person specifically said he came because of the poster.  You can read all the blogs and view the vlogs on this site if you weren't there.  And now you can enjoy the Posterer's Tour of Chicago.  Enjoy!

Submitted by Lynn Marentette on May 11, 2009, 11:02 PM

Cathy Davidson recently posted her thoughts about rapid change and the unpredictability of the near future, and linked "The Twitter Guys", and article in a recent New York Times about the founders of Twitter and how it expanded at a rate of 1,382 percent, with traffic increasing 43 percent since Oprah joined in April. 

I commented about Cathy's post:

"Five years ago, I knew a few people who didn't use e-mail. If someone had a cell phone, it was only for emergencies. Everyone had a landline phone.

Submitted by DML Competition Winners on May 08, 2009, 12:00 AM

Global Kids, one of the 2008 HASTAC/MacArthur Foundation Digital Media & Learning winners, launched their beta site, RezEd.org, with 230 signing into the new network during the first two weeks.

Submitted by Cathy Davidson on Apr 08, 2009, 09:40 AM
Once again my "This Is Your Brain on the Internet" seminar is doing great work.  Monday's collaborative presentation by Jennifer, Tom, and Jeff did an excellent job of putting the concept of "addiction" in perspective--relative to other addictions (reading gothic novels, amateur violin playing, tv watching) and within different cultures.   Etiquette on the Internet too (surprise, surprise!) is culture-bound.  Watch this great video on Korean Netiquette, teaching young children that, though faceless, the Internet is a community in which we are all known and all responsible and where interaction is precious.  Snarky?  Not so much.

Submitted by Cathy Davidson on Feb 24, 2009, 07:12 AM
It is a SCIENTIFIC fact. Facebook rots your brain. Here are three articles that prove it, beyond a shadow of a doubt. http://tinyurl.com/d34v4l , http://tinyurl.com/ckxpap, and http://tinyurl.com/ampf5f