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Monthly Archives: November 2005
The Widening Gap
I’ve messed around with this technology stuff for a long time. When I started, there was a range of knowledge, with people that knew nothing about personal computers at one end of the range, and people that knew all the … Continue reading
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That $100 Laptop
Prolific weblogger Andy Carvin was in Tunisia at the conference where the MIT $100 laptop was formally introduced. While there have been many news reports discussing it over the last two days, he has posted a web video interview with … Continue reading
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Screenagers
The Pew Internet and American Life project has released a report about how teens use the Internet. 57% of students surveyed are not passive browsers of information, but actually creating content through posting web pages, blogs, or uploading music and … Continue reading
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Man, I hate trailing higher ed
The Seattle P-I wrote about the University of Washington experimenting with podcasting lectures. Several professors are using DAT recorders (which, from the Land of Confusing Acronyms, stands for “Digital Audio Tape,” notwithstanding the fact that current DATs are solid state … Continue reading
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