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The Children of Cyberspace: Old Fogies by Their 20s – NYTimes.com

kdwashburn

Tech & mini-generation gaps. Wow! If true, how do we keep teachers up-to-date?!?

amyrrutherford

we’re old fogies, apparently

SergeGuillermeP

More on our kids / Generation Y from the NY Times : “The Children of Cyberspace: Old Fogies by Their 20s”

DctrLoLo

Just when I thought there was a chance I might catch up to tech.

selfhiker

“People two, three or four years apart are having completely different experiences with technology”

sloanr

Tech creates larger generation gaps now?

gary_kern

the generation gap accelerated

juliawakefield

Interesting NY Times article: evolving technology is shaping the next few generations & creating generation gaps.

rachelcondensed

Technology causes gaps within generations? The NYT thinks so http://bit.ly/4vcCO7 (and I agree http://bit.ly/8UAtgM)

georgekroner

Children of Cyberspace “They’ll want their teachers & professors to respond …immediately”

I used Kutano to gather comments on the NYT article above.  Main responses?  Fear, danger, despair (mild), problems.  Why are there no opportunities perceived?  Are there any opportunities to be gathered from this field of change.  What does it mean for me as a teacher who has to stay abreast of the tools so that I can keep pace with my students.  Or should I just be who I am, do my best, and hope for the best?  Or might I just admit to my students that I am a student, too, and always will be and that we are in this together.  Let’s learn together, shall we, and draw legitimacy in a shared way.

tellio :: Jan.18.2010 :: TechKnowledgE, coming to terms, life, philosophy, whats next :: No Comments »

The world is too much with us; late and soon,
Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers:
Little we see in Nature that is ours;
We have given our hearts away, a sordid boon!
The Sea that bares her bosom to the moon;
The winds that will be howling at all hours,
And are up-gathered now like sleeping flowers;
For this, for everything, we are out of tune;
It moves us not.–Great God! I’d rather be
A Pagan suckled in a creed outworn;
So might I, standing on this pleasant lea,
Have glimpses that would make me less forlorn;
Have sight of Proteus rising from the sea;
Or hear old Triton blow his wreathed horn.

tellio :: Jan.03.2009 :: death, life, philosophy, whats next :: No Comments »

Get Your War On: Thanksgiving Day – 236.com – Video

tellio :: Nov.28.2008 :: whats next :: No Comments »

The immediate prompt for this post is Sorin Matei’s The Bamboo Digital Humanities Initiative: A Modest Proposal. Matei’s post has been of sufficient interest to me that I using it to prompt some discussion in a community of humanists and technologists. Matei makes a lot of useful points, but the segment that caught my attention is:

Amen. That’s an approach I’ve been pursuing for a while now (in the Scholar’s Box, for example)– and one I think that Zotero, as a desktop client, with some capacity for extensibility, can embody rather deeply.Matei goes on: I stop here, rather abruptly, waiting for reactions. I am planning, however, to release a sketch of such a platform, including essential services and affordances. It will also try to leverage the idea of the mashup editor as basic architecture strategy, which could be use to support the infrastructure of the system.
Data Unbound » Sorin Matei on Project Bamboo and the role of mashups

The idea of a scholar’s desktop with someplace like the Internet Archive serving the whole deal is the medieval scriptorum writ very large. 

tellio :: Nov.09.2008 :: whats next :: No Comments »

1. Cut impulsive spending In times when money is short, it is more important than ever to stop impulsive spending immediately.

OK, I will bring my lunch and afternoon snack with me every workday.

1. Look for a second income. Many job earners are in a situation when they don’t know whether they still have a job tomorrow. Think real estate, the banking sector, local small businesses. Many of these are especially endangered due to a slow economy. Most people have no excess money to spend anymore and this creates a massive chain reaction with many businesses going bust.If you work in a high risk industry, act now and look for alternative income streams. It may mean working two jobs or doing some freelancing on the side, and regardless, it will mean more time on the job than off. Even if this means you will be uncomfortable for some time, you rather be that than broke and without a home.

OK, keep my tax work. And begin to create a brand in education with the ultimate purpose of doing consulting. Teaching my “Writing 4 the Web” course on the web during Winter Term while simultaneously developing a Moodle version.

1. Cut up your credit card.

OK, Why don’t I just ditch the wallet except for absolutely necessary ID and one credit card. I will try that for a week.

1. Consolidate your loans.

OK, I have loans, but they can’t be consolidated. Instead I am going to start using Mint.

1. Think twice before you buy stuff.

OK, I really want a Kindle for Christmas. Do I really need it? Can I even use it at home? Used Kindles when the new one comes out.

1. Recycle. Recycling doesn’t limit itself to glass bottles and tins. You can also recycle clothing, household items, clutter, Cd’s, electrical gear and more. One man’s rubbish is another man’s treasure. Before you throw these unwanted goods into the bin, sell them in a garage sale or on ebay to make some additional money.

OK, in a few weeks I will have some time to begin to get rid of stuff. Share stuff. Ebay stuff. Do it.

tellio :: Nov.07.2008 :: whats next :: No Comments »