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Feb 1

“Copyright and piracy
There’s no way around it: if your images are online, they’re prone to being swiped somewhere, sometime. Every image should be linked back to its origin, so you can consider a pin as an image in a magazine. You have to make a judgement call on the benefits and the risks.

You can hunt down your images by using this url: http://pinterest.com/source/yourwebsite and replace yourwebsite with your own URL.” Social media, in pictures - the explosion of Pinterest

“According to Pinterest etiquette, blatant self-promotion is against the rules. While posting some of your own work is fine, this is not a portfolio site.” Social media, in pictures - the explosion of Pinterest

“Parrott also defended his snack mandate by noting that plenty of research “shows that students learn more if they develop the skills to work in teams, to assume responsibility for projects, and get to know their fellow students.” That’s a lot more difficult to facilitate in large classes, he says. He says when he was a student, lab classes might only have a dozen students, and it was easy for students to develop a personal relationship with each other and with the professor. “Those days are long gone,” he says.” Bring Snacks (or Else): Professor Who Canceled Class Might Be on the Right Track - Education - GOOD

“True, students have always doodled, talked, or slept in lectures, sometimes distracting their classmates while doing so. And yes, technology—like the Learning Catalytics model being pioneered at Harvard—should be used as a tool to enhance learning. But Nemerov is also right to express concern about student’s ability to pay attention and focus for 60 minutes.” Click “Like” After Class: Yale Professor Chooses Internet-Free Lecture Hall - Education - GOOD

“He told The Economist that even when students say they can pay attention to both the class lecture and their Facebook page, he’s seen “overwhelming evidence to the contrary from their personal lives and grades.” Click “Like” After Class: Yale Professor Chooses Internet-Free Lecture Hall - Education - GOOD

“…in his search for a more dimly-lit space that would make projected images easier to see, Yale art history professor Alexander Nemerov stumbled onto a way around student’s online multitasking. The new auditorium for his winter survey course, one of the most popular classes on campus, doesn’t have a Wifi signal.” Click “Like” After Class: Yale Professor Chooses Internet-Free Lecture Hall - Education - GOOD

“In the 17th Century, the philosopher Gottfried Leibniz felt there were already too many books to keep track of. But today the scale of the overload is of a different magnitude.” BBC News - Trendfear: Do you ever feel you’re being left behind?

“In the era of mass media everyone found everything out at the same time. [says digital strategist Nic Newman] “The difference now is that with all these different information channels some people know things almost as soon as they happen. But people outside those networks are not hearing it.” BBC News - Trendfear: Do you ever feel you’re being left behind?

“Universities are bringing in social networked learning, and some academics are struggling to cope, McGurk believes. “They’re being encouraged to engage with students on social media. But some are terrified as they don’t know where it will end.” BBC News - Trendfear: Do you ever feel you’re being left behind?

“In an interview about the internet with the Sunday Times in 1999, Douglas Adams memorably satirised a common attitude towards new technology and trends.

Everything that’s already in the world when you’re born is just normal, suggested Adams. Anything created between birth and the age of 30 is incredibly exciting and creative and with any luck you can make a career out of it.

But whatever is invented after you’ve turned 30 is against the natural order of things and the beginning of the end of civilisation as we know it -until it’s been around for about 10 years, when it gradually turns out to be alright really.” BBC News - Trendfear: Do you ever feel you’re being left behind?