I’ve been doing some research for my studies in Technology and Culture here at the University of Cottbus and recently stumbled across an organisation called “OTPOR” which was pretty active during the breakdown of the Milosevic government in Serbia 2001. It was a non-violent revolution and the methods this movement were graffiti, concerts, flyers and the internet.
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No Comments » Posted on August 7th, 2007 by Lasse Manthei
After reading the New York Times review of The Cult of the Amateur, I now have the opinion of Andrew Keen as an insufferable, priggish, elitist, schoolmarm. The Cult of the Amateur is, in fact, a very good sign to us new media types because it means that the “carriers of the cultural torch” are bloody well scared.
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2 Comments » Posted on July 7th, 2007 by Chris Abraham
Over the past several days I have been coming across and exploring many blogs on the role of technology in education. It seems to be such a muddled world - some teachers seem to be light years ahead in the integration of these technologies into their classrooms. This is exciting but there are a couple things that I have come across that raise some questions in my mind.
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15 Comments » Posted on July 4th, 2007 by Saul Wainwright