EDC&I 585
Technology and the Culture of
Education
Some Selected Web
Sites
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Organizations |
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"...created
for those who find advertising more than just an annoyance between TV shows.
Advertising is a part of every culture. " |
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A public-interest
alliance of computer scientists and others concerned about the impact of
computer technology on society |
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"The Long
Now Foundation was officially established in 01996 to develop the
Clock/Library Projects as well as to become the seed of a very long term cultural
institution." |
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"Technorealism
is an attempt to assess the social and political implications of technologies
so that we might all have more control over the shape of our future." |
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Interesting
attempt to address the "digital divide" creatively and directly |
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R&D Groups |
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Brown University--Center for Digital
Scholarship(formerly the Scholarly
Technology Group) |
The Brown
University Center for Digital Scholarship supports the
development and use of advanced information technology in
academic research, teaching, and scholarly communication. |
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Center for Research on Information
Technology and Organizations (CRITO) |
CRITO is
concerned with information technology (IT) as it generates major
transformations in organizations, society and the world. |
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Some of the best
information about how ICTs and current culture intersect |
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TERC is a
nonprofit research and development organization committed to improving
mathematics and science learning and teaching |
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In the years
since Xerox established the Palo Alto Research Center, PARC technologies have
changed the world. Presented here are some of the highlights of PARC's work. |
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Interesting Blogs
and Other Techno-Sites |
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"A directory
of wonderful things", some related to technology, but many to culture |
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A good blog on
tech-related issues, with interesting commentary |
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Access to
technology-related blogs |
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Interesting
Individuals |
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"I fell into
the computer realm from the typewriter dimension, then plugged my computer
into my telephone and got sucked into the net." |
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"Chief of
Confusion" – former head of Xerox PARC; well-regarded futurist and
technology guru; note new book: A New
Culture of Learning (2011) |
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Prolific author
and design consultant; he who dared critique Tufte on graphics and PowerPoint |
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Commerical Groups |
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"timely market information, strategic insight, and access
to growing entrepreneurial communities." See especially "Special
Reports," including recent Can the Web fix education? |
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Bibliographic and
Historical |
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A variety of
media that once were, aren’t now (also: Dead Media Project) |
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[Not currently maintained] Phil Agre’s (UCLA) "...mailing list that consists of whatever its editor finds
interesting, ... usually on the social and political
aspects of networking and computing." |
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