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Go With the Flow. Tapping into the Information Stream. Purpose of the session. Develop understanding of the issues in keeping up with the information available online Share experience of working in the current information environment
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Go With the Flow Tapping into the Information Stream
Purpose of the session • Develop understanding of the issues in keeping up with the information available online • Share experience of working in the current information environment • Learn about tools which can facilitate using and sharing information
Wolfram 'search engine' goes live Click’s botnet experiment Blogger In Residence Captured On Video Talking Twitter Alarm bells ring over 'sexting' Database of all children launched Student suspended for slamming teacher on Facebook can sue Internet data heads for 500bn gigabytes BBC iPlayer now available on a toaster Zombie computers 'on the rise'
Search • Ask • Filter
Keeping up with the Flow • Some webpages change really frequently, especially blogs. • How do you decide when it is time to pay them a visit?
RSS Really Simple Syndication You don’t need to go looking for stuff, it comes to you
The critical method of learning according to Conversation Theory is "teachback" in which one person teaches another what they have learned. See Conversation Theory of Gordon Pask http://web.cortland.edu/andersmd/learning/Pask.htm
Communities of Practice “Communities of practice are groups of people who share a concern or a passion for something they do and learn how to do it better as they interact regularly.” Etienne Wenger
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