My husband is a teacher and quite a fine one at that. He is energetic and funny and fair. He is well-liked by his students. Today he found out that there is a Facebook site discussing exclusively him. A student ‘leaked’ its existence to him today and we went over for [...]
Through Indian Eyes is a book which attempts to stem the tide of racism against North American aboriginal peoples. It contains books, poetry and book reviews on children’s literature. As I read it, I am caught between my wish to build a collection which is supportive and positive about North American aboriginal peoples and my [...]
It is interesting how copyright, free speech and plagiarism are connected. I don’t think I had thought about them as being in a package before. I am trying to make a diagram of it in my mind. I keep thinking back to Lawrence Lessig’s presentation that I’ve mentioned before. How do [...]
I should be on my way to bed but I have to write about some of what I read on my feeds today or by tomorrow’s news will overwhelm todays and I will have missed recording these interesting bits.
Joyce Valenza – one of the heros – was writing on powerpoint, copyright and copyleft today. [...]
In my reading of this last year, I ran across the idea of the attention economy. My memory is faulty but I am pretty sure if was in a book by Colin Lankshear but is not an idea that has it’s origin with him. The gist of it is that we are no [...]
