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Slides from STL in STL
Hello from St. Louis! It was an honor to be here at the STL in STL conference to talk about my two ongoing projects. Here are the slide decks: Building K-8 Maker Culture Data Visualization for High Schoolers (slide deck … Continue reading
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AASL Data Visualization Presentation
Debbie Abilock and I are pleased to be talking about literacy in terms of “reading” and “writing” data visualizations at the American Association of School Librarians today. Come by at 4:30 to hear more about what this visualization is all … Continue reading
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How Closely Can Your Word Choice Identify Your Hometown?
Pretty closely, it seems. The New York Times, based on the 2002 Harvard Dialect Survey, has created a set of questions about the vocabulary you use. Based on the 25 answers you give, it can come close to pinpointing the three areas … Continue reading
Jaron Lanier on Digital Passivity {a cautionary tale on tablets, privacy, agency}
cc licensed ( BY ) flickr photo shared by Alan Cleaver Jaron Lanier writes (and I’ve bolded my favorite phrases): I fear that 2013 will be remembered as a tragic and dark year in the digital universe … It was the … Continue reading
Brian Croxall reflecting on Siva Vaidhyanathan
cc licensed ( BY ) flickr photo shared by woodleywonderworks From Brian Croxall’s “Ubiquitous Librarian” blog: Last week I heard Siva Vaidhyanathan speak about the googleization of everything … Something Siva said though really stuck with me. This is totally … Continue reading
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