Monthly Archives: August 2008

New Words and Tools for Covering the Conventions

Via New York Times – http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/28/us/politics/28media.html By KATHARINE Q. SEELYE Published: August 27, 2008 DENVER — The musician will.i.am, who produced the hit video “Yes We Can” about Senator Barack Obama, calls the Democratic gathering here the first “batonical” convention. … Continue reading

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Accessiblity and YouTube – How close is YT to meeting GOC standards?

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6JKgIa0MZiM]Author: Tyler Knowlton With the announcement of closed captioning for youtube videos, the number of barriers to Federal Government use of the video sharing service are declining. I’m going to try and get as close to compliance as possible today. … Continue reading

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Open source group sues Quebec over no-bid Microsoft contracts

By Ryan Paul | Published: August 29, 2008 – 06:15AM CT _ Via ARS Technica A nonprofit open source advocacy group in Quebec is taking the provincial government to court over its software procurement policies. The group, which is called … Continue reading

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YouTube adds Closed Captioning

Via Tech Crunch http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/08/28/youtube-adds-closed-captioning/ YouTube has turned on the ability to add full closed captions to videos. This will not only allow videos to appeal more directly to foreign audiences, but will give YouTube excellent data for searching videos and … Continue reading

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SOCIAL MEDIA MORE IMPORTANT THAN MASS MEDIA, ONE IN TWO BUSINESS LEADERS SAY

Original Location: http://www.com.motionpoll.ca/ One in two Canadian business leaders say social media is becoming more important than mass media. 46 per cent say social media tools such as Facebook, YouTube and blogs are becoming even more important than television, radio, … Continue reading

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U of M using student blogs as recruitment tool

Original Location: http://www.mediaincanada.com/articles/mic/20071129/recruitment.html by Carey Toane This fall, prospective students got the skinny on the University of Manitoba direct from the mouths – or, rather, keyboards – of those who know best. Since mid-October, 16 U of M students and … Continue reading

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New Media Consortium 2007 Horizon Report (PDF)

New Media Consortium 2007 Horizon Report (PDF) The core of the report describes six areas of emerging technology that will impact higher education within three adoption horizons over the next one to five years.

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Increased Use of Video-sharing Sites

Original Source: PEW Internet http://www.pewinternet.org/PPF/r/232/report_display.asp /9/2008 Lee Rainie 48% of internet users have been to video-sharing sites such as YouTube and the daily traffic to such sites on a typical day has doubled in the past year. The basic findings … Continue reading

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Thanks to YouTube, Professors Are Finding New Audiences

Original Source: http://chronicle.com/free/2008/01/1159n.htm By JEFFREY R. YOUNG Forget Lonelygirl15, YouTube’s 2006 online video phenom. Professors are the latest YouTube stars. The popularity of their appearances on YouTube and other video-sharing sites may end up opening up the classroom and making … Continue reading

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Government 2.0

Original Source: http://www.socialtext.net/wiki-government-and-democracy/index.cgi? For both emerging and established democratic societies, the Wikinomics<!– wiki-renamed-hyperlink “Wikinomics” –> era holds the promise and the inevitability of new models for delivering the functions of government. Government 2.0: Wikinomics, Government & Democracy is a global … Continue reading

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