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Education 2.0 | The Internet makes us the computer wearing tennis shoes

I’ve got a confession. I love the ‘95 remake of The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes, the one with Kirk Cameron —not Kurt Russell. Having access to all that information just seemed really cool.
For those unfamiliar, here’s a quick summary: This average guy, Dexter Reilly, zaps himself working on a state-of-the-art computer and suddenly he’s able [...]

links for October 20th from 20:12 to 21:55

These are my links for October 20th from 20:12 to 21:55:

Catalysts for Change - List - NYTimes.com - NYTimes charticle about college students doing more for the environment. Great source of inspiration for the student environmentalist.
Out of Work? Need a Job? Start a Blog. This is Resume 2.0. | Max Gladwell - The blogger known [...]

For journalism to evolve, look at biology

I was having a great conversation about evolution last week. Pretty standard fair actually: niche roles, adaptation, survival and speciation (wherein a subgroup chooses desirable traits that aren’t possessed by the larger population and once those traits are the focus interbreeding stops).
And then it hit me.
Journalism needs to evolve just like species do biologically. We [...]

Mobile journalism kit

I decided to rummage through the things I carry with me when I’m reporting (read: all the time). For those curious few who didn’t click the link I’ve got the image — untagged — below:
Basically if I’m in  wireless hotspot I can publish anything either to my college’s newspaper site, this blog or anywhere else. [...]

New Nokia gear addresses N95 concerns

As any “mojo” at Reuters will tell you: the Nokia N95 kit lets one reporter do several things quickly, and well.
Video, audio, still photographs, writing, Web publishing … can this thing do anything else (like make phone calls)?
Gear geeks Technology enthusiasts like myself enjoy seeing products with good features — that way I don’t have [...]