One of the coolest things about today’s internet is that we all can be creators of information as much as we are consumers of it. It’s something I like to make sure we talk a lot about in my information literacy class. Old internet=read only (unless you were geeky enough to understand HTML and how [...]
As I mentioned the other day, I’m trying to learn more about digital humanities. It’s a topic that I’ve assumed I’d be interested in (after all, I like most technology and one of my majors was philosophy), but I’ve always felt that I had kindof a nebulous grasp of the concept.
Luckily, just as I’m trying [...]
This semester has been a really busy one for me. In addition to the typical work, I finished up a book, served on several very productive committees, and taught two sections of our information literacy class. All of this during a semester in which I lost most productive evening hours to napping, sleeping, or extra [...]
I’ve been reading Malcolm Gladwell’s Outliers for the past few days, and I love it. I loved The Tipping Point, wasn’t quite as enamored with Blink, so I’m glad to be back in the fan club. In case you’re not familiar with the premise of Gladwell’s newest book, he examines people who are incredible [...]
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about access to information and the creation of knowledge. My thinking focuses on this:
The point of creating new knowledge is to help us understand our world better.
Lots of types of knowledge can be created.
Knowledge can be documented in many forms: articles, blog posts, videos, etc.
Knowledge can be created by [...]
