Information Science Reading...

We might argue that in the course of

evolution those organisms were most

successful that were responsive to the

widest range of stimulus energies in

their environment. In order to survive

in a constantly fluctuating world, it was

better to have a little information about

a lot of things than to have a lot of information

about a small segment of the

environment. If a compromise was necessary,

the one we seem to have made is

clearly the more adaptive.

November 24: Virtual reality

Hi Everybody!

On Tuesday I will be talking about virtual reality with a special focus on its uses in education.

Check out the article that got me interested in this topic:

"Baltimore debuts Virtual Lab: high School facility blends 3-D virtualization with traditional research skills"

http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/article/CA6699106.html

OR

Check out a more detailed article which actually describes a virtual reality project in action with students:

http://thejournal.com/Articles/1995/12/01/The-Virtual-Reality-Roving-Vehicle-Project.aspx?sc_lang=en&Page=1

See you on Tuesday!

Katy

If you would like to check out the clips I shared today, they are included below:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1B4F2V0_yYg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBekKF4PPQQ
http://www2.wecantakeyouthere.com/DTF/dtfrontier/35028/

Also, the link to the Duke DiVE Cave is here:
http://vis.duke.edu/dive

Smartphones - November 17th Convo Starter

I will doing the ever popular topic of smartphones on November 17th for my conversation starter. To get an idea of what I will be talking about check out these links:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdwyuNDnO4s

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhtYveO-POM

See you Tuesday.

-Sam

November 19: Folksonomies

Next Thursday, I'll be talking in my Conversation Starter about folksonomies, social tagging systems.

For an introduction to the concept, here are a couple of links:
Folksonomy on Wikipedia
Folksonomy, from the person who coined the term

Here are a few examples of sites using folksonomies with which you might be familiar:
del.icio.us
Flickr
Technorati

Software that Fixes Itself

Sorry this is late everyone.

I'm doing my blog on software that fixes itself, i.e. digital ants that find bugs in your system and fix them without you having to take it into the shop.

Read up at:

http://www.technologyreview.com/computing/23821/

and

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33509921/

Thanks,

Tessa

Excel practice files are uploaded.

The exercise files are up on the server. Enjoy to practice Excel.

Sanghee

11/5 Conversation Starter

Hi everyone!

I'll be talking about nook, Barnes & Noble's new e-book reader. Here is Barnes & Noble's site for it if you want to check it out before class:

http://www.barnesandnoble.com/nook/

~Amanda