Today we viewed a timeline of information technologies, considered the future of information technologies, and learned about the information cycle from a video produced by UTK Libaries.
Chapter 1 of Badke raises some important issues that we did not fully discuss. Consider the concept of information “gatekeepers;” how does gatekeeping affect what information you have easy access to, and how is it evolving? Review Badke’s Warning on page 17 and consider the criteria you use to determine the quality of information.
For Monday, February 6, please read Pavlik (distributed in class) and Harrington and Meade, the Executive Summary from read:write, found on pages 6-9. Also view two videos from Common Craft: Blogs in Plain English and Wikis in Plain English. Write one reading response blog post.
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