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Fwd: [Isp-08] Seeking Yale ISP Fellows in Innovation and IP Reform
by Laura Forlano 05 May '08

05 May '08

FYI Begin forwarded message: > From: Laura DeNardis <laura.denardis(a)yale.edu> > Date: May 2, 2008 1:41:18 PM EDT > To: Isp-08(a)mailman.yale.edu > Subject: [Isp-08] Seeking Yale ISP Fellows in Innovation and IP Reform > > Dear ISP Colleagues, > > Please help circulate the following: > > The Yale Information Society Project is expanding its current > research program in innovation and intellectual property (IP) > reform and seeks applicants (deadline June 6) for a 2008-2009 > resident postdoctoral fellowship at Yale Law School. http:// > www.law.yale.edu/intellectuallife/6877.htm > > The program's purpose is twofold: (1) to research the effects of > domestic and international intellectual property laws and > alternative mechanisms for knowledge production; (2) to suggest > reforms that will promote the values of human development, economic > growth, innovation and social justice. > > We are particularly seeking recent J.D. and Ph.D. graduates with a > background in law and economics, economics, or allied policy fields. > > Sincerely, Laura DeNardis > -- > Laura DeNardis, Ph.D. > Executive Director > The Information Society Project > Yale Law School > P.O. Box 208215 > New Haven, CT 06520 > http://isp.law.yale.edu > _______________________________________________ > Isp-08 mailing list > Isp-08(a)mailman.yale.edu > http://mailman.yale.edu/mailman/listinfo/isp-08

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Lessons in Second Life
by jeremy hunsinger 05 May '08

05 May '08

distribute as appropriate -jh Every Week on Monday (1:00-2:30pm SLT) join us for Lessons in Second Life, an open table forum centering on what can be learned in sl in both formal and informal settings. The forum is open to faculty, students, and interested parties of all kinds. We meet at the _blacklibrary hyperborea 91, 30, 26 im buridan simon for more information. Come share your ideas for learning in Second Life http://slurl.com/secondlife/hyperborea/92/30/26/ this week's Lessons in Second Life is brought to you by: The Association of Virtual Whirlds next week's Lessons in Second Life is brought to you by: Why Education Now? jeremy hunsinger Information Ethics Fellow, Center for Information Policy Research, School of Information Studies, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (www.cipr.uwm.edu ) wiki.tmttlt.com www.tmttlt.com () ascii ribbon campaign - against html mail /\ - against microsoft attachments http://www.stswiki.org/ sts wiki http://cfp.learning-inquiry.info/ Learning Inquiry-the journal http://transdisciplinarystudies.tmttlt.com/ Transdisciplinary Studies:the book series _______________________________________________ The Air-L(a)listserv.aoir.org mailing list is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org Join the Association of Internet Researchers: http://www.aoir.org/ ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/ . _______________________________________________ Educators mailing list To unsubscribe https://lists.secondlife.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/educators _______________________________________________ The Air-L(a)listserv.aoir.org mailing list is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org Join the Association of Internet Researchers: http://www.aoir.org/ _______________________________________________ The Air-L(a)listserv.aoir.org mailing list is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org Join the Association of Internet Researchers: http://www.aoir.org/

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online gambling for teens
by Denise N. Rall 05 May '08

05 May '08

Dear AIR-ers - A colleague of mine here at Southern Cross Uni is working on a project involving online gambling games, particularly those focussed on teens (and preteens). Any references even tangential to the topic would be greatly appreciated, Thanks heaps, Denise Denise N. Rall, PhD. Internationalisation Project Officer Southern Cross University, Lismore NSW 2480 AUSTRALIA Office: Room T2.17, +61 (0)2 6620 3577 Mobile 0438 233 344 http://www.scu.edu.au/schools/esm/staff/pages/drall/ Presenter, Internet Research 9.0, 15-18 October 2008, Copenhagen, DK Get the name you always wanted with the new y7mail email address. www.yahoo7.com.au/y7mail

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Re: [Air-L] Google Docs Access help needed
by Natalie Scher 03 May '08

03 May '08

Dear colleagues, Help needed!!!! I have created a Google Docs spreadsheet with self-sign-up schedule for our organization and sent it to the mailing list of members. But now I realize that not all members have google accounts, and it seems one cannot access a google doc without having one. Is there any other options besides asking everyone to open a google account? Thank you for your help, Natalie On Mon, Apr 28, 2008 at 8:19 AM, Charlie Balch <charlie(a)balch.org> wrote: > Thanks Stu, > I neglected to mention that we found Google Docs very helpful for division > planning. Historically faculty pass around a SS in various versions to > decide who is going to teach what or have lengthy meeting. We uploaded the > SS to Google Docs which makes life much easier. > Charlie > > > -----Original Message----- > From: air-l-bounces(a)listserv.aoir.org > [mailto:air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org] On Behalf Of Stuart Shulman > Sent: Monday, April 28, 2008 4:33 AM > To: air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org > > Cc: apsa_itp(a)latte.harvard.edu > Subject: Re: [Air-L] Google Docs > > We used Google Docs to great effect when organizing the 14th Ward of > Pittsburgh for Obama. While PA went 54-46 Hillary, the 14th Ward went > 60-40 for Obama. We had over 700 members on our team, orchestrated > daily home cooked meals for Obama staff for 2 weeks, and turned out > 140 volunteers on election day to get out our vote. The Form feature > of the spreadsheet was particularly nice, but so was sharing documents > to distribute the work over a larger organizing team. > > My wife was so impressed, she blogged about it: > > http://duckofminerva.blogspot.com/2008/04/history-lesson-pa-08.html > > Stu > > > > On Mon, Apr 28, 2008 at 6:34 AM, Emma Duke-Williams > <emma.dukewilliams(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > On Mon, Apr 28, 2008 at 8:21 AM, Gordon Carlson <gordycarlson(a)gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > > That is true, but they still have to use some email address to join > > > and use Google Docs. And these addresses are available to people > > > sharing documents with one another. > > > > I think you must have set Google Docs up differently from me. I've > > just had a look at a Doc that someone has shared with me. I can see > > the names of those it's shared with & can send an email to them, but I > > can't see what their email address actually is. > > I've had a look at one that I'm owner of, and I still can't see the > > email addresses of those I've shared it with, though clearly I needed > > to know them in the first place. > > > > To get back to the original question, I've used them with other staff > > to work on conference proposals etc., and a colleague has used it with > > his students, so that he can have access to their drafts (if they ask > > him to) before their final coursework submission. > > > > That said, I prefer Zoho docs, as I think that you can do more with > > them. However, I have just had a look at one (a wiki) that I've shared > > with others, and that is showing their full email addresses. > > > > Re. the 18 issue ... the students that I work with are 18+, so at > > least we're over that hurdle! > > > > -- > > Emma Duke-Williams: > > School of Computing/ Faculty eLearning Co-ordinator. > > Blog: http://userweb.port.ac.uk/~duke-wie/blog/ > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > The Air-L(a)listserv.aoir.org mailing list > > is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org > > Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: > http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > > > > Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > > http://www.aoir.org/ > > > > > > -- > Stuart Shulman > Neighborhood Team Leader > Squirrel Hill - Point Breeze, PA > Obama for America > > > _______________________________________________ > The Air-L(a)listserv.aoir.org mailing list > is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org > Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: > http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > > Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > http://www.aoir.org/ > > > _______________________________________________ > The Air-L(a)listserv.aoir.org mailing list > is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org > Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > > Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > http://www.aoir.org/ >

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Re: [Air-L] digital literacy takes a field trip to a farm
by Burcu Bakioglu 02 May '08

02 May '08

Sure Kevin, Here's my syllabus, we have forums in the back end of this wiki too. I can send you the info to get back if you like: http://www.palefirer.com/C151/tiki-index.php Though, I MUST say, the class was very enjoyable to teach, albeit hard work. And I DID manage to change a lot of the misrepresentations that were in their heads. And as much as they complained about it in the beginning, I think they like it in the end. At least they Twittered it to be so, we'll see the class evals. Now granted, due to my personal research on griefers in virtual worlds, we did take a look at some of the shady areas of the internet. One student asked me an *award* winning question towards to end after a session on griefers and their gross out activities. She asked "So what do you want us to get out of this class?" I told her (and everyone else in the class) that I don't want to make a believer out of anyone, but I want them to *understand* the internet culture as a whole, so they won't be taken in by the media bs that's being forced onto them. Technology is a wonderful thing, but like everything else, it can be used for good and for bad. If they dismiss it as exclusively bad and don't make any good uses out of it, then others will abuse it and use it for exclusively bad purposes. After thinking about my answer for about a minute, she said, that was a good answer. And I replied, well that was a hell of a question. Possibly the deepest question I've been asked by a student in my entire teaching career. So, that's my story... Enjoyable journey, but challenging... b. On Tue, Apr 29, 2008 at 11:04 AM, Kevin Guidry <krguidry(a)gmail.com> wrote: > On Tue, Apr 29, 2008 at 10:57 AM, Burcu Bakioglu <bbakiogl(a)gmail.com> > wrote: > > David, I see your point here, but maybe it is because I am teaching in > > Indiana, but I've been battling here with the most outrageous attitudes > > against the internet. > > Oh, that's not good to hear. I plan on teaching a half-semester > courses in IU's School of Education in the fall focusing on identity > development and privacy online. Mind if I ask what you taught and ask > for further details on the content? > > > Kevin Guidry > PhD Student, Higher Education and Student Affairs > Indiana University > -- Thanks,</burcu> Burcu S. Bakioglu Web Developer/Content Editor Option Six www.optionsix.com Improving performance through e-learning Ph.D. Candidate, Indiana University http://www.palefirer.com http://palefirer.com/blog/ Skype: PaleFireR AIM: PaleFireR -- Coding nightmare: You autocomplete me! ---via Twitter

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Urban Informatics: The Practice and Promise of the Real-Time City
by Marcus Foth 01 May '08

01 May '08

Pre-publication announcement Foth, Marcus (Ed.) (2008, in press). Handbook of Research on Urban Informatics: The Practice and Promise of the Real-Time City. Hershey, PA: Information Science Reference, IGI Global. ISBN 978-1-60566-152-0. Scheduled to be released December 2008. Table of contents and further information at: http://www.urbaninformatics.net/book/ Please help spread the word. Abstracts, foreword, preface, acknowledgements and contributors' biographies can be downloaded from: http://eprints.qut.edu.au/archive/00013308/ If you are interested in this book, please ask your library to place a prepublication order with their preferred distributor using this form: http://www.igi-global.com/downloads/pdf/LibRecForm_booksEnc.pdf If you are on facebook, please join the Urban Informatics group: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2493830797 thank you all and best wishes, marcus -- Dr Marcus Foth Australian Postdoctoral Fellow Institute for Creative Industries and Innovation Queensland University of Technology (CRICOS No. 00213J) Creative Industries Precinct, Brisbane QLD 4059, Australia Phone +61 7 313 x88772 - Fax x88195 - Office Z6-511 m.foth(a)qut.edu.au - http://www.vrolik.de/publications/

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CFP Reminder: In the Game: AoIR pre-conference workshop
by T.L. Taylor 01 May '08

01 May '08

In The Game: AoIR pre-conference workshop Proposal deadline: 9 May http://www.virtualknowledgestudio.nl/projects/in-the-game.php This event will be a pre-conference workshop at Internet Research 9.0: Rethinking Communities, Rethinking Place, to be held on 15 October 2008 in Copenhagen, Denmark. For information about the conference, please see the AoIR website (http://conferences.aoir.org/) It is co-organized by Anne Beaulieu (Virtual Knowledge Studio), Marinka Copier (Utrecht University), and T.L. Taylor (IT University of Copenhagen). Thematic background A core issue for ethnography is the ethnographer's relationship to her object of knowledge. Although the web as a context of research, and net-mediated sites in general, have been heralded as an opportunity for the ethnographer to become the invisible 'fly on the wall', our experience leads us to emphasise the contrary. The participant pole of the participant -observer continuum remains crucial, even in mediated settings. Indeed in some online contexts there is no research stance outside of that of engaged participant. The existence of relationships between the ethnographer and other participants is essential to ethnographies that want to maintain a focus on meaning and culture. The opportunities and challenges posed by pursuing ethnographies in mediated settings may be other than claims to having achieved objectivity, and may consist in a re-examination and re-valuation of particular attachments to the ethnographic tradition. This event seeks to explore the particular textures and implications of ethnographic relationships in mediated settings. The ethnographic relationship is understood inclusive here, as a complex and evolving relationship that changes over the course of fieldwork and through the various aspects of knowledge production and dissemination. To structure the discussion of such a complex issue, four themes have been identified and will frame the various sessions. These themes are detailed below. :: Contiguity :: What happens when the field and our scholarly activities are very close in time, space and media? What are the ways of leaving the field, if any? Is this still a useful, important, necessary move? What does such a loop of mutual observation and feedback between researcher and object imply? How does it differ from other forms of interaction or multiple roles of more traditional ethnographies? :: Accountability :: Does mediation increase the accountability of the researcher? How do the settings, with their porous/networked boundaries, differ or resemble other settings? How does accountability change over time, or in relation to different relationships? And when the researcher is a contributing member to the group, how is the notion of accountability enlarged beyond a research ethics definition to a participatory one. Because of the traces left by the researcher, is the accountability not actually greater than in face to face settings? What are the (necessary) boundaries of the researcher's responsibilities? When do we go too far? And how does time (often such a fast moving artifact online) intervene in the issues we have? How do ethnographic relationships change over time, time of the object studied vs. research and publication time. :: Affectivity and embodiment :: Despite the rhetoric that sometimes surrounds mediated environments, how as researchers are we still always engaged with affective embodied practice, both that of ourselves but those in the communities we study? How can these be important resources for our work, and what special challenges might they pose. In the context of games and virtual environments for example, the avatar issue is always at work, but there remains the way as researchers we still find our corporeal bodies enrolled in our work - our anxiety at a raid, the neck problems from all the computer use, the way our understanding of our sites is itself mediated through our embodied experience. Closely tied to this are the ways affectivity works within the domain of ethnography - the unguardedness of play, the frustration, the pleasure or frustration within the fieldsite. :: Scholarly practices :: How do relationships to the object shape what counts as research? For example, what is the role of the cultural status of the 'object' in making something legitimate scholarly enquiry? What is at stake when doing ethnographies of activities that are sometimes considered to be antithetical to 'research' - for example, gaming or playing, researching intimate activities, youth culture (where the accusation that one is just "hanging out" rather doing serious work may always loom). How do we articulate the relation between expertise and practice? Is ethnography being brought too close to home? Which new skills are needed? How is our practice of research interwoven, often in complex and unanticipated ways, with the socio-technical objects and agents in the field. Participants and structure The workshop is aimed at researchers who have already pursued fieldwork in mediated environments. They are invited to submit a paper proposal (1500 words) before 9 May 2008 to Marinka Copier (marinka.copier(a)let.uu.nl) The proposal should present elements of prior ethnographic material and a reflection on that work from the perspective of one of the proposed workshop themes: continuity, accountability, affectivity & embodiment, and scholarly practices. The goal of this process is to bring together practicing ethnographers for an in-depth discussion of some key issues within the domain, simultaneously grounded in concrete projects. The workshop will have a maximum of 15 participants to enable in-depth discussion, and respondents will be assigned for each paper. Submissions will be selected on the basis of peer-review, which will be coordinated by the organisers of the workshop. Final papers (5000-6000 words) will be due at the beginning of September and will be distributed in advance to all workshop participants. Important dates Deadline for submissions: 9 May (mail to marinka.copier(a)let.uu.nl) Announcement of paper acceptance: 30 May Deadline for full papers (5000-6000 words): 1 September Pre-conference workshop: 15 October

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Neighbors Online - May 7 in DC, US Democracy Online Exchange Community of Practice
by Steven Clift 01 May '08

01 May '08

If you are in the DC area next Wednesday and are interested in how people at the neighborhood level are engaging (or can engage) online, join us. See below. Also the new Local-State-National US Democracy Online Exchange for practitioners involved with non-partisan online media, government, and civic participation/election information/open government projects is now open: http://groups.dowire.org/groups/us Cheers, Steven Clift E-Democracy.Org Links from: http://www.dowire.org/notes/?p=405 What: Event - Connecting Neighbors, Strengthening Neighborhoods Online - Washington DC When: Wednesday, May 7, 2008 - 9-11 a.m. Where: RSVP by May 2nd for location: clift(a)publicus.net ** Put "Neighbors Online RSVP" in subject. Who: A discussion with 10-15 really interesting people. Space is limited. We have room for a few more people. I am particularly interested in gathering more people who are well networked with local communities and neighborhoods around the country. In addition to sharing the story about the exciting launch of the Neighborhood Issues Forum where I live - http://e-democracy.org/se - I’d like to discuss Vermont’s Front Porch Forum, i-Neighbors (academic project), the Facebook Neighborhoods application, Outside.In and Topix’s approach to zipcode based forums (lots of virtual ghost towns), Everyblock.Com, and DC’s exceptionally vibrant neighborhood e-mail list network (check out Cleveland Park with over 6,000 members). I am also interested in gathering ideas on block-level tools to support more secure networking among neighbors and how to extend the summer idea of National Night Out to a winter Local Night Online. We will even take a look at the sad Rotten Neighbor site. Please come in discussion mode - think "surf and talk" not present and digest. Two discussion questions to think about: 1. What would you like to see neighbors across the country be able to do online to connect with those who live near them. 2. What questions do we have that need answering before one aggressively pursues activities in this area? (I have one - What percentage of Americans say they belong or are aware of an online neighborhood forum, blog, or discussion e-mail list today?) Thanks! Steven Clift E-Democracy.Org

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digital literacy takes a field trip to a farm
by David M Silver 01 May '08

01 May '08

good morning aoir people! i'm always a bit reluctant to post messages about teaching to this list. list members like barry wellman usually respond with a hissy fit, noting how we are the association of internet *researchers*, rather than *teachers* - as if the two aren't totally related. anyways, i'd like to share a post i wrote about a recent four-day field trip my students and i in digital literacy took to an organic farm in humboldt county. for the last few months, we've been focusing on logging on and being creative and collaborative. for this trip, however, we focused on logging off and being creative and collaborative. i tried to gather my reflections, as well as those of my seven students, and posted them here: http://silverinsf.blogspot.com/2008/04/davies-forum-at-stonelake-farm.html i am curious to learn whether other people on this list use exercises that encourage students to log off rather than log on. if so, what do you do and how do you students respond? please share your classroom exercises with the list! david silver http://silverinsf.blogspot.com

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