I will be attending Barcamp Jonesboro 2010! I am very excited to participate in the many discussions about the web and social media. What is Barcamp? A BarCamp is an “unconference” – an open, participatory event where the attendees are the presenters. The first BarCamp was held in Palo Alto, Ca., in 2005. Since then [...]
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Barcamp Jonesboro 2010
Posted: 21st July 2010 by Brandon in Education, Life, Talks and Discussions, Tech, Tech EventsTags: internet, local, open source, Tech
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The Future of News
Posted: 16th May 2010 by Brandon in Education, Talks and DiscussionsTags: Education, google, internet, Tech
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A discussion of the future of news with Jeff Jarvis of BuzzMachine, Steve Coll of the New America Foundation (ex of the Washington Post) and John Sturm of the Newspaper Association of America: Read the full story on the BuzzMachine
This is Bullshit. (Lecture by Jeff Jarvis)
Posted: 22nd April 2010 by Brandon in Education, LifeTags: Education, lectures, TED
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Jeff Jarvis of BuzzMachine gave a lecture about how lectures are outmoded forms on education and news. Listening to his talk I remembered being in Junior High School feeling like I was getting the cookie cutter education that Jeff talks about in this video. I like when he pointed out that in this age of [...]