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Data Visualization Tools

http://www.educatorstechnology.com/2013/11/4-excellent-data-visualization-tools.html

https://support.google.com/drive/answer/63728?hl=en&ref_topic=30239

http://www.easel.ly/

DIY technology at its best.

Let's go viral.

#Upworthy #Curation

A recent Mitch McConnell campaign ad inspires a new, infectious game, #McConnelling.

#McConnelling - Royals

#Remix #Participatory Culture #Interactivity

When it comes to political discourse, Twitter chatter splits along liberal and conservative lines that rarely cross, according to a new report.

#Curation #Filter Bubbles

A primary question is whether the crowd-labor pool could essentially become one big worldwide digital sweatshop. While industry studies show average hourly earnings across all categories range from about $7 in India to $16 in Western Europe, the fast-growing segment of micro-taskers earns half that on average, and some make only $1.50 an hour. Read more here: http://www.kentucky.com/2012/05/16/2189206/digital-labor-force-swells.html#storylink=cpy

From Tim

#Digital Labor

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From Danielle

#Converence Culture #Labor

From Krista

#Convergence Culture

From Joe:

I Picked this video because it is a perfect example of fandom as free labor. Doritos is offering you rewards for creating their superbowl commercial for them. This allows them to choose from a wide selection of submissions to pick the best ad. They also get people to vote on these ads, so they are getting even more publicity from that.

#Digital Labor #Fandom

Kindle Worlds is an agreement between Amazon and certain copyright holders that lets authors sell fanfiction through the Kindle store. They notably have deals with Warner Brothers and Alloy Entertainment for Pretty Little Liars and Vampire Diaries, and more recently with Veronica Mars.

#Digital Labor #Fandom

From Tanya:

Fanfiction is a type of "cybertext" that is circulated throughout the internet and is taken from various media and texts.

#Fanfiction #Labor #Digital Labor #Fandom

From Harry Belden

#Convergence Culture #Henry Jenkins

From Alex Anderson

#Convergence #Henry Jenkins

From Terrance:

“…many individual schools and educators are experimenting with new media technologies

and the processes of collaboration, networking, appropriation, participation, and expression that they enable.” (Jenkins, p57)

This relates to what we did in my high school in 2010 for our final “paper”. We collectively made a YouTube video about how the Wal-Mart Family exploits workers overseas and domestically in their U.S. stores.

Learn More: http://www.edmodo.com Nic and Jeff discuss how they met, the impetus for founding Edmodo, and why the company is the fastest growing social learn...

From Athanasios

#Media Literacy Education

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