SHERPA RevEl@Nice : plate-forme pépinière des revues et des actes de colloque électroniques de l'Université Nice-Sophia Antipolis Page d'accueil Special Issue: Community Informatics and Open Government Data | Vol 8, No 2 (2012) In many countries across the world, discussions, policies and developments are actively emerging around open access to government data. It is believed that opening up government data to citizens is critical for enforcing transparency and accountability within the government. Open data is also seen as holding the potential to bring about greater citizens' participation, empowering citizens to ask questions of their governments via not only the data that is made openly available but also through the interpretations that different stakeholders make of the open data. Some open government data initiatives are being led by governments. The publishing of open data on the Internet can make it part of a global eco-system of data, and efforts are underway in technology, advocacy and policy-making communities to develop standards, approaches and tools for linking and analysing these new open data resources.
Do Your Students Know How To Search? The Connected Student Series: There is a new digital divide on the horizon. It is not based around who has devices and who does not, but instead the new digital divide will be based around students who know how to effectively find and curate information and those who do not. Helene Blowers has come up with seven ideas about the new digital divide – four of them, the ones I felt related to searching, are listed below. The New Digital Divide: In an age of information abundance learning to effectively search is one of the most important skills most teachers are NOT teaching. Teachers – especially in the elementary grades -need to develop a shared vocabulary around the skill of searching. Here are some of the searching skills and vocabulary we should be teaching students : Quotation Marks: Students should always use quotes to search for an exact word or set of words. Example: “The Great Chicago Fire” Dashes (or minus sign): Example: Great Chicago Fire -soccer Two Periods: Site Search:
Gold Open Access: Are APCs changing the the role of the scholarly library forever? One of the most significant differences between traditional journal publishing and open access publishing is that it turns the way that content is funded on its head. Instead of putting content behind the paywall of a subscription, open access journals make the research they publish available to anyone. Open access publishing itself comes in two flavours. ‘Green’ open access is self-archiving and works by researchers submitting their content to an open access repository, which is free to the author. The other model is ‘gold’ open access, which requires a payment – usually called an Article Processing Fee (APC) – to be made before an article can be published. The model of asking authors to pay APCs has been the source of continuing debate within the scholarly publishing industry, but it is widely accepted that while many authors do pay these charges themselves a large proportion of these costs are borne by funders.
Revues.org : portail de revues en sciences humaines et sociales Harlot | A revealing look at the arts of persuasion Yesterday, my Spanish teacher and I were discussing Martín Fierro (1870s), a culturally significant epic poem in Argentina because of its depiction of gauchos. (If you’re not aware, gauchos are kind of like Argentine cowboys. At the time the poem was written, they were a sort of “sub-class” because they were multi-racial, being a mixture between the colonizing Europeans and the indigenous people. Traditionally, they weren’t land owners themselves, but worked with the cows and horses for other ranchers throughout the Pampas region of Argentina). Essentially, Martín is a gaucho who is drafted into the Argentine civil war, but doesn’t want to be a part of it. So, he runs away and escapes into the southern part of Argentina (Patagonia, really) until he is able to reunite with his children. So, when Martín runs off to Patagonia, the book describes this by saying that he goes to “el desierto.” So, this prompted my teacher to pull out a hundred-peso bill. La Conquista del Desierto
How To 'App Smash' And Implement Digital Storytelling On The iPad App smashing, the process of using more than one apps in conjunction with one another to create a final product, is a concept that allows students to create engaging educational projects and illustrate their creativity in multifaceted ways. One of the most gratifying and effective ways to use app smashing in the classroom is to create digital storytelling projects. The concept of digital storytelling is emerging as a form of personal and collective expression of knowledge, ideas, and perceptions. Its numerous and positive effects on students’ communication skills are well documented. Digital storytelling is the perfect vehicle for the delivery of visual and audio stimuli that greatly enhance a storyline or a simple narrative. Here is an iPad app smashing activity you can use in your classroom in order to create professionally looking digital storytelling projects. Getting Hands-On: The Project A typical app smashing activity has four steps: First, you start with the end product in mind.
UNESCO’s Open Access (OA) Curriculum is now online Within the overall framework of the organization’s strategy on OA, the recent launch of OA curricula for Researchers and Library Schools by UNESCO highlights its efforts for enhancing capacities to deal with Open Access issues. The carefully designed and developed sets of OA curricula for researchers and library and information professionals are based on two needs assessment surveys, and several rounds of face-to-face and online consultations with relevant stakeholders. These curricula will soon be converted into self-directed e-learning tools, which will enable users to self-assess their knowledge on Open Access and take a learning pace that is initiated and directed by the learners themselves. The complete set of five OA modules for researchers and four OA modules for library schools is now available online and can be downloaded by clicking the following links: Curriculum for Library Schools Curriculum for Researchers <- Back to: News articles
13 Things to Remember When Life Gets Rough | By: LifeHack We’ve all gone through hard times. And we all get through them. 1. Buddha’s famous saying tells us: “It is your resistance to ‘what is’ that causes your suffering.” 2. Many times, we are our own worst enemy. 3. Your outer world is a reflection of your inner world. 4. You should just wipe the word “failure” right out of your vocabulary. 5. That’s hard to believe sometimes, I know. 6. This moment will never come again. 7. Most people live with “attached mind.” 8. Fear can be a great teacher. 9. Believe it or not, I know way too many people who don’t allow themselves to have fun. 10. But if you do compare yourself, compare yourself with people who have it worse than you. 11. You need to get out of your own way. 12. “And this too shall pass” is one of my favorite sayings. 13. Miracles happen every day. Last featured on Expanded Consciousness
pat have calluses from patting one's own back and break one's arm patting oneself on the back Fig. to be a braggart. If you haven't heard about Bill's latest achievement, he'd be glad to tell you. He has calluses from patting his own back. Jane: I did a really wonderful job, if I do say so myself. pat someone or something on something to tap someone or something on a particular place with the open hand. pat someone on the back and give someone a pat on the back 1. 2. pat something down to tap something down with the open hand. pat answer a quick, easy answer; a simplified or evasive answer. stand pat (on something) to stick firmly to one's position or opinions. McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. a pat on the back if you give someone a pat on the back, you praise them for something good that they have done (often + for ) She deserves a pat on the back for keeping things going while you were away. Seelearn off pat
Five Ways to Strengthen Your Presentation Writing This post was written by Scott Schwertly Scott is the Founder and CEO of Ethos3. The writing process for a presentation begins when you greet that first blank slide on the screen or on the page. 1. The passive voice is a sin. 2. Presentations come through our door loaded with content, like travellers that have simply packed too much for their suitcases to hold. that says “my audience won’t understand if I don’t say this and this,” or “I need this content in here!” 3. Just like our namesake, we love the number three. 4. “Few and far between,” “in any way, shape, or form,” and “the fact of the matter” are all speech cliches. 5. Many of our clients are scared of our more creative presentation proposals, and then delighted when they see the finished product. The bulk of your best writing will be completed in the editing process, so don’t hesitate to try and try again. Question: How can you strengthen your presentation writing today?
5 Powerful Ways to Open a Presentation We’ve all been there before: staring at the glow of your blank computer screen with no idea on how to open or start your talk. For starters, you should never be staring at PowerPoint with no clear objective (that’s a conversation for another day), but let’s be honest, we’ve all struggled with the best ways to open a presentation. It’s time to get unstuck. Here are 5 powerful ways to open a presentation: 1. Most people won’t be able to pull this off very easily, but if you are feeling like a rockstar during your next presentation, opt for silence. 2. I have two simple statements for you: -Prospective (looking to the future): “30 Years from now, your job won’t exist.” -Retrospective (looking to the past): “In 1970, Japan owned 9% of the market. The reality is that looking into the future or past always sparks engagement since that’s where our hearts live. 3. The easiest way to open a talk is simply to quote someone. 4. I don’t know about you, but I love Snapple. 5. Related Posts
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