Tech Trends & Teen Lives - the latest from the web
-- School Library Journal, 6/17/2008 7:59:00 AM
Social Networks 1% rule or The Community Pyramid
"What is the social network 1% rule? Generally in a group of 100 people online, one will create content, 10 will "interact" with it (commenting or adding to it) and the other 89 will just view it. But, everyone benefits from the activities of the whole group."
YouTube Annotations
"YouTube added a new feature for video creators: annotations. "Video Annotations are a new way for you to add interactive commentary to your videos."
'Technology Sabbath' Offers One Day to Unplug
"The concept of a “Technology Sabbath” is becoming more widespread, both in religious circles and among bloggers and media people who are overwhelmed with the always-on nature of the broadband Internet and smartphones."
Generation Y: Welcome To Their World
"Generation Y is absorbed in a world made possible through technology. This is a key factor that is left out of the misconceptions made about Gen Y. Here's a glimpse into the world of Gen Y and how they're using technology."
Is Google making us stupid?
"The Internet, an immeasurably powerful computing system, is subsuming most of our other intellectual technologies. It's becoming our map and our clock, our printing press and our typewriter, our calculator and our telephone, and our radio and TV."
