Does technology help or hurt your productivity?
I found myself standing against the back wall of a huge lecture theatre in the Earth and Ocean Sciences Building on UBC’s Vancouver campus. The auditorium’s seats were filled with hundreds of teacher candidates—an audience that I would have imagined to be quite aware of issues of concentration and attention. Yet, the lecture theatre was filled […]
Cyberattacks and you
The digitization of universities has rendered these centres of open information exchange vulnerable to new forms of espionage. While attacks are focused on research – particularly cutting-edge engineering and biomedical technologies – personal information about students and faculty is also a target. While the university has an interest in preventing or at the very least […]
Open Learning
Video credit: Open Learning Remix – posted by The Digital Tattoo Project on YouTube Watch Think Explore Links Discuss Think Explore Open education has slowly increased in popularity over the last few years. It generally refers to the practice of using online technologies to share knowledge and information freely. The idea is that learning should be […]
Ten New Year’s resolutions for your digital life
New year, new you. Given that such a large portion of our lives are now led online, it only makes sense to make some New Year’s resolutions for your digital self. Here are 10 suggestions from the Digital Tattoo team for a fun and productive 2015: 1. Google yourself. Review what shows up in […]
Online network education for kids – Doctorow style
Cory Doctorow talks about kids, privacy and social networks In a recent TEDx presentation, the Canadian blogger and science fiction author, Cory Doctorow, proposes a new type of “network education” for kids online. His views stand in contrast to those suggesting that filtering internet content in an effort to keep kids safe is the way […]
The rise of on-line cheating
A recent story by the Vancouver Sun said that on-line based acts 0f academic dishonesty have tripled in the past five years at Canadian universities. Using data from the University of Waterloo, plagiarism was highlighted as the most common form of cheating. The revelation is certainly a shock, but it shouldn’t be that much of […]
Facebook Privacy in one click
The new one button, one page, one click, approach to Facebook privacy has arrived. [linebreak] Yesterday, Mark Zuckerberg announced that Facebook will be simplifying its revamped privacy settings so that users no longer have to wade through the nearly 200 individualized options in order to secure the information they post is not distributed without their […]
Check out Quizlet!
If you like to use flash cards, quizzes or other neat tricks to help you study, you might want to check out Quizlet, a website that lets you create online study aids and then connect with your classmates so you can share your knowledge.
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