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13 Jul 08

Pioneering research shows ‘Google Generation’ is a myth

  • A new study overturns the common assumption that the ‘Google
    Generation' – youngsters born or brought up in the Internet age
    – is the most web-literate. The first ever virtual longitudinal
    study carried out by the CIBER research team at University College
    London claims that, although young people demonstrate an apparent
    ease and familiarity with computers, they rely heavily on search
    engines, view rather than read and do not possess the critical and
    analytical skills to assess the information that they find on the
    web.
  • A new study overturns the common assumption that the ‘Google
    Generation' – youngsters born or brought up in the Internet age
    – is the most web-literate.
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11 Jul 08

Despite The Internet, Google Generation Lacks Analytical Skills -- Google Generation


  • For one, information literacy has not improved with the widening access to technology. Instead, the speed of Web searching means little time is spent evaluating information for relevance, accuracy, or authority.


    Young people also have difficulty in developing an effective search strategy. As a result, they have a strong preference for using natural language in searching, rather than analyzing which keywords might be more effective.

  • The study also dispelled some myths about the Google Generation. For one, researchers found no evidence that young people were more impatient in fulfilling their information needs than others. Research also found that young people do not place more credibility on the Internet and their peers as information sources, but place more value on teachers, relatives and textbooks.
08 Jul 08

Kevin Kelly -- The Technium

  • Perhaps understanding and answers are overrated. "The problem with computers," Pablo Picasso is rumored to have said, "is that they only give you answers."  These huge data-driven correlative systems will give us lots of answers -- good answers -- but that is all they will give us. That's what the OneComputer does --  gives us good answers. In the coming world of cloud computing perfectly good answers will become a commodity. The real value of the rest of science then becomes asking good questions.
23 Jan 08

Ecrans - « Wikipédia est un “projet” encyclopédique et un bien commun de l'humanité »

  • Que croyez-vous que les étudiants faisaient quand il n’y avait « que »
    les encyclopédies ou les dictionnaires papier ? Ils s’arrêtaient à la
    lecture du premier article correspondant à leur sujet, sans exploiter
    toutes les potentialités des renvois croisés, les différents index, etc.



    Je crois qu’il faut bien comprendre que ces outils sont « doubles ». D’abord ils ont une dimension très prosaïque : ils sont extraordinairement pratiques, accessibles et relativement fiables. Et c’est le rôle de l’enseignant que d’expliciter leur fonctionnement.
    Ensuite ils questionnent et bouleversent de manière radicale notre
    manière de nous situer et de nous projeter dans une économie de la
    connaissance. C’est alors le rôle du chercheur d’approfondir et de
    décrypter ces questionnements, et de pointer les dysfonctionnements
    existants.

«Penser Wikipedia comme un projet, pas une encyclopédie»

  • Interdire Wikipedia ou Google pour des recherches scolaires ou universitaires au nom d’une trop grande facilité d’accès ou d’un trop grand nombre d’information non-fiables, c’est comme interdire de conduire une voiture parce qu’il y a trop de chauffards.
17 Dec 07

Microsoft in Denial: Google Threat is Classic Disruption - Silicon Alley Insider

  • Disruptive technologies do not destroy existing market leaders overnight. They do not get adopted by the entire market at the same time. They do not initially seem to be "better" products (in fact, in the early going, they are often distinctly "worse.") They are not initially a viable option for mainstream users. They do not win head-to-head feature tests. Initially, they do not even seem to be a threat.
  • Microsoft makes most of its money selling applications that Google now
    gives away for free (or nearly free)--applications that contain hundreds of features that the vast majority of customers will never use. Google's web-based versions aren't as feature rich as Microsoft Office, but they are simple, cheap, and convenient, and, for many users (SAI, for example), they get the job done.
14 Dec 07

Knols Project: Google Experimenting With User Generated Encyclopedic Pages

  • The official Google blog has a post tonight about a new project that's in closed, private beta. The program is called Knols, or "units of knowledge." Knols participants will write reference pages on any topic, using a Google content creation tool apparently in the works, and those pages will be highlighted in Google search results. Authors will choose whether they want ads to appear and will receive a "substantial revenue share."
02 Dec 07

GWeb, peut-on encore rêver d'un web libre ? - Biologeek : Ubuntu, bio-informatique et geekeries libres d'un bio-informaticien au quotidien.

  • J'ai été contacté durant mes vacances au Canada par Google dans le cadre d'un emploi. Alors bien sûr ça flatte l'ego (en tout cas bien plus que ces classements qui ne me ramènent que du spam 2.0) mais passé le moment d'euphorie, il y a la dure réalité : ils savent déjà tout sur moi.
  • On a déjà atteint un seuil où Google is watching you! quotidiennement.
29 Nov 07

le blog de davidtouvet.com » Quand Google définit, ça define!

  • Je cherchais la définition du mot “bookmark” pour voir comment d’autres personnes définissent ce concept. Et voilà que Google me propose une page pleine de… définitions. Un petit coup d’oeil dans le formulaire de recherche et voilà que je lis: define:bookmark.
26 Nov 07

bibapp - Google Code

  • The BibApp is an 'Institutional Bibliography'. The service matches people with citations. Once the data is captured, Librarians look for archivable works and can engage people in personalized copyright instruction.
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