Date: Thursday, May 6th, 2010
Location: Thwing Center Ballroom at Case Western Reserve Unviersity
Speaker: Howard Rheingold
There are a lot of voices talking about social media today, but Howard Rheingold defined the field before it existed. A noted author and commentator, Rheingold has a proven record of accurate technology and social forecasting, over two decades of syndicated columns, best-selling books, and pioneering online enterprises. His latest research and forthcoming book focuses on 21st century literacies -- how individuals and organizations learn to use digital media effectively and credibly. He coined the term "virtual community" in 1987
An acknowledged authority on the marriage of mobile phone, PC, and wireless internet, Rheingold's previous work reveals how this convergence has changed the way we meet, mate, entertain, govern, and conduct business. His book Smart Mobs, named one of the Big Ideas books of 2002 by The New York Times, chronicles the new forms of collective action and cooperation made possible by mobile communications, pervasive computing, and the Internet.
Rheingold is the recipient of a 2008 MacArthur Knowledge-Networking Grant through the Foundation's Digital Media and Learning Competition. He was founding Executive Editor of Hotwired, the first commercial webzine where the web-based discussion forum and the online banner ad were invented. Rheingold has appeared on Today, Good Morning America, ABC Primetime Live, CNN, CBS News, NBC News, Macneill-Lehrer Report, NPRs Fresh Air and Marketplace. He currently teaches at Stanford University.
To learn more about Howard, please visit his web site at http://www.rheingold.com.
Interesting talk--love the discussion of the digital literacies and attention, in particular. Very thoughtful ideas on this last topic.
njsmyth 5 months ago
Interesting and fundamental. The literacies that will allow us to start living our lives as Humans. You are a master Howard!
That being said: How can you seriously say:" I don't Think it is possible to be educated and be optimistic about the Human race"..
Ever heard Goethes words: "Treat a man as he appears to be, and you make him worse. But treat a man as if he were what he potentially could be, and you make him what he should be"
I suggest we echange on the SMC RheingoldU alumni forum!
CharlesvanderHaegen 6 months ago
NICE!!!! I have shared thsi video with a bunch of my friends. GREAT VID!
curtmaly 1 year ago
Who is up to Rheingold's selection and definition of media literacies has to wait till 00:37:00 But what he shows about his former work with students is also very intersting
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internettopmentor 1 year ago
Howard starts 4 mins in
everythingability 1 year ago
On thursday he ate a banana, it was windy
everythingability 1 year ago
I almost bailed before the introduction ended... yawn!
everythingability 1 year ago