thinkingshop.com – The idea space

General Agenda:

1. Using the calendar contact functions & options in AIP e-mail
2. Using open source web tools (e.g., Wikis, Blogs, Google’s gadgets: Docs, Notebook, Scholar & Adobe.com)
3. Using Web 3.0 semantic web for enhancing classroom multimedia, networking and research (Ted Conferences, Twine, Twitter, iTunes, CurrentTV, Vimeo & You Tube)

Questions/Answers: 15 minutes

Semantic Web:

Web 3.0 is a term used to describe interactive/semantically organized applications that are used to generate/share content and connect users based on areas of mutual interest.  The founding web development organization defines it in the following way:

“The Semantic Web provides a common framework that allows data to be shared and reused across application, enterprise, and community boundaries. It is a collaborative effort led by W3C with participation from a large number of researchers and industrial partners. It is based on the Resource Description Framework (RDF).”   (WC3)

Cloud Computing – ubiquitous data

This demonstration from the TED Conference (Technology, Entertainment, Design Feb 2009) illustrates the concept of pairing the semantic web with always on technology.

Web 2.0/3.0 Interactive Ingredients/Tools:

Interact:

1. 2.0: Tools that allow for information sharing – open source web tools (e.g., Wikis, Blogs, Google’s gadgets: Docs, Notebook, Scholar & Adobe.com)
2. Tools that allow us to interact in real-time/share information (Web 3.0 semantic web) for enhancing classroom multimedia, networking and research (Ted Conferences, Twine, Twitter, Monitter, Skype, iTunes, CurrentTV, Vimeo & You Tube)>

thinkingshop.com is a web site devoted to critically examining the Internet from a philosophical perspective. This is a site for philosophers who are interested in the philosophy of technology, especially as it relates to the development of virtual space.

On a practical level thinkingshop hosts my class support sites, post-doctoral research and related blogs. Space is also provided to consider the foremost topics that originally spurred my interest in philosophy: non-violence and media studies.

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