Monthly Archives: March 2008

The Technium: 1,000 True Fans

http://www.kk.org/thetechnium/archives/2008/03/1000_true_fans.php

From the page: “the long tail is a decidedly mixed blessing for creators. Individual artists, producers, inventors and makers are overlooked in the equation. The long tail does not raise the sales of creators much, but it does add massive competition and endless downward pressure on prices. Unless artists become a large aggregator of other artist’s works, the long tail offers no path out of the quiet doldrums of minuscule sales.”

Cell phone cameras in the K-12 classroom: Punishable offenses or student-citizen journalism? | Dangerously Irrelevant

http://www.dangerouslyirrelevant.org/2008/03/cell-phone-came.html

Take a look at the seven YouTube videos below, all taken by student cell phone cameras in classrooms. Do we want students bringing to public attention these types of classroom incidents? Should students be punished or applauded for filming and posting these?