Category Archives: Internet

Affordances, education and future technologies

Posted on April 10, 2016 by Tryggvi Thayer

I see on my stats that this article is starting to get a lot of hits. This is part of a work in progress. My thoughts on affordances are evolving as I continue to explore the topic. A couple of things are … Continue reading →

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Types of social media: My framework

Posted on September 17, 2015 by Tryggvi Thayer

For several years, I have been using a framework for classification of types of social media that I have attributed to boyd & Ellison, 2007. I first used the framework in a seminar that I taught at the University of … Continue reading →

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Filter Bubbles: A challenge for information literacy in the 21st century

Posted on January 26, 2013 by Tryggvi Thayer

The future is a strange beast. We’re always actively constructing it but we never know what the future will actually be. A seemingly insignificant occurrence in the present can emerge as the essential foundation of a future construct and, what’s … Continue reading →

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Ingress: Google shows us how to do augmented reality.

Posted on November 16, 2012 by Tryggvi Thayer

Google has made available their new massive multiplayer augmented reality game Ingress. The game uses augmented reality technology to situate the game play in the real world. As Devin Coldewey at NBC News says, “‘Ingress’ has biggest map ever: The … Continue reading →

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What does Klout measure: social influence or size of ego?

Posted on October 9, 2012 by Tryggvi Thayer

Early this past summer I read about someone who had flunked out of a job interview because his Klout.com score wasn’t high enough (and here’s one about a teacher using Klout in a course). It was the first that I had … Continue reading →

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Shhh… My environment is talking to me

Posted on September 30, 2012 by Tryggvi Thayer

One of the ways that I like to describe augmented reality (AR) technologies is with the somewhat metaphorical, “AR makes it possible for your environment to tell you about itself.” Well, I guess it’s not a metaphor anymore! Google has … Continue reading →