By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. DRM and the Challenge of Serving Users
Mitchell, Mozilla Blog, May 31, 2014
One of the reason content companies have been creating their own browsers is to be able to implement in-browser digital rights management (DRM) instead of relying on plug-ins like Flash and Silverlight. Open source browsers, such as Mozilla's Firefox, have no such incentive. However, as the web moves toward built-in DRM, even the open source browsers find themselves having to fall in line. More...

The Metropolitan Museum of Art has released over 400 000 digital images of artwork in the public domain from its collection. The images are free for non-commercial use in any media. The Metropolitan Museum Collection. More...

Jornadas Virtuales dirigidas a profesionales de la educación de habla hispana implicados e interesados en la innovación docente y los procesos de aprendizaje apoyados en tecnologías. Virtual USATIC 2014. Read more...

By Theresa. Here is how to use Google Circles to Create a Class Community: Steps for the novice
Google Circles were launched in the summer of 2011, when I loved to hate technology. I was convinced that the word “Friend” was going to be completely destroyed by Facebook, people were going to stop talking to their neighbors and real relationships were going to be lost to electronic ones. I worried that online social networks would destroy real community, with people who talked to each other, watched each other’s kids and shared food. Then I realized it was time to leave that binary thinking behind. Technology and community are not mutually exclusive. In fact, social networks can enhance both our professional and personal life, help us find interesting content and let us get to know our neighbors. It all depends on how we use it. More...