Social Media – More Pinning and Gaming
I recently heard that a few days ago President Obama joined Pinterest, the latest cool social networking platform. Pinterest which calls itself “an online pinboard where you can organize and share things you love” With pinterest, you can put up photos, videos, text on a bulliton board type of space. Since the site started in September 2009, the site has [...]
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Closet Swap: Sustainable Fashion in the Here and Now
When my friend Knut was at the Game Developer Conference a couple of weeks ago, he texted me a link to a new website and app called Closet Swap, where you can you exchange clothes with others. To use the site, you make a login and then make a virtual closet with pictures of your clothes that you own, so [...]
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What would it be like with rain in your house? I Wish You Hadn’t Asked
What would be like if rain was to fall inside of your house instead of outside? I Wish You Hadn’t Asked, an artwork created in Denmark explores this idea and is a house where over 300,000 liters of water enter the structure as part of the piece. The project is the work of the group The Glue Societyand was made [...]
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Crop Mobs – In Your Town and Mine
Recreational farming has been on the rise, with more and more individuals spending weekends and free time working on farms. Crop Mobs, sometimes called Farm Mobs, offer the experience of sustainable community farming to those who don’t have land. Crop Mob groups have popped up all over the U.S. including Chapel Hill, Atlanta, Cleveland, and other cities and have helped [...]
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Want to be a Social Citizen? Millennials Making Positive Change
In the past two years I have noticed a change in my students. My students today are different than my students I had even three years ago in terms of their attitudes, skills, and values. To improve my teaching, I have been reading upon millennial generation in order to better understand and teach my students. The term Social Citizens is [...]
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