Thank you Paula. Here is another article that adds to the creativity point that you raise.<div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; "><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">
".. there are no chaotic seas of content to drown in. There are no systems so complex we can't redesign and improve them. There are no demands on our time that we can't reorganise or reprioritise. We created reading. We created digital media. We created culture."</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "> <a href="http://news.idg.no/cw/art.cfm?id=485ECD37-1A64-67EA-E49320C1FC57652C">http://news.idg.no/cw/art.cfm?id=485ECD37-1A64-67EA-E49320C1FC57652C</a></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">Regards Roland</p></span><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Sep 10, 2010 at 8:39 AM, Christophersen, Paula P <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:christophersen.paula.p@edumail.vic.gov.au">christophersen.paula.p@edumail.vic.gov.au</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">To add to that there was an excellent article in the Australian in June<br>
(Weekend Australian, June 12-13, Inquirer, page 7, titled 'Digital<br>
doesn't mean dumb') that compared the viewpoints of Nicholas Carr and<br>
Clay Shirky (Cognitive Surplus: creativity and generosity in a connected<br>
age). In contrast to Carr, Shirky believes that the Internet brings with<br>
it increased freedom to create information. While much of it is<br>
'throwaway material', this experimentation will result in 'good new<br>
stuff'.<br>
<br>
Regards<br>
<font color="#888888">Paula<br>
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Subject: [elearning] Interesting article - Net making us stupid<br>
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Reading this and reflecting on how I believe my thought processes have<br>
changed really resonates. :(<br>
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Cheers<br>
Cameron<br>
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