Recent Readings
Take a look at the following publications for some interesting articles on social networking, online learning environments, and what it’s like to be Jewish in a virtual world:
The Wall Street Journal published a series of articles in its June 18, 2007 print edition Report on Technology. Copies of select articles are available online including the following:
“A Job Interview You Don’t Have to Show Up For: Microsoft, Verizon, Others Use Virtual Worlds to Recruit; Dressing Avatars for Success” by Anjali Athavaley, Wall Street Journal, June 20, 2007.
“All Things Digital” by Walter S. Mossberg and Kara Swisher. Wall Street Journal, June 18, 2007.
“Making Sense of Social Software.” Wall Street Journal, June 18, 2007.
“Matters of the Mind” by Lee Gomes. Wall Street Journal, June 18, 2007. Want something more substantive than YouTube? Here’s where to find highbrow videos on the Web.
“Playing Well With Others” by William M. Bulkeley. Wall Street Journal, June 18, 2007. How IBM’s employees have taken social networking to an unusual level.
“Social Studies” by Michael Totty. Wall Street Journal, June 18, 2007. Companies of all kinds are figuring out which tools work and how to use them.
“Wikis at Work” by Vauhini Vara, Wall Street Journal, June 18, 2007. Companies turn the Wikipedia concept into a powerful corporate-information tool for employees
For an education perspective, see ISTE’s May 2007 issue of Leading and Learning with Technology.
2Life - The Jewish Magazine in Second Life presents its June 2007 issaue, “Hiders and Seekers - The Inter(net) Faith Issue, in which they explore aspects of Jewish identity and faith identity in the virtual world.