Return-Path: <nifl-technology@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id f6PIAsf12208; Wed, 25 Jul 2001 14:10:54 -0400 (EDT) Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2001 14:10:54 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <A1064140F022D3118EBE0008C7919364015683C5@fegsmail1.fegs.org> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-technology@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-technology@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-technology@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: "Hacker, Emily" <EHacker@fegs.org> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-technology@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-TECHNOLOGY:1939] Re: Opening questions for David Reinki X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Type: text/plain; X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) Status: O Content-Length: 2870 Lines: 57 David: The question you posed debating the concept of plagiarism, "When is it ethically justifiable to deny people access to and dissemination of potentially useful information?" made me think immediately about the open source movement. Here is a description of open source from the Open Source Initiative web site, http://www.opensource.org/ "The basic idea behind open source is very simple. When programmers can read, redistribute, and modify the source code for a piece of software, the software evolves. People improve it, people adapt it, people fix bugs." This is what I understand you are saying about digital texts - that they are, by design, more "open" and we should be looking for ways to expand on this ability, not restrict it according to rules that apply to older technologies of reading and writing. I remember many early web sites that were essentially digital copies of a company or organization's flyer or pamphlet. They designed and thought about their web sites according to rules that applied to print publishing, instead of understanding and taking advantage of the new possibilities created by HTML. These old rules die hard. A good question for us (tech list) to toss around might be - what are the pedagogical opportunities presented by the definitions of digital texts that David has presented. I know many list members have done extensive work with learners using a range of digital resources, including e-mail, the Web and digital images. Would anyone like to talk about one of their projects in light of this discussion? Also, in the good analogy that David shared - in this digital age, "finding the information you need is like trying to take a sip of water from a fire hose." Does anyone have suggestions for how to help literacy students and teachers manage all this information and develop good Internet/Multimedia research and evaluation skills? --Emily ******************************************************************** Emily Hacker Moderator, NIFL Technology Director of Learning Technologies F.E.G.S (212) 366-8122 ehacker@fegs.org PLEASE FEEL FREE TO PASS ON THIS INFORMATION!!! VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT http://www.fegs.org ************************NOTE************************************** The information contained in this email message is intended only for use of the addressee(s) named above. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, or the employee or agent responsible to deliver it to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please immediately notify us by telephone (212-366-8400), and discard the original message. Thank you for your cooperation. *******************************************************************
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