“As of April 2012, 53% of American adults age 65 and older use the internet or email. Though these adults are still less likely than all other age groups to use the internet, the latest data represent the first time that half of seniors are going online. After several years of very little growth among this group, these gains are significant.”
Read more: Older adults and internet use | Pew internet.
Here’s a screenshot of one detail from the infographic from Women Who Tech. See the full graphic which highlights the impacts of women in tech, recent gains that have been made, and how hiring more women in the tech space increases ROI.
Search, links, media sharing, social media, Wikipedia, games, open source etc. are ground breaking shifts in the way we learn, says Donald Clark. Unfortunately, they’re not matched by the way we teach. The growing gap between teaching practice and learning practice is acute and growing. Institutional teaching, especially in Universities is hanging on to the pedagogic fossil that is the lecture. The true driver for positive, pedagogic change is the internet.
With great technological change comes great opportunity, and with great opportunity comes greater responsibility. Our society’s need for credible journalistic knowledge and wisdom has never been greater. While the evolution of the web has been primarily beneficial, it also raises the bar.
8 questions that will help define the future of journalism:
1. Addressing content architecture;
2. Evolving the narrative form;
3. Creating the Reporter’s Notebook 2.0;
4. Rethinking organizational workflow;
5. Exploring computational journalism;
6. Leveraging search and social;
7. Rethinking site design;
8. Shifting to a culture of constant product innovation.
Read more: Google’s Richard Gingras: 8 questions that will help define the future of journalism
This week, the folks at iStrategyLabs produced and launched an infographic for Mobile Future highlighting the unprecedented growth in mobile data traffic and what it means for consumers. (via Mobile Data Growth and What it Means For You)
This week, the folks at iStrategyLabs produced and launched an infographic for Mobile Future highlighting the unprecedented growth in mobile data traffic and what it means for consumers. (via Mobile Data Growth and What it Means For You)
Facebook and Twitter Are Still Relatively Small Drivers for News -
Did you catch the Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism’s State of the News Media 2012? Lots of great info on how news consumers use social media and how mobile devices could change the news business.
