Writing, Technology and Teens
Teens write a lot, but they do not think of their emails, instant and text messages as writing. But teens also believe good writing is essential for success and that more school writing instruction would help them.
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Are You Impatient for Doctor-Patient Email?
Alicia Chang’s story on doctor-patient email has generated quite a bit of coverage and comment across the Web. Secure email is just one facet of e-health, of course. For more discussion of technology’s role in health care, check out these recent essays posted on some influential blogs: Realizing the Power of PHRs Ending Secrecy: Physician […]
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State-by-State Internet Usage
New state-by-state internet usage figures, courtesy of the NTIA and US Census Bureau
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Health Care Consumerism
Deloitte has created a new health consumer typology that is worth checking out, despite their reliance on an online-only sample.
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Libraries Solve Problems
Can libraries hack it in the internet age? A Pew Internet study finds that the public says “yes, and there are further ‘market opportunities’ to explore.”
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Keeping tabs on our Google twins
A recent New York Times article suggests another reason why people are motivated to search for content connected to their names online: to check up on how their “Google twins” are doing from time to time.
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Libraries Solve Problems
This presentation focuses on the Project’s findings about the role of libraries when Americans are trying to solve problems.
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Digital Footprints
In the era of Web 2.0, individuals and organizations have gone beyond simply being findable to being intimately knowable. These digital footprints are blazing trails and stirring up issues about how we manage our own online identities and those of…
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Mobile internet moves into the mainstream
As consumer demand for on-the-go internet increases, technology companies are scrambling to grab a piece of the market.
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Recruit doctors. Let e-patients lead. Go mobile.
E-patients are at the center of the health care revolution, but how will Health 2.0 attract and serve the majority, not just the elite?