the local internet

The Local Internet
principles to learn, teach, and apply
Jon Udell
Marlboro College Graduate School
October 2010
http://jonudell.net
http://delicious.com/judell/marlboro1

LibraryLookup circa 2002

principles
http://www.amazon.com/Lights-Out-Solutions-Americas-Energy/dp/031257021X
resource identifiers
http://ksclib.keene.edu/search/i=031257021X
http:// + www.amazon.com + / + Lights-Out-Solutions-Americas-Energy + / + dp + / + 031257021X
data structure
transformation
(X) + 031257021X -> (Y) + 031257021X
http://ksclib.keene.edu/search/i=031257021X
query
abstraction
and
generalization
Step 1: http://ksclib.keene.edu/search/i={ANY BOOK}
Step 2: {ANY LIBRARY}={ANY BOOK}

LibraryLookup circa 2008
(http://elmcity.info/library)

principles
http://www.amazon.com/gp/registry/wishlist/BNQ1T3SLPJS7/
public data
http://www.librarything.com/catalog/jon_udell
explicit: amazon, barnes+noble, delicious, …
web services
implicit: librarything, …
“Use my Amazon wishlist”
indirection
“Use my LibraryThingwishlist”
composition
service A: jon’swishlist
+
service B: look up a book in the library
service C: look up books on jon’swishlist in the library
=

wait! this is computer science lingo!
abstraction
and
generalization
data structure
public data
transformation
web services
composition
indirection
query
i’m not a geek, why do i care?

2006: jeannette wing

jeannettewing’s manifesto
To reading, writing, and arithmetic, we should add computational thinking to every child’s analytical ability.
It is a universally applicable attitude and skill.

the elmcity project

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principles
http://extension.unh.edu/events/index.cfm?e=app.subscribeICS
http://www.google.com/calendar/ical/367m8bqo3i4077646nvi8p0r24@group.calendar.google.com/public/basic.ics
BEGIN:VCALENDAR
PRODID:-//Google Inc//Google Calendar 70.9054//EN
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20101006T113000Z
SUMMARY:-Rain date for AP Env. Sci. trip to Monadnock
data structure
transformation
elmcity
hub
syndication

events at Marlboro College Graduate School

where’s the data?
Not on the web page at http://gradschool.marlboro.edu/news/events :
<h3><strong><a name="udell"></a>The Local Internet</strong> -
a free seminar about how local communities can harness technology</h3>
<h4>Saturday, October 9, 11:30am - 12:30pm</h4>
Not in the press release:
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT
Chris Lenois, 802-251-7644 or pr@marlboro.edu
SEMINAR ON COMMUNITY-LEVEL INTERNET USE AT MARLBORO COLLEGE GRADUATE SCHOOL, OCT. 9
Brattleboro, VT (September 20, 2010) Marlboro College Graduate School will
offer a free seminar, entitled "The Local Internet" from 11:30 am to 12:30 pm on Saturday, October 9.

principle of structured data
How we describe calendar events:
“The Local Internet, Saturday at 11:30, Marlboro College Graduate School"
How computers understand calendar events:
DTSTART:20101009T113000
SUMMARY:The Local Internet
LOCATION:Marlboro College Graduate School

events at Stanford

Stanford events in the Menlo Park hub
Eventful
Stanford’s iCalendar feed
Upcoming
Redwood City’s icalendar feed

Stanford events in the Menlo Park site
Eventful
Stanford’s iCalendar feed
Upcoming
Redwood City’s icalendar feed

principle of syndication
elmcity
hub

syndication to cable tv

syndication gone wrong
(NITLE: National Institute for Technology in Liberal Education)
The structured
Information must
be here, right?
Actually, no, it isn’t anywhere.

syndication missing in action

a modest proposal
you can still send us a copy
but if you send us a link:
publish one URL, once, for all your future events
many people and organizations can subscribe
when you update an item, all subscribers see it
info will be as fresh and correct as you make it

“We posted weekly.pdf to the website. Isn’t that good enough?”

what people see
what computers see
what computers need to see
or
or
or
to read, print,
and interact with
information
to enable people to read, print, and interact with
information
to enable data to flow and recombine
why?

jeannettewing’s manifesto
To reading, writing, and arithmetic, we should add computational thinking to every child’s analytical ability.
It is a universally applicable attitude and skill.
other names for computational thinking
digital literacy, systems thinking, 21st-century skills
there isn’t an app for that
to make the most of the local internet – and the global one! – we need to learn, teach, and apply core principles

the local internet

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