{"id":9623,"date":"2012-03-20t07:51:19","date_gmt":"2012-03-20t13:51:19","guid":{"rendered":"\/\/www.imrbdigital.com\/?p=9623"},"modified":"2012-03-16t09:28:44","modified_gmt":"2012-03-16t15:28:44","slug":"free-webinar-with-howard-rheingold-march-22","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/\/www.imrbdigital.com\/2012\/03\/free-webinar-with-howard-rheingold-march-22\/","title":{"rendered":"free webinar with howard rheingold march 22"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nthe new media consortium will be hosting a free webinar on thursday, march 22 with howard rheingold.\u00a0rsvp <\/a>for this live event.<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

rheingold is the author of best-sellers\u00a0virtual reality<\/a><\/em>,\u00a0the virtual community<\/a><\/em>,\u00a0smart mobs<\/a><\/em>,\u00a0net smart<\/em><\/a>, and editor of best-seller\u00a0the millennium whole earth catalog<\/a> <\/em>which\u00a0takes audiences on a journey through the human side of the technology-shaped future. \u00a0in rheingold’s newest book, net smart: how to thrive online<\/a><\/em><\/strong>, he discusses the use of digital and social media as a source of empowerment. there is a difference between using it actively and passively, and howard shows us how to bridge that gap.<\/p>\n

“mindful use of digital media means thinking about what we are doing, cultivating an ongoing inner inquiry into how we want to spend our time,” rheingold shares. “i outline five fundamental digital literacies, online skills that will help us do this.”<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>\u201chow can we use digital media so that they help us become empowered participants rather than passive consumers? in net smart, i show how to use social media intelligently, humanely, and, above all, mindfully.<\/p>\n

mindful use of digital media means thinking about what we are doing, cultivating an ongoing inner inquiry into how we want to spend our time. i outline five fundamental digital literacies, online skills that will help us do this: attention, participation, collaboration, critical consumption of information (or “crap detection”), and network smarts.\u201d<\/p>\n

– rheingold, in net smart<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

rsvp <\/a>for this live event on thursday, march 22 at 10:30 am cst.<\/strong> in this horizon connect webinar, rheingold will be helping you think more strategically about digital media and answering your questions live.<\/p>\n

interested in learning more about rheingold?<\/strong><\/p>\n

rheingold has taught as appointed lecturer at\u00a0uc berkeley and\u00a0stanford university. he was a\u00a0non-resident fellow at the annenberg center for communication, visiting professor at de montfort university, uk, which awarded him an honorary doctorate of technology degree. his website<\/a> is full of resources on being literate in today’s digital world.<\/p>\n

he also has a ted talk in which he\u00a0talks about the coming world of collaboration, participatory media and collective action — and how wikipedia is really an outgrowth of our natural human instinct to work as a group. you can watch his (and listen!) to his talk below:<\/p>\n

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