demonstrators in the 1999 anti-WTO protests used dynamically
updated websites, cell phones, and ‘swarming’
tactics in the ‘battle of Seattle.’ A million Filipinos toppled
President Estrada through public demonstrations
organized through salvos of text messages” (Rheingold,
2006, para. 2).
In education, instead of smart mobs protesting a political
decision, smart study groups will form to prepare
for quizzes or to provide feedback about written assignments
before submitting them for a grade.
WEBSITES MENTIONED IN THIS SECTION
• Emerging Technology Links:
http://www.u.arizona.edu/~cgj/emerging
• Center for Digital Storytelling:
http://www.storycenter.org
• Suprglu: http://www.superglu.com
• Nobel Prize: http://nobelprize.org/educational_games
• Google Maps: http://maps.google.com
• Google Scholar: http://scholar.google.com
• Gnooks: http://www.gnooks.com
• Blinx: http://www.blinkx.tv
• StumbleUpon: http://www.stumbleupon.com
• Ask.com: http://www.ask.com
• Flickr: http://www.flickr.com
• YouTube: http://www.youtube.com
• Tracking the Avian Flu:
http://www.futurecrisis.com/places/view.php
• Top City Books: http://www.topcitybooks.com
• SecretPrices.com: http://www.secretprices.com
• Cookin’ with Google:
http://www.researchbuzz.org/wp/tools/cookin-withgoogle
• MySpace: http://myspace.com
• Facebook: http://facebook.com
• Plaxo: http://www.plaxo.com
• LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com
• Augmented Reality:
http://www.csl.sony.co.jp/project/ar/ref.html
• Smart Mobs: http://smartmobs.com
• For a list of the latest mashups, go to:
http://coolgooglemaps.blogspot.com and
http://www.programmableweb.com.
• For a list of social networking links go to:
http://socialsoftware.weblogsinc.com/2005/02/14/homeof-the-social-networking-services-meta-list