Week 10: Information Management

LECTURE:

Today's lecture was about Information Management.
We read a BBC News article on "Internet Overload".

Information overload refers to the the idea that there are too much information on the internet which makes it hard to decide what information to use.

The internet does not have any limitations.

You can store and manage information in folders, or on hard drives.

Atom based (information format)include books, papers and reports.
Bit based (information format) includes digital reproductions and electronic content.

TUTORIAL:

My screenshot of the 3 favourites I have added to my list:



Negroponte's "Being Digital: The DNA of Information"

I do believe some of Negroponte's ideas are relevant. "Books can go out of print, digital books never go out of print." "Media will become digitally driven by the combined forces of convenience, economic imperative, and deregulation."

READING 1: "Grazing the Net"

This article discussed the idea of "free range students" — young people capable of navigating through a complex, often disorganized information landscape while making up their own minds about the important issues of their lives and their times. I thought this article was quite entertaining to read.