Technology
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From ![]() @kontar81From: Man at the Airport |
This chapter describes Al Kontar’s plight: no visa, no way home, and no way out of the airport in Kuala Lumpur. He turned to social media to share his story and seek help. | Hassan Al Kontar | 19 | 2021 | $1.90 Add |
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From ![]() Learning, Play, and ParentingConflicting Needs in a Busy, Busy World From: i-Minds, 2nd edition |
With a little walk through history, and a little more developmental theory, I will explore larger cultural shifts in parenting and family systems, expand on the blurred lines of learning and … | Mari K Swingle | 22 | 2019 | $2.20 Add |
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From ![]() Leaving SyriaFrom: Man at the Airport |
In this chapter, the author describes his experiences as a law student in Syria, and his first international trip to Abu Dhabi. | Hassan Al Kontar | 5 | 2021 | $0.50 Add |
![]() Man at the AirportHow Social Media Saved My Life: One Syrian's Story |
Man at the Airport explores what it means to be a Syrian, an “illegal” and a refugee. More broadly, it examines the power of social media to amplify individual voices and facilitate … | Hassan Al Kontar | 232 | 2021 | View |
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From ![]() O CanadaFrom: Man at the Airport |
In the final chapter, Al Kontar writes about his experiences in British Columbia, and his Operation#NotForgotten campaign to aid refugess trapped on Manus and Nauru. | Hassan Al Kontar | 10 | 2021 | $1.00 Add |
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From ![]() Of Games and GamingFrom: i-Minds, 2nd edition |
I am going to go a bit deeper exploring the specifics of the supposed benefits of gaming as they relate to learning. Within this I’m going to put a microscope over some of the gaming … | Mari K Swingle | 17 | 2019 | $1.70 Add |
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From ![]() Of Systems and ProcessFrom: i-Minds, 2nd edition |
We want to teach children not only how to use technologies, but how to choose technologies, and how to make them. We also want to teach them the caveats including biological hijacking and … | Mari K Swingle | 24 | 2019 | $2.40 Add |
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From ![]() On the (Information) Highway: So Is This a Journey or What?From: Cyberidentities |
As we go from the bound and bounded book to the technologies that give us hypertext, we move from containment to expansion. The debate about what we call postmodernism focuses on that alteration. … | Robert Kroetsch | 8 | 1999 | $1.12 Add |
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From ![]() Our Future Our SelvesFrom: i-Minds, 2nd edition |
I want to close this book by coming full circle back to what I feel are our most urgent issues: First and foremost are our collective children; the next generations and how we individually and … | Mari K Swingle | 14 | 2019 | $1.40 Add |
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From ![]() Policy-Making and the Value of Electronic Forms of Public Debate: Underpinning, Assumptions and First ExperiencesFrom: Cyberidentities |
This article investigates the potential value of electronic forms of public debate in policy processes. Thereby, its scope is limited to those forms of debate which are purposefully initiated by … | Cees Leeuwis | 11 | 1999 | $1.54 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! Prologue |
Prologue | Elizabeth Howell | 9 | 2020 | $0.90 Add |
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From ![]() Québécois Policy and the Development of the Information HighwayFrom: Cyberidentities |
The purpose of this article is to describe the Quebec government’s position with regard to the Internet. | Serge Proulx | 4 | 1999 | $0.56 Add |
![]() ResetReclaiming the Internet for Civil Society |
In the 2020 CBC Massey Lectures, bestselling author and renowned technology and security expert Ronald J. Deibert exposes the disturbing influence and impact of the internet on politics, the … | Ronald J. Deibert | 339 | 2020 | View |
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From ![]() Retreat, Reform, RestraintFrom: Reset |
In the final chapter, the author turns to the question “What is to be done?” The negative implications of social media are increasingly acknowledged and well documented. But what to … | Ronald J. Deibert | 68 | 2020 | $6.80 Add |
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From ![]() River of MadnessFrom: Man at the Airport |
This chapter describes the author’s time in jail for overstaying his work visa, the death of his father, and his deportation to Kuala Lumpur. | Hassan Al Kontar | 30 | 2021 | $3.00 Add |
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From ![]() Sex and Sexuality Part AAdult Play From: i-Minds, 2nd edition |
What I am concerned about are the changes in our attitudes and our desires that go far beyond the frameworks of curiosity and a bit of fun. The central issue once again concerns … | Mari K Swingle | 15 | 2019 | $1.50 Add |








