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aria-label="visualization (6 items)">visualization</a> </div> </div> <div class="js-ajax-frame"> <section class="post-list"> <h3>Recent posts</h3> <article class="post"> <div class="article-footer"> <time datetime="2014">5 Mar 2014</time> <h4><a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/2014/03/05/gender-role-literacy-girls-in-science/">Gender role literacy: Girls in science?</a></h4> </div> <p>There are gender wars, and then there are casualties. It wasn’t until 2011 that the behemoth toymaker LEGO acknowledged girls’ desire to build with bricks, even though the company had long before made a seemingly effortless pivot to co-branding, video games, and major motion pictures. So it’s little wonder that girls face all-too-real obstacles when <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/2014/03/05/gender-role-literacy-girls-in-science/">[…]</a></p> <a class="more" href="https://www.idea.org/blog/2014/03/05/gender-role-literacy-girls-in-science/">Read more</a> </article> <article class="post"> <div class="article-footer"> <time datetime="2013">9 Dec 2013</time> <h4><a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/2013/12/09/challenges-of-crowdsourcing-analysis-of-historypin/">Challenges of crowdsourcing: Analysis of Historypin</a></h4> </div> <p>Crowdsourcing can build virtual community, engage the public, and build large knowledge databases about science and culture. But what does it take, and how fast can you grow? For some insight, we look at a crowdsourced history site: Historypin is an appealing database of historical photos, with dates, locations, captions, and other metadata. It’s called History <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/2013/12/09/challenges-of-crowdsourcing-analysis-of-historypin/">[…]</a></p> <a class="more" href="https://www.idea.org/blog/2013/12/09/challenges-of-crowdsourcing-analysis-of-historypin/">Read more</a> </article> <article class="post"> <div class="article-footer"> <time datetime="2013">18 Nov 2013</time> <h4><a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/2013/11/18/dinovember-creative-literacy-starts-young/">Dinovember: Creative literacy starts young</a></h4> </div> <p>“Uh-oh,” Refe Tuma heard his girls whisper. “Mom and Dad are not going to like this.” It’s Dinovember, and his family’s plastic dinosaurs have been getting into mischief all month. Every year, Tuma and his wife devote the month of November to “convincing our children that, while they sleep, their plastic dinosaur figures come to life. <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/2013/11/18/dinovember-creative-literacy-starts-young/">[…]</a></p> <a class="more" href="https://www.idea.org/blog/2013/11/18/dinovember-creative-literacy-starts-young/">Read more</a> </article> </section> </div> </div> </div> </div> </header> <main role="main" id="main"><div id="twocolumns" class="full_width"> <div class="container default_page"> <div class="twocolumns-holder"> <section id="content" class="ajax-container"> <div class="title"> <h1>Tag: google</h1> </div> <div class="post-4107 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-interactivity category-learning tag-3d tag-android tag-google tag-maps tag-museum tag-streetview" id="post-4107"> <div class="title"> <h2><a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/2013/01/31/cars-trikes-and-more-create-google-street-view/" rel="bookmark">Cars, trikes, and more create Google Street View</a></h2> <p class="info"><strong class="date"><a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/2013/01/31/cars-trikes-and-more-create-google-street-view/" rel="bookmark">January 31st, 2013</a></strong> by IDEA</p> </div> <div class="content"> <p><img class="alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-4120" alt="Google Maps Street View" src="http://www.idea.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/Screen-Shot-2013-01-31-at-1.33.05-PM-150x70.png" width="150" height="70" srcset="https://www.idea.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/Screen-Shot-2013-01-31-at-1.33.05-PM-150x70.png 150w, https://www.idea.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/Screen-Shot-2013-01-31-at-1.33.05-PM.png 232w" sizes="(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px" />The Grand Canyon is yet another place that Google brings to your digital screens, from their <em>Street View</em> family of content. Google has been collecting street-level views of our world at a vast scale possible only because of it’s deep pockets and technical expertise. <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/2013/01/31/cars-trikes-and-more-create-google-street-view/#more-4107" class="more-link"><span aria-label="Continue reading Cars, trikes, and more create Google Street View">(more…)</span></a></p> </div> <div class="meta"> <ul> <li>Posted in <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/category/interactivity/" rel="category tag">Interactive experiences</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/category/learning/" rel="category tag">Learning & access</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/2013/01/31/cars-trikes-and-more-create-google-street-view/#respond">No Comments</a></li> <li>Tags: <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/3d/" rel="tag">3D</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/android/" rel="tag">Android</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/google/" rel="tag">google</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/maps/" rel="tag">maps</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/museum/" rel="tag">museum</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/streetview/" rel="tag">StreetView</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="post-3683 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-interactivity category-learning tag-access tag-culture tag-google tag-google-art-project tag-khan-academy tag-learning-2 tag-museum tag-outreach tag-visitors tag-youtube tag-zoom" id="post-3683"> <div class="title"> <h2><a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/2012/04/04/google-expands-art-project/" rel="bookmark">Google Expands ‘Art Project’</a></h2> <p class="info"><strong class="date"><a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/2012/04/04/google-expands-art-project/" rel="bookmark">April 4th, 2012</a></strong> by IDEA</p> </div> <div class="content"> <p><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-3707" title="Google Art Project" src="http://www.idea.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Screen-Shot-2012-04-04-at-1.57.25-PM2-240x61.png" alt="" width="240" height="61" srcset="https://www.idea.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Screen-Shot-2012-04-04-at-1.57.25-PM2-240x61.png 240w, https://www.idea.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Screen-Shot-2012-04-04-at-1.57.25-PM2-150x38.png 150w, https://www.idea.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Screen-Shot-2012-04-04-at-1.57.25-PM2.png 277w" sizes="(max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px" />Over 30,000 objects are now available for anyone to savor and study online, for free, in impressive high resolution, in Google’s ‘Art Project.” This is 30x expansion from the thousand objects in the first version launched in February 2011. See our prior article, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/2011/02/14/the-amazing-giga-resolution-images-of-google-art-project/">The virtual vs. the real: Giga-resolution in Google Art Project</a>. The project now has 151 partners in 40 countries; in the U.S., the initial four museums has grown to 29 institutions, including the White House and some university art galleries.</p> <p><strong>See the site: <a href="http://www.googleartproject.com/">Google Art Project </a><a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/2012/04/04/google-expands-art-project/#more-3683" class="more-link"><span aria-label="Continue reading Google Expands ‘Art Project’">(more…)</span></a></strong></p> </div> <div class="meta"> <ul> <li>Posted in <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/category/interactivity/" rel="category tag">Interactive experiences</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/category/learning/" rel="category tag">Learning & access</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/2012/04/04/google-expands-art-project/#respond">No Comments</a></li> <li>Tags: <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/access/" rel="tag">access</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/culture/" rel="tag">culture</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/google/" rel="tag">google</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/google-art-project/" rel="tag">Google Art Project</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/khan-academy/" rel="tag">Khan Academy</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/learning-2/" rel="tag">learning</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/museum/" rel="tag">museum</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/outreach/" rel="tag">outreach</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/visitors/" rel="tag">visitors</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/youtube/" rel="tag">YouTube</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/zoom/" rel="tag">zoom</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="post-3539 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-business-management tag-ad-networks tag-adsense tag-audience tag-blog-network tag-costs tag-editorial-integrity tag-facebook tag-google tag-online-advertising" id="post-3539"> <div class="title"> <h2><a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/2012/02/08/online-advertising-is-ripe-using-or-launching-ad-networks/" rel="bookmark">Online advertising is ripe: Using or launching ad networks</a></h2> <p class="info"><strong class="date"><a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/2012/02/08/online-advertising-is-ripe-using-or-launching-ad-networks/" rel="bookmark">February 8th, 2012</a></strong> by IDEA</p> </div> <div class="content"> <p><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-3606" title="vintage advertising poster coca cola" src="http://www.idea.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/vintage-advertising-poster-coca-cola-1-204x300.jpg" alt="" width="204" height="300" srcset="https://www.idea.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/vintage-advertising-poster-coca-cola-1-204x300.jpg 204w, https://www.idea.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/vintage-advertising-poster-coca-cola-1-102x150.jpg 102w, https://www.idea.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/vintage-advertising-poster-coca-cola-1.jpg 272w" sizes="(max-width: 204px) 100vw, 204px" />Advertising is a classic, well-proven way to earn money for a publication, blog or site. “It’s the cost of not having direct, paid reader support,” says <a href="http://johnrennie.net/">John Rennie</a>, an experienced science writer, editor and lecturer, and former editor in chief of <em>Scientific American</em>.</p> <p>Readers are acclimated to ads, but you have to use good taste. “Many readers may blame you for misleading claims or ugliness in ads, and they may think the ads undermine your editorial integrity,” says Rennie. In a few fields, readers enjoy ads (e.g., SuperBowl ads, or fashion magazines), but in science and cultural fields, that’s rarely the case. They best you can hope for is that your ads are benign.</p> <p>This article examines the ad business on a broad level, and looks closely at how to use or launch an ad network. <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/2012/02/08/online-advertising-is-ripe-using-or-launching-ad-networks/#more-3539" class="more-link"><span aria-label="Continue reading Online advertising is ripe: Using or launching ad networks">(more…)</span></a></p> </div> <div class="meta"> <ul> <li>Posted in <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/category/business-management/" rel="category tag">Business</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/2012/02/08/online-advertising-is-ripe-using-or-launching-ad-networks/#comments">4 Comments</a></li> <li>Tags: <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/ad-networks/" rel="tag">ad networks</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/adsense/" rel="tag">AdSense</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/audience/" rel="tag">Audience</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/blog-network/" rel="tag">blog network</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/costs/" rel="tag">costs</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/editorial-integrity/" rel="tag">editorial integrity</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/facebook/" rel="tag">Facebook</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/google/" rel="tag">google</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/online-advertising/" rel="tag">online advertising</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="post-3411 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-learning tag-access tag-education tag-google tag-khan-academy tag-learning-2 tag-online-course tag-sebastian-thrun tag-stanford tag-stanford-university tag-teaching tag-udacity" id="post-3411"> <div class="title"> <h2><a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/2012/01/31/higher-ed-courses-with-massive-enrollments-a-revolution-starts/" rel="bookmark">Higher-ed courses with massive enrollments: A revolution starts</a></h2> <p class="info"><strong class="date"><a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/2012/01/31/higher-ed-courses-with-massive-enrollments-a-revolution-starts/" rel="bookmark">January 31st, 2012</a></strong> by IDEA</p> </div> <div class="content"> <p><img class="alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-3502" title="Video still of Andrew Ng" src="http://www.idea.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Screen-Shot-2012-01-31-at-1.46.12-PM-150x143.png" alt="" width="150" height="143" srcset="https://www.idea.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Screen-Shot-2012-01-31-at-1.46.12-PM-150x143.png 150w, https://www.idea.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Screen-Shot-2012-01-31-at-1.46.12-PM-300x287.png 300w, https://www.idea.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Screen-Shot-2012-01-31-at-1.46.12-PM.png 341w" sizes="(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px" />“Being able to teach machine learning to tens of thousands of people is one of the most gratifying experiences I’ve ever had,” says Stanford University computer science professor <a href="http://www.cs.stanford.edu/people/ang//index.html">Andrew Ng</a>.</p> <div id="attachment_3483" style="width: 125px" class="wp-caption alignleft"><a href="http://www.idea.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Screen-Shot-2012-01-31-at-12.33.26-PM.png"><img class="size-thumbnail wp-image-3483 " title="Statement of accomplishment" src="http://www.idea.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Screen-Shot-2012-01-31-at-12.33.26-PM-115x150.png" alt="" width="115" height="150" srcset="https://www.idea.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Screen-Shot-2012-01-31-at-12.33.26-PM-115x150.png 115w, https://www.idea.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Screen-Shot-2012-01-31-at-12.33.26-PM-231x300.png 231w, https://www.idea.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Screen-Shot-2012-01-31-at-12.33.26-PM-790x1024.png 790w, https://www.idea.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Screen-Shot-2012-01-31-at-12.33.26-PM.png 801w" sizes="(max-width: 115px) 100vw, 115px" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Over 12k students received a 'statement of accomplishment' from Ng’s Fall 2011 course.</p></div> <p>Over 100,000 students signed up for his free, <a href="http://www.ml-class.org/course/auth/welcome">fall 2011 course</a> on machine learning. The impacts were huge. <a href="http://lobotomys.blogspot.com/2012/01/online-courses.html">Over 12%</a> of the students completed the course, and received a statement of accomplishment. Ng says he “heard many stories from students about how they’re using it at work, about how it’s inspired them to go back to school, and so on.” In contrast, Ng’s normal, for-credit course at Stanford, one of the most popular on campus, would enroll <a href="http://jan2012.ml-class.org/">350 students</a>.</p> <p>It’s part of a new revolution in higher education, and it’s serious learning. They deliver complete courses where students are not only watching web-based lectures, but also actively participating, doing exercises, and deeply learning the material. Students are expected to devote ~12 hours a week to the course, to read and watch course materials, complete assignments, and take quizzes and an exam. <img class="alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-3526" title="Stanford" src="http://www.idea.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Screen-Shot-2012-01-31-at-1.10.49-PM1-150x39.png" alt="" width="150" height="39" srcset="https://www.idea.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Screen-Shot-2012-01-31-at-1.10.49-PM1-150x39.png 150w, https://www.idea.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Screen-Shot-2012-01-31-at-1.10.49-PM1-300x78.png 300w, https://www.idea.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Screen-Shot-2012-01-31-at-1.10.49-PM1.png 339w" sizes="(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px" />Online students did not receive one-on-one interaction with professors, the full content of lectures, or a Stanford degree — those who completed the course received a statement of accomplishment. Course materials include prerecorded lectures (with in-video quizzes) and demos, multiple-choice quiz assignments, automatically-checked programming exercises with an interactive workbench, midterm and final exams, a discussion forum, optional additional exercises with solutions, and pointers to readings and resources.</p> <p> <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/2012/01/31/higher-ed-courses-with-massive-enrollments-a-revolution-starts/#more-3411" class="more-link"><span aria-label="Continue reading Higher-ed courses with massive enrollments: A revolution starts">(more…)</span></a></p> </div> <div class="meta"> <ul> <li>Posted in <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/category/learning/" rel="category tag">Learning & access</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/2012/01/31/higher-ed-courses-with-massive-enrollments-a-revolution-starts/#comments">3 Comments</a></li> <li>Tags: <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/access/" rel="tag">access</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/education/" rel="tag">education</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/google/" rel="tag">google</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/khan-academy/" rel="tag">Khan Academy</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/learning-2/" rel="tag">learning</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/online-course/" rel="tag">online course</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/sebastian-thrun/" rel="tag">Sebastian Thrun</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/stanford/" rel="tag">Stanford</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/stanford-university/" rel="tag">Stanford University</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/teaching/" rel="tag">teaching</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/udacity/" rel="tag">Udacity</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="post-2846 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-communications category-strategy tag-audience tag-culture tag-dissemination tag-education tag-google tag-outreach tag-public-relations tag-visitors tag-volunteer tag-wikipedia" id="post-2846"> <div class="title"> <h2><a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/2011/08/09/reaching-the-public-via-wikipedia/" rel="bookmark">Reaching the public via Wikipedia</a></h2> <p class="info"><strong class="date"><a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/2011/08/09/reaching-the-public-via-wikipedia/" rel="bookmark">August 9th, 2011</a></strong> by IDEA</p> </div> <div class="content"> <p><img class="alignright size-full wp-image-2908" title="Wikipedia" src="http://www.idea.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Screen-Shot-2011-08-09-at-7.12.17-PM.png" alt="" width="120" height="145" />Wikipedia, the free, online encyclopedia that “anyone can edit,” is a useful way to deliver scientific and cultural knowledge to the public. Wikipedia is the <a href="http://www.google.com/adplanner/static/top1000/">5th most visited</a> web site, with <a href="http://stats.wikimedia.org/reportcard/RC_2011_04_detailed.html">400</a>–<a href="https://www.google.com/adplanner/planning/site_profile#siteDetails?uid=domain%253A%2520wikipedia.org&geo=001&lp=false">450</a> million unique visitors per month.</p> <p>It’s not “merely a larger audience, but a different audience,” says Sara Snyder, webmaster for the Smithsonian Institution’s <a href="http://www.aaa.si.edu/">Archives of American Art</a>, who has recently started to use Wikipedia more. She says, “Our main website is geared towards an academic-minded or university-level student, researcher, curator, or professional art historian. Yet we have information and collections that may inform or appeal to a broader set of folks, such as younger students and art enthusiasts. Wikipedia is a platform for trying to start serving those researchers too, without overhauling the current way we do business or our existing website.” <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/2011/08/09/reaching-the-public-via-wikipedia/#more-2846" class="more-link"><span aria-label="Continue reading Reaching the public via Wikipedia">(more…)</span></a></p> </div> <div class="meta"> <ul> <li>Posted in <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/category/communications/" rel="category tag">Communication</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/category/strategy/" rel="category tag">Strategy</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/2011/08/09/reaching-the-public-via-wikipedia/#comments">4 Comments</a></li> <li>Tags: <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/audience/" rel="tag">Audience</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/culture/" rel="tag">culture</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/dissemination/" rel="tag">dissemination</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/education/" rel="tag">education</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/google/" rel="tag">google</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/outreach/" rel="tag">outreach</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/public-relations/" rel="tag">public relations</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/visitors/" rel="tag">visitors</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/volunteer/" rel="tag">volunteer</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/wikipedia/" rel="tag">Wikipedia</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="post-2829 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-technology tag-cloud-computing tag-content-management tag-data tag-data-center tag-google tag-hardware tag-outsourcing tag-servers tag-social-network" id="post-2829"> <div class="title"> <h2><a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/2011/07/28/what-does-a-cloud-data-center-look-like/" rel="bookmark">What does a “cloud” data center look like?</a></h2> <p class="info"><strong class="date"><a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/2011/07/28/what-does-a-cloud-data-center-look-like/" rel="bookmark">July 28th, 2011</a></strong> by IDEA</p> </div> <div class="content"> <p><img class="size-full wp-image-2836 alignright" title="Clouds" src="http://www.idea.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/Screen-Shot-2011-07-28-at-4.45.13-PM.png" alt="" width="184" height="134" srcset="https://www.idea.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/Screen-Shot-2011-07-28-at-4.45.13-PM.png 230w, https://www.idea.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/Screen-Shot-2011-07-28-at-4.45.13-PM-150x109.png 150w" sizes="(max-width: 184px) 100vw, 184px" />Cloud computing is a metaphorical term for hosted services on the Internet. This can be infrastructure (i.e., raw equipment), platforms (e.g., operating systems, basic software like databases or web servers), or software (e.g., content managements systems, social networking software). Typically, it is sold on metered basis, like a utility charges for water.</p> <p> <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/2011/07/28/what-does-a-cloud-data-center-look-like/#more-2829" class="more-link"><span aria-label="Continue reading What does a “cloud” data center look like?">(more…)</span></a></p> </div> <div class="meta"> <ul> <li>Posted in <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/category/technology/" rel="category tag">Technology</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/2011/07/28/what-does-a-cloud-data-center-look-like/#respond">No Comments</a></li> <li>Tags: <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/cloud-computing/" rel="tag">Cloud computing</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/content-management/" rel="tag">content management</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/data/" rel="tag">Data</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/data-center/" rel="tag">Data center</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/google/" rel="tag">google</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/hardware/" rel="tag">Hardware</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/outsourcing/" rel="tag">outsourcing</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/servers/" rel="tag">Servers</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/social-network/" rel="tag">Social network</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="post-2682 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-business-management tag-google tag-ios-apple tag-ipad tag-mobile tag-research-in-motion tag-smartphone tag-webos" id="post-2682"> <div class="title"> <h2><a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/2011/06/30/summer-mobile-trends/" rel="bookmark">Summer mobile trends</a></h2> <p class="info"><strong class="date"><a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/2011/06/30/summer-mobile-trends/" rel="bookmark">June 30th, 2011</a></strong> by IDEA</p> </div> <div class="content"> <p>Mobile is exploding, and this has vast implications for education. Here’s a summary of top news and trends for mobile this summer…</p> <p><strong>Smartphones</strong> are popular phones. According to <a href="http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2011/06/30/nielsen-androids-growth-curve-flattened-in-2011-while-the-iphones-got-a-boost/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+fortuneapple20+(FORTUNE:+Apple+2.0)">Nielsen</a>, 38% of Americans now own smartphones, and 55% of those who purchased a new handset in the past three months bought a smartphone (rather than a dumb one), up from 34% a year ago. Android’s growth curve flattened in 2011 while the iPhone’s got a boost. Collectively, Android and iOS are activating over 800k devices per day.</p> <p><img title="Smartphones last 3 months" src="http://www.idea.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/Screen-shot-2011-06-30-at-2.13.31-PM.png" alt="" width="553" height="312" /> <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/2011/06/30/summer-mobile-trends/#more-2682" class="more-link"><span aria-label="Continue reading Summer mobile trends">(more…)</span></a></p> </div> <div class="meta"> <ul> <li>Posted in <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/category/business-management/" rel="category tag">Business</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/2011/06/30/summer-mobile-trends/#comments">1 Comment</a></li> <li>Tags: <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/google/" rel="tag">google</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/ios-apple/" rel="tag">IOS (Apple)</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/ipad/" rel="tag">IPad</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/mobile/" rel="tag">mobile</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/research-in-motion/" rel="tag">Research In Motion</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/smartphone/" rel="tag">smartphone</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/webos/" rel="tag">WebOS</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="post-2602 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-learning category-research tag-access tag-data tag-google tag-iphone tag-mobile tag-smartphone tag-study" id="post-2602"> <div class="title"> <h2><a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/2011/05/13/smartphones-widely-integrated-into-our-lives-graphs/" rel="bookmark">Smartphones widely integrated into our lives (graphs)</a></h2> <p class="info"><strong class="date"><a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/2011/05/13/smartphones-widely-integrated-into-our-lives-graphs/" rel="bookmark">May 13th, 2011</a></strong> by IDEA</p> </div> <div class="content"> <p>Smartphones (e.g., the iPhone or Android) are commonplace, and education outreach projects need make use of this reality. People use their smartphones while doing all kinds of things. For example:</p> <p><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2607" title="Things people do while using a smartphone" src="http://www.idea.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Screen-shot-2011-05-13-at-12.49.51-PM.png" alt="" width="379" height="143" srcset="https://www.idea.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Screen-shot-2011-05-13-at-12.49.51-PM.png 379w, https://www.idea.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Screen-shot-2011-05-13-at-12.49.51-PM-150x56.png 150w, https://www.idea.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Screen-shot-2011-05-13-at-12.49.51-PM-300x113.png 300w" sizes="(max-width: 379px) 100vw, 379px" /></p> <p><em>(Left to right, top: while waiting in line, socializing, in the bathroom, while watching TV; bottom: while using a computer, playing video games, reading a paper, or a book.)</em></p> <p>The most common place to use a smartphones is at home (93% of smartphone owners), but people use their smartphones all kinds of places: <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/2011/05/13/smartphones-widely-integrated-into-our-lives-graphs/#more-2602" class="more-link"><span aria-label="Continue reading Smartphones widely integrated into our lives (graphs)">(more…)</span></a></p> </div> <div class="meta"> <ul> <li>Posted in <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/category/learning/" rel="category tag">Learning & access</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/category/research/" rel="category tag">Research</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/2011/05/13/smartphones-widely-integrated-into-our-lives-graphs/#respond">No Comments</a></li> <li>Tags: <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/access/" rel="tag">access</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/data/" rel="tag">Data</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/google/" rel="tag">google</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/iphone/" rel="tag">iPhone</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/mobile/" rel="tag">mobile</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/smartphone/" rel="tag">smartphone</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/study/" rel="tag">study</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="post-1424 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-research tag-data tag-digital-humanities tag-google tag-humanities tag-peer-review" id="post-1424"> <div class="title"> <h2><a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/2011/03/09/institutions-dont-support-digital-humanities-tools-says-dhq-report/" rel="bookmark">Institutions don’t support digital humanities tools, says DHQ report</a></h2> <p class="info"><strong class="date"><a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/2011/03/09/institutions-dont-support-digital-humanities-tools-says-dhq-report/" rel="bookmark">March 9th, 2011</a></strong> by IDEA</p> </div> <div class="content"> <p><img class="alignright size-full wp-image-1432" title="DHQ" src="http://www.idea.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Screen-shot-2011-03-09-at-5.58.24-PM.png" alt="" width="171" height="85" srcset="https://www.idea.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Screen-shot-2011-03-09-at-5.58.24-PM.png 171w, https://www.idea.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Screen-shot-2011-03-09-at-5.58.24-PM-150x74.png 150w" sizes="(max-width: 171px) 100vw, 171px" />The growing field of digital humanities is hampered by a lack of motivation to share tools, and a lack of direct rewards from the academic establishment, says a new study <a href="http://digitalhumanities.org/dhq/vol/4/2/000083/000083.html">published</a> last month in the <em>Digital Humanities Quarterly</em>.</p> <p>Digital humanities uses computers as part of research in arts and humanities. Computers are useless in isolation; they need software written to do interesting analyses. Some processing can be done using simple text processing tools to sort and count words. More complex research requires new tools (new computer programs) to be created. The study looked at the people who create those new tools. One key finding was that creating new software does little to help researcher’s careers.</p> <p> <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/2011/03/09/institutions-dont-support-digital-humanities-tools-says-dhq-report/#more-1424" class="more-link"><span aria-label="Continue reading Institutions don’t support digital humanities tools, says DHQ report">(more…)</span></a></p> </div> <div class="meta"> <ul> <li>Posted in <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/category/research/" rel="category tag">Research</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/2011/03/09/institutions-dont-support-digital-humanities-tools-says-dhq-report/#respond">No Comments</a></li> <li>Tags: <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/data/" rel="tag">Data</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/digital-humanities/" rel="tag">digital humanities</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/google/" rel="tag">google</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/humanities/" rel="tag">humanities</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/peer-review/" rel="tag">peer review</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="post-719 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-interactivity category-learning tag-3d-panoramas tag-art tag-google tag-museology tag-museum tag-personalization" id="post-719"> <div class="title"> <h2><a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/2011/02/14/the-amazing-giga-resolution-images-of-google-art-project/" rel="bookmark">The virtual vs. the real: Giga-resolution in Google Art Project</a></h2> <p class="info"><strong class="date"><a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/2011/02/14/the-amazing-giga-resolution-images-of-google-art-project/" rel="bookmark">February 14th, 2011</a></strong> by IDEA</p> </div> <div class="content"> <p><img class="alignright size-full wp-image-720" title="Art Project, powered by Google" src="http://www.idea.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/Screen-shot-2011-02-11-at-4.11.24-PM.png" alt="" width="219" height="53" srcset="https://www.idea.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/Screen-shot-2011-02-11-at-4.11.24-PM.png 219w, https://www.idea.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/Screen-shot-2011-02-11-at-4.11.24-PM-150x36.png 150w" sizes="(max-width: 219px) 100vw, 219px" /></p> <p>Real life has a close competitor in the “<a href="http://www.googleartproject.com/">Art Project</a>,” released by Google last week. Their initial release is a clean, inviting site for browsing over one thousand artworks from 17 of the world’s most famous museums. At least one piece from each of the 17 museums is displayed in gigapixel resolution, so that online visitors can zoom in to the brushstrokes. Each piece also has information about the artists, text or video commentary, bios, and links to related pieces. Some museums have 3D walk-throughs, analogous to Google’s map street views (there are 6000 3D panoramas), and there’s a way to create personal art “collections” to revisit or share later.</p> <p> <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/2011/02/14/the-amazing-giga-resolution-images-of-google-art-project/#more-719" class="more-link"><span aria-label="Continue reading The virtual vs. the real: Giga-resolution in Google Art Project">(more…)</span></a></p> </div> <div class="meta"> <ul> <li>Posted in <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/category/interactivity/" rel="category tag">Interactive experiences</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/category/learning/" rel="category tag">Learning & access</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/2011/02/14/the-amazing-giga-resolution-images-of-google-art-project/#comments">2 Comments</a></li> <li>Tags: <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/3d-panoramas/" rel="tag">3D panoramas</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/art/" rel="tag">art</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/google/" rel="tag">google</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/museology/" rel="tag">museology</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/museum/" rel="tag">museum</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/personalization/" rel="tag">personalization</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <nav class="navigation pagination" role="navigation"> <h2 class="screen-reader-text">Posts navigation</h2> <div class="nav-links"><span aria-current='page' class='page-numbers current'>1</span> <a class='page-numbers' href='https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/google/page/2/'>2</a> <a class="next page-numbers" href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/google/page/2/">Next page</a></div> </nav> </section> </div> </div> </div> </main> <footer id="footer"> <div class="container"> <nav class="page-nav"> <ul> <li id="menu-item-4498" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-home menu-item-4498"><a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/">Home</a></li> <li id="menu-item-4497" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-4497"><a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/about/">Mission & history</a></li> <li id="menu-item-4499" class="popup menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-4499"><a title="popup" class="js-btn-show-popups" href="#wrapper">Browse topics</a></li> <li id="menu-item-4666" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-4666"><a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/contact/">Contact IDEA</a></li> <li>Copyright © 2025 <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog">IDEA</a></li> </ul> </nav> </div> </footer> </div> <script type='text/javascript'> /* <![CDATA[ */ var wpcf7 = {"apiSettings":{"root":"https:\/\/www.idea.org\/blog\/wp-json\/contact-form-7\/v1","namespace":"contact-form-7\/v1"},"cached":"1"}; /* ]]> */ </script> <script type='text/javascript' src='//www.idea.org/blog/wp-content/plugins/contact-form-7/includes/js/scripts.js'></script> <script type='text/javascript' src='//www.idea.org/blog/wp-content/themes/ideaorg/js/jquery.main.js'></script> <script type='text/javascript' src='//www.idea.org/blog/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js'></script> </body>  <script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-Y68B45MT0H"></script> <script> window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-Y68B45MT0H'); </script> </html>