Quickly written, unedited entries about whatever is on my mind.

Nov

NITLE Programs This Week and Next

Posted by MikeT Published in Education, Globalization, Higher Education, Internet, Liberal Arts, New Media and, Pedagogy, Professional, Social Software, Technology

This is the NITLE Professional Development News that went out today. It focuses on my programs for the coming two weeks. They are going to be be keeping me busy. But they are interesting programs, so they should be fun.
Dear Colleagues,
As campuses continue to respond to the challenges of globalization as well [...]

Tags: Activism, economic justice, education, educational technology, Globalization, Higher Education, internet, Language, NITLE, Pedagogy, programs, social media, Social Software, teaching, Technology

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Oct

Academic Freedom Media Review, October 23-30

Posted by MikeT Published in Academic Freedom, Activism, Current Events, CyberActivism, Globalization, Higher Education, Human Rights, Islam in the World, Journalism and Media, MENA, Mashreq

Compiled by Scholars at Risk
Israel Deports a Bethlehem U. Student Because She Is From Gaza
Matthew Kalman, The Chronicle of Higher Education, 10/29
The United States Provides $45 Million for Higher Education Commission
U.S. Department of State, 10/29
Academia and its Discontents
Jia Ahmad, Nneka McGuire and Nicholas Wong, Columbia Spectator, 10/29

Tags: Academic Freedom, Activism, education, foreign policy, Free Speech, Gaza, Higher Education, Human Rights, Iran, Isreal, MENA, Middle East, Palestine

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Oct

Freedom of the Press in the Maghreb

Posted by MikeT Published in Activism, Africa, Current Events, Human Rights, Journalism and Media, MENA, Morocco, The Maghreb

Upon the death of his father, it looked as if Morocco might be on its way toward total freedom of expression. This post is too short to go into much detail, but tentatively at first, then progressively with more and more confidence the media and the arts began to confront previously taboo subjects including corruption [...]

Tags: "le Monde", Activism, Africa, Arabic, cultural policy, democracy, editorial cartoons, France, Freedom of the Press, Human Rights, media, MENA, Mohammed VI, Morocco, newspapers, North Africa, Tunisia

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Oct

Man Arrested for Reporting Police Movements via Twitter

Posted by MikeT Published in Activism, Current Events, Globalization, Human Rights

Somehow it seems a violation of free speech to lock a man up for simply reporting something he observes, yet that is what happened in Pittsburgh according to this article in the Huffington Post.
A self-described New York City anarchist has been accused of tweeting the location of police officers to protesters trying to evade [...]

Tags: Activism, economic justice, Free Speech, G20, G20 Summit, Human Rights, law enforcement, media, New York City, Pittsburgh, politics, twitter

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Oct

Academic Freedom Media Review, September 25-October 2, 2009

Posted by MikeT Published in Academic Freedom, Current Events, Education, Higher Education, Human Rights, Journalism and Media, MENA, Mashreq, New Media and, Society

The Academic Freedom Media Review is a collection of articles compiled weekly by Scholars at Risk. This is the review for September 25 – October 2, 2009.
UWO joins effort to protect scholars
Chip Martin, London Free Press, 10/1
Peruvian Academic Receives Death Threats
NEAR, 10/1
Israeli Court Says University Bowed to Chinese Pressure in Closing Exhibit
The Chronicle of [...]

Tags: Academic Freedom, Activism, Calvin College, china, cultural policy, David Horowitz, democracy, education, Higher Education, Human Rights, Iran, Israel, Lebanon, media, MENA, Middle East, NATO, Peru, Philipines, politics, protests, religion, Saudi Arabia, Scholars at Risk, Tehran, Venezuela

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Sep

Maryland Delegate is Muslim and Supporter of Homosexual Marriage Rights

Posted by MikeT Published in Activism, Current Events, CyberActivism, Globalization, Human Rights, Mobile computing, New Media and, Politics and Society, Social Software, Society

ne of my favorite iPhone apps is one called Causes that brings together RSS feed about topics like global warming, peace in the Middle East, human rights, women’s rights, health care, global poverty, and others. If you are interested in that kind of news, check it out. Check it out.
It was that application that [...]

Tags: Activism, apps, choices.org, cultural policy, gay, gay marriage, Human Rights, iPhone, Maryland, Middle East, Quran, same-sex marriage, Saqib Ali

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Sep

Project 10^100: Vote for the idea you believe will help the most people

Posted by MikeT Published in Uncategorized

Google says:
Project 10^100 is a call for ideas to change the world by helping as many people as possible.
You submitted more than 150,000 ideas.
We chose a handful of finalists.
Which ones should we make happen?
You tell us.

Tags: Activism, Africa, cultural policy, culture, democracy, economic justice, education, educational technology, Egypt, Environment, Foreign Aid, foreign policy, Globalization, Google, Higher Education, Human Rights, Hunger, Ideas, internet, politics, Voting

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Sep

Here’s Your Wake Up Call!

Posted by MikeT Published in Activism, CyberActivism, Environment, Globalization, Outside, Politics and Society, Uncategorized

Unfortunately not enough people are hearing it, so click here to find out how you can continue to raise the alarm.

Tags: Activism, Africa, Avaaz.org, cultural policy, democracy, Environment, global warming, internet, social media, Social Software, video

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Sep

Iranian Blogger Said to Be in Solitary Confinement – The Lede Blog – NYTimes.com

Posted by MikeT Published in Activism, Current Events, CyberActivism, Human Rights, Journalism and Media, MENA, Mashreq, New Media and, Social Software, Society, Technology

Violations of Press Freedom should be of concern to us all. When journalist are intimidated, then authoritarian forces can act with impunity. Here is the case of one Iranian blogger.
On Friday, an Iranian blogger and human rights activist, Mojtaba Samienejad, reported that a fellow blogger who had been working as a journalist for a reformist [...]

Tags: Activism, blogs, cultural policy, democracy, Freedom of the Press, Human Rights, internet, Iran, journalism, MENA, Middle East, Mojtaba Samienejad, Reporters without Borders, social media, Social Software, Technology

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Sep

Academic Freedom Media Review

Posted by MikeT Published in Academic Freedom, Activism, Africa, Current Events, CyberActivism, Higher Education, MENA

The Academic Freedom Media Review is compiled on a weekly basis by Scholars at Risk. This is the review for September 4 – 11, 2009
An Activist Adjunct Shoulders the Weight of a New Advocacy Group
Audrey Williams June, The Chronicle of Higher Education, 9/10
Sayed Perwiz Kambakhsh is freed and goes abroad
Reporters Without Borders, 9/7
GLOBAL: Researchers in [...]

Tags: Academic Freedom, Activism, community, cuba, cultural policy, democracy, Higher Education, Iran, MENA, Middle East, networks, NYU, politics, Scholars at Risk, Turkmenistan