Having one’s own domain means that students have much more say over what they present to the world, in terms of their public profiles, professional portfolios, and digital identities.
I feel like this is actually the most important part of the entire concept.
We acquiesce more and more of our privacy. In doing so, we’re assured, technology will give us access to better stuff, to more “innovation.”
The tone here is clearly implying that we are some uneducated mass just slowly giving away our privacy (aka freedom to be anonymous online) and not caring about the consequences. This is a perspective i strongly disagree with. Privacy online is not a real thing. It never has been. When you're using googles tools, why shouldn't they have a right to collect that information? You're using a tool they gave you for free. If I went into Starbucks and bought a drink, I wouldn't then be upset if they asked me if I wanted the same drink the next time I went into that same Starbucks. They are trying to improv my experience, just like google is by collecting my information. I am definitely over simplifying, I'll admit that.
defined as something that comes from industry and not the university, something that is fostered in the private sector and not the public.
This shift has been happening for years and is inevitable. People will debate endlessly on whether of not this is a good thing, but thats not stoping it from happening. Research and innovation are absolutely slowly being claimed by private tech companies. If you start to do great research while attending university you will be scouted by one of these companies and given a job offer almost immediately. The money is with the private industries now, and the innovation will absolutely follow.
Google Chrome, Google Chromebooks, Google Hangouts, Google Helpouts
Never realized how many useful tools google has created for people to use for free. They have made communicating and working together in class drastically easier.