http://newscenter.berkeley.edu News from the University of California, Berkeley Tue, 21 May 2013 23:24:03 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/03/16/uc-berkeley-facebook-page-hits-100000-fan-milestone/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/03/16/uc-berkeley-facebook-page-hits-100000-fan-milestone/#comments Sat, 17 Mar 2012 00:00:33 +0000 Cathy Cockrell http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=27037 UC Berkeley fast-growing campuswide Facebook page acquired its 100,000th fan this week. A quirky mix of serious and light posts, student input on its content and a new app for dialogue with campus leaders are helping to grow its lively online community.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/03/16/uc-berkeley-facebook-page-hits-100000-fan-milestone/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/09/07/success-of-amphibian-social-networking-spawns-reptile-bioblitz/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/09/07/success-of-amphibian-social-networking-spawns-reptile-bioblitz/#comments Wed, 07 Sep 2011 17:34:44 +0000 Robert Sanders http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=16179 Photos and observations posted to the website of the Global Amphibian BioBlitz now cover more than 700 species: 10 percent of the world's frog, toad and salamander species that the social networking effort hopes to track. This success has now spawned a Reptile BioBlitz.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/09/07/success-of-amphibian-social-networking-spawns-reptile-bioblitz/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/08/08/cal-educamp-explores-the-nexus-of-new-technology-and-teaching/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/08/08/cal-educamp-explores-the-nexus-of-new-technology-and-teaching/#comments Mon, 08 Aug 2011 23:49:04 +0000 Cathy Cockrell http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=14614 How can educators use emerging digital technologies to excite students and spur learning? At Cal Educamp — a participant-driven "unconference" held on campus Aug. 5 — teachers, students, instructional designers and researchers re-imagined education for the 21st century.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/08/08/cal-educamp-explores-the-nexus-of-new-technology-and-teaching/feed/ 0 http://www.ischool.berkeley.edu/newsandevents/news/20110715facebookprivacy http://www.ischool.berkeley.edu/newsandevents/news/20110715facebookprivacy#comments Thu, 21 Jul 2011 22:03:56 +0000 Public Affairs http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=14224 Although most Facebook users claim to be very uncomfortable with how third-party apps use their personal information, their online behavior doesn’t reflect this concern, researchers at UC Berkeley's School of Information have found.]]> http://www.ischool.berkeley.edu/newsandevents/news/20110715facebookprivacy/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/05/25/can-social-networking-save-the-worlds-amphibians/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/05/25/can-social-networking-save-the-worlds-amphibians/#comments Wed, 25 May 2011 17:16:39 +0000 Robert Sanders http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=12181 Amphibian lovers have teamed up to create a social networking site, the Global Amphibian Blitz, where citizen scientists can submit photographs of amphibians in order to help scientists track their worldwide decline and hopefully find a way to halt it.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/05/25/can-social-networking-save-the-worlds-amphibians/feed/ 0 http://www.ischool.berkeley.edu/newsandevents/news/20110318musicchoices http://www.ischool.berkeley.edu/newsandevents/news/20110318musicchoices#comments Tue, 22 Mar 2011 17:37:21 +0000 Public Affairs http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=7898 When information about a person's music listening is published automatically, young people subtly manipulate the way they present their preferences, say researchers at the School of Information.]]> http://www.ischool.berkeley.edu/newsandevents/news/20110318musicchoices/feed/ 0