How to be a smart reader

1. Mercy Tong Knowledge Discovery

2. How Google change our lives? Shape the process of thought “A form of skimming activity.” “Efficiency” & “Immediacy” The lack of deep reading “Can’t focus on long pieces of reading.” “Tripping from link to link to link.” Carr, N. (2008). ‘Is Google making us stupid?’, Atlantic.com. Washington D.C: The Atlantic

3. Google Making us stupid? No

4. Should we really need to read a whole article? RSS Reader: “Rich Site Summary” individuation custom information service individuation active recommendation information service. Stay up to date - constantly checks your favorite news sites and blogs for new content. Simplify your reading experience - shows you all of your favorite sites in one convenient place. Discover new content - easy to find new content that interests you.

5. http://www.project10tothe100.com/ideas.html Collect and organize the world's urban data Make educational content available online for free Build real-time, user-reported news service Create real-world issue reporting system Drive innovation

6. Computers think for us, flattening our intelligence. (X) Technology doesn’t dump us down. It frees our minds. The point is How to avoidinformation overload and find the most useful information.

7. Ten Tips for Smarter Google Searches By Michael Miller Most people use Google in a very inefficient and often ineffective manner.

8. 1 Use the Correct Methodology 2 Conduct an "Either/Or" Search 3 Include or Exclude Words in Your Search 4 Search for Similar Words 5 Search for an Exact Phrase 6 List Similar Pages 7 Fine-Tune Your Search with Other Operators 8 Search for Specific Facts 9 Search the Google Directory 10 Use Google’s Other Specialized Searches

9. “We are how we read.” Wonder Wheel http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_AvMpKQP40&feature=related

10. As a smart reader in Digital Age

11. Bibliography Carr, N. (2008). ‘Is Google making us stupid?’, Atlantic.com. Washington D.C: The Atlantic. Mille, Michael. (2008).Ten Tips for Smarter Google Searches. Available at: http://www.informit.com/articles/article.asp?p=675274&rl=1 Pavlik, John. (2008). Media in the Digital Age. New York: Columbia University Press. Stross, Randall. (2008). Planet Google. How one company is transforming our lives. London: Atlantic Books. Wilson, T.D. (2009). Review of: Stross, Randall. Planet Google. How one company is transforming our lives. London: Atlantic Books; New York, NY: Free Press, 2008. Information Research, 14(1), review no. R326 [Available at: http://informationr.net/ir/reviews/revs326.html Williams, Kevin. (2003). “Living in the Global Village: New Media Theory.” Understanding Media Theory. London: Arnold. Google official site: http://www.project10tothe100.com/ideas.htm Google Webmaster Central: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_AvMpKQP40&feature=related