Understanding how networks work is an essential 21st century literacy. The first in a series of  videos about how structure and dynamics of networks influences political freedom, economic wealth creation, and participation in the creation of culture. This introduces the importance of understanding networks and explains how the underlying technical architecture of the Internet supports the freedom of network users to innovate.

Network literacy, Part one: How the Internet’s architecture democratized innovation

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On September 7, in Santiago Chile, I interviewed Luis Ramirez and Paloma Baytelman about "the penguin revolution" -- Chilean schoolchildren used social media in 2006 to organize widespread protests against underfunded public schools.

Chilean schoolchildren smartmob for better education: The Penguin Revolution

Inexpensive digital cameras, laptop editing, and network distribution have detonated an explosion of vernacular video, from YouTube to Open Courseware. This is a broad look at the ways video vernaculars are changing pop culture—and a hint of changes to come in education. Six and a half minutes.

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Yes, I am online most of the time I’m at home. What cyberpeople don’t see is that for much of that time, I’m sitting in my garden. This 7 1/2 minute video is a quick look at a year in my garden.

Howard’s Garden

The second in a series about network literacy. The value of networks shifts as they scale, and as the networks accomodate human social activity as well as interconnection of machines.

Network literacy, Part one: How the Internet’s architecture democratized innovation

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