| Start Date: | 2/28/2014 | Start Time: | 1:00 PM |
| End Date: | 2/28/2014 | End Time: | 2:30 PM |
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Event Description
The College of Computing & Informatics Winter Speaker Series Presents:
"Mindtools: The evolution and new definition of literacy"
By Daniel Russell
Senior Research Scientist at Google
Friday, February 28, 2014
1:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Light snacks and refreshments will be available after the lecture
Bossone Research Center
Mitchell Auditorium
3140 Market Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Please RSVP at http://bit.ly/1clxxLo
This lecture will be recorded and available for later viewing at the College of Computing & Informatics YouTube page.
About the Talk:
What does it mean to be literate at a time when you can search billions of texts in less than 300 milliseconds? Although you might think that "literacy" is one of the great constants that transcends the ages, the skills of a literate person have changed substantially over time as texts and technology allow for new kinds of reading and understanding. Knowing how to read is just the beginning of it -- knowing how to frame a question, pose a query, how to interpret the texts you find, how to organize and use the information you discover, how to understand your metacognition -- these are all critical parts of being literate as well.
In this talk, Russell will review what literacy is today, in the age of Google, and show how some very surprising and unexpected skills will turn out to be critical in the years ahead. Powerful new tools for the mind have been created. The thing is, those tools are constantly evolving and changing even as the things they operate on change as well. This puts users in the position of having to learn how to find tools, and understanding the substrate on which they work. Literacy in these days is not just reading and writing, but also understanding what knowledge tools are available, and how they can be used in interesting new ways.
About the Speaker:
Daniel Russell is the Űber Tech Lead for Search Quality and User Happiness at Google in Mountain View, CA. He earned his Ph.D. in computer science, specializing in Artificial Intelligence until he realized that magnifying human intelligence was his real passion. Twenty years ago he foreswore AI in favor of HI, and enjoys teaching, learning, running and music, preferably all in one day. His MOOCs have helped students become much more effective online searchers. |
Contact Information:
Name: Jennifer Lally
Phone: 2158951077
Email: jl352@drexel.edu |
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Location:
Bossone Research Center
Mitchell Auditorium
3140 Market Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104 |
Audience:
AlumniCurrent StudentsFacultyPublicStaff |
Special Features:
Free Food |
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