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Oh dear - Wikipedia

A colleague just sent this through to me. He was doing so research using wikipedia for science and scientists.

The entry has been edited with rather juvenile additions. This is disappointing as we don’t need this sort of vandalism.
However, as a teaching opportunity this is useful, it does highlight the risks of a trust based model [...]

Social Sites

HeyMilly posted a good post on Social sites and schools - http://ruthere.edublogs.org/2008/04/01/keeping-your-distance/
Its a nice post.
This is a discussion that is happening in schools through out NZ and right round the world.
I don’t believe in white listing sites, having strict restricted lists that limit access to only approved and checked sites (it reminds me too much [...]

thinkuKnow

http://www.thinkuknow.co.uk/
This is a UK website which looks at cyber-safety. The site is run by Child Exploitation and Online Protection (CEOP) Centre. The web site has targetted resources for different age groups making it a useful site from junior to senior schools and for parents and teachers.
One of the site videos is hosted on [...]

Virtual Global Taskforce

Cyber-safety is again a news item. The BBC has published this morning an article on the British government pledging to protect teachers from phone and internet based cyber bullying. The article is quite a good one, but I am concerned that they are now considering cyber-bullying to be a “serious disciplinary offence”. There is definitely [...]