The Digital Citizen Acceptable use agreement details six facets of behaviour that a digital citizen should follow to be an appropriate and respectful digital citizen. The statements are kept deliberately broad and generalised and provide outlines for suitable behaviour.
As we are working to implement this, I have been asked to expand on the different aspects [...]
In this weeks catch from the net we have Mathematics and data sources, infographic maps, web 2.0 tools and more.
1. The Maths Apprentice – http://www.mathapprentice.com/Activity/explore.html – this is a fun primary and middle years site for mathematics. Directed at the younger audience. Worth considering using with an IWB.
2. Kids online – me and mymaths – [...]
Accessing recreational sites during classes and while at work is an issue facing employers [3] and schools alike. The cost, in dollar terms, can be huge and in lost productivity, is significant. Various strategies are employed to manage this but these are often ineffective, draconian or dictatorial. How can we manage this issue better?
The digital [...]
Lots of interesting stuff coming through at the moment. In this update we have Microsoft’s security essentials offering and much more.
1. Microsoft Security Essentials - http://www.microsoft.com/security_essentials/ This is a security package from Microsoft. It covers viruses, trojans rootkits etc. Its free, but you do need to be running windows genuine advantage.
2. Apple Apps store – [...]
Facebook’s recent success at reaching the 300 million users milestone prompted a very interesting and insightful conversation with a school principal.
Facebook and other social networking sites are for many, many administrators a bone of contention. Many look at it with a degree of fear and trepidation because of “potential” for inappropriate activity. This can be [...]
This image has been digg’ed for the last couple of days. It conveys a very salient message.
The background to the facebook post is a romantic liaison between two people. A matter that should be kept from the public domain. A matter only between the 2 people involved.
But a lack of fundamental understanding has led to [...]
I read an interesting article in the Australian computer magazine APC called “Say ‘No’ to facebook”. The article is talking about curing the addiction. teh addiction in this case is the preoccupation with facebook, but applies to most social networking tools.
The Author Samantha Rose-Hunt outlines 4 steps for this:
Setting boundaries
Ceasing notitifications
Thinking of the other thinks [...]
I read in the news today about the court case where an ex Australian diplomat is being prosecuted for “grooming” a young boy for sex. http://www.stuff.co.nz/world/australia/2714006/A-web-of-sex-chat-with-under-age-boys
The case has made headlines because of the the international nature of the crime involving people rather than just the revolting nature of the persons action.
One of the aspects [...]
From the start this site concerns me. Omegle is a chat site that carries the banner “Talk to strangers”. Essentially you go to the site, start a chat and are randomly connected to a stranger. The stranger is anonymous (as are you) and the conversation is unmoderated. If the conversation gets bad you disconnect. Anecdotally [...]
We are fortunate that our email system is actually a complete communication and collaboration package. At the flick of a switch (well actually the tick of a tick box) each and every students (or selected groups) can have a personal website that included podcasting, calendar, file sharing, blogs as well as traditional webpages.
But with such [...]
