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 [...]
Part of the IB ITGS course is examining the role of AI, Robotics and Autonomous system.
Students are asked to engage in discussion and debate about the social and ethical issues arrising from these technologies and there impact on society. Here are two great articles for starting this debate.
1. Autonomous tech ‘requires debate’
By Jason Palmer
Science and technology [...]
This link was sent to me the other day. It is a powerful video looking at the impact of social media. It reminds me a lot of the classics (Strange to use this term with youtube) like Prof Michael Wesch “the machine is using us” and the much copied and emulated “did you know” by [...]
Well I have made it to the airport and I am enjoying the hospitality of the Air NZ Lounge. I have to say the best advertisement for becoming a Koru Club member is being let into the lounge.
I am sitting here prep’ing for what promises to be a busy and very interesting week. Other than [...]
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 [...]
While twitter can be a distraction, an irritation or for some a waste of time; it has huge potential. As we watch the process of democracy in Iran being apparently corrupted Twitter is coming into its own. Twitter and other social networks are providing an outlet for news, a mode for communication and a pathway [...]
The Committed Sardine is the website and blog of Ian Jukes and the infosavvy group. They have just updated the website and blog and I have the privilage of being one of the contributing bloggers to this website.
There is a wealth of information and material coming out from this site and I would encourage you [...]
Social networks provide huge opportunities for education but can potentially have devasting consequences as well.
As classroom teachers we have a set of processes we use to keep ourselves and our students safe.
We keep our conversations appropriate. You can not divorce yourself from your students lives but you do keep a respectful distance.
We avoid meeting students [...]
