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 [...]
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 – [...]
Twitter tends to be quite polarising. People either live and die by twitter or hate it. Many people have started a twitter account and never use it beyond the first forays and others dive in boots and all. For the latter, for the enthusiasts, twitter can become a key element of their social network or [...]
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 [...]
Well, we are back in Memphis, we went out to the Rum Boogie Blues club last night, which was great.
This trip has been thought provoking and has challenged many preconceptions I had.
Yes, I did meet a couple (and only a couple) of “red neck” teachers, but the majority of the teachers I met were profoundly [...]
Well I have arrived in Arkansas. And its flat, I am missing hills. Its a pretty state farm lands indespersed with patchs of woodlands.
The process of getting here has been quite long, but I had yesterday (saturday) to recuperate in Memphis. We went out last night to BB Kings house of Blues and had 4 [...]
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 [...]
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1912419,00.html
This article in time magazine is looking at the “death of cursive handwriting”. Its an interesting article not because it sits an bemoans the fact that cursive handwriting is now an obsolete skill, rather its looks with some realism that things are changing.
I suspect that for most people reading a blog this is an obvious [...]
This is a voicethread tutorial using Voicethread. The slideshow goes through the steps of registering as a user and creating a voicethread using a basic free account. Voicethread is a great tool for multiple sensory learning styles as you can add images, voice and text.
The URL for this Voicethread Tutorial is http://voicethread.com/share/558435/
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