The Iranian Election debarcle continues as the world id shocked and appalled by the curruption of the electral system and the brutality of what is now essentially a dictatorship.
The new York Times has produced an excellent interactive timeline with media clips, photo shows and commentry of the elections. This is an excellent resource for [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
The Herald on Sunday, today, ran a feature article on students using facebook in an inappropriate manner, firstly in a conversation about a fellow students and then posting comments about a teacher.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/technology/news/article.cfm?c_id=5&objectid=10578306
While I might have suspicions that the article was given priority because of the profile of the school. The article does highlight a number [...]
A few years ago, I attended a conference in South Africa. In a pre conference tour I visited Robben Island, the notorious prison that housed Political prisoners during the bleak days of aparitied
The prison is a tourist attraction and a monument to the conflict and struggle. I have uploaded to flickr some of my images [...]
Over the last two weeks I have been presenting the Digital Citizen to the year 11 and 13 students at school. It has been an interesting and enlightening experience.
Part of the process has been discussing with then the “code of ethics”, the six facets of the digital citizen and taking there feedback on it. For [...]
The pre confernce workshop I booked into was Urban Outdoor education. The two presnters were a principal instructor/teacher from a state funded outdoor education facility and the DP at a local state school.
The session started by mirroring an activity they do with students. It involved:
briefing the students (us)
journeying to the location
doing the task
reviewing/debriefing
To start they [...]
A couple of posts ago I wrote about the digital citizen and citizenship. Well I have been working on this concept and I have created an acceptable use agreement based on the tenets of being a good digital citizen.
Here is the AUA, its based not on restrictions or technology rather on an ethical basis for [...]
Its not suprising really, when you think about it. The cell phone, which is an extension of some many of our students brains, is potentially being used for SEXTING!!!
What is Sexting? Well have a look at the wikipedia article on it (yes it is suitable and not in any way shape or form inappropriate) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexting [...]
THIS IS NOT A COMFORTABLE VIDEO
THIS IS NOT NICE. IT IS NOT PLEASANT OR FUN, BUT YOU SHOULD WATCH IT ANYWAY!
This is the latest video from Mediastorm. This video looks at the aftermath of the atrocities in Rwanda, particularly the effect it has had on the women who were brutalized.
http://www.mediastorm.org/0024.htm
Here is the introduction
“During the 1994 [...]
