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 [...]
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 [...]
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 is a follow on post from the cell phones in class post. One of the comments I received cause me to reflect on the influence teachers have.
Chris left this comment:
I like what you said about respect your students’ privacy. My seventh grade math teacher confiscated a note I was writing in class and [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
I heard last night and read online that New Zealand is ranked 3rd in the world. That’s Third in the world for OBESITY. Its is a sad day, but unfortunately not an unexpected one. .
The Glory of the fattest nation on earth Goes to…. USA, in silver is Mexico and taking the bronze in third [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
