privacy noun [ mass noun ] a state in which one is not observed or disturbed by other people: she returned to the privacy of her own home. • the state of being free from public attention: a law to restrict newspapers’ freedom to invade people’s privacy. [Dictionary Version 2.2.1 Apple] I read this morning [...]
Social media, like twitter or facebook, is neither positive or negative. It isn’t good or bad, its just a tool, a facility or a feature we can use. On the traditional medias like television these mediums are collecting a bit of criticism for the comments, tweets and posts published in light of the recent tragedies [...]
Here are a selection of interesting articles on education, technology and digital citizenship: New Zealand Herald Defence force highlights social network dangers – http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10870096 – This is a Digital citizenship basic concept, look after yourself by not posting information that can potentially put you at risk. For these guys it could be life and limb [...]
The New Zealand teachers council has developed a useful and applicable resource for social media and education. http://www.teachersandsocialmedia.co.nz/ The guidelines for teachers are well considered and developed by an informed and realistic group of people. This fits with the model of digital citizenship that we use – http://edorigami.wikispaces.com/The+Digital+Citizen: Looking after yourself – respect and protect [...]
Here is an interesting infographic that compare the Old favourite of facebook and the new kid on the block Google + The original site of the infographic is – http://plusweek.ly/facebook-vs-google-infographic-via-singlegrain/
Just a couple of quick updates in this On the Wire Post. 1. Commoncraft videos – http://www.commoncraft.com – There are two new videos that are going to be useful in the classroom. The first is called “Social Media in the Workplace“ The video has the following blurb which nicely summarises its use: This video takes [...]
This is an interesting infographic – Is social media ruining students?. It addresses social media and education posing as it does some interesting challenges for us as educator. If you have a look at the stats for facebook it adds weigh to the comments expressed in the image. Consider these as you read below: (source: [...]
In this update of on the wire we have a variety of resources including some brilliant digital citizenship videos. 1. Exposed – CEOP -http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ovR3FF_6us Exposed is the latest release from the CEOP, Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre. This video examines sexting from the perspective of a young person. This 10 minute videofor 14 to [...]
On this on the wire update we are looking at a couple of videos that worth watching. Here is the first: 1. Next is Now – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rvad4B0lCdk in the same vein as the famous almost cult (well in educational circles) video Shift happens this is an excellent video with a catchy sound track too. 2.The [...]
The last couple of days have been quite interesting, a number of things have come together in a short space of time and this raises some questions for me about where we are heading. This week I had the privilage of talking with a major New Zealand company about their use of social media as [...]
