Howard Rheingold seems to have become more visible again in my part of the web… he’s popping up on Twitter and has penned some new material – the following excerpt from an essay entitled Participative Pedagogy for a Literacy of Literacies rang a few bells for me and got me wondering about how much teachers […]
This week I have some more homework… Please share here your stories about your first hours if life in Second Life. Reflect on your experience: How would you describe your first steps? What were the technical issues, if any? What did you feel about the avatar you chose? What was orientation island like? Could you […]
19:08 www.keepyourfilteroffourinternet.com/ – get your badge today! # 19:12 Australians Against Internet Censorship tinyurl.com/5sj44y via www.diigo.com/~kimbowa # Automatically shipped by LoudTwitter
Well, what a turn up for the books. I started in my new job today. Who would have thought that this rather curmudgeonly drama teacher would be turning his had to Instructional Design? Well, I started today at Curtin University… Went through the usual first day rituals of finding where to park (and getting a […]
12:45 @christydena after working in several schools and universities… believe me they do… with monotonous regularity! # 12:51 anyone else at The Whtlam’s gig last night? They were so relaxed… and Tim was disregarding protocol… Jak was sweating the uncertainty!! # 13:58 Sean the Blogonaut on why filtering isn’t the answer. tinyurl.com/6qgnd9 via www.diigo.com/~kimbowa # […]
Some other excellent material at these places: ISP-level content filtering won’t workThe ISP giants explain why it’s not a good idea. Brett Winterford and Julian Hill, ZDNet.com.au 30 October 2008 06:04 PM Tags: telstra, iinet, internode, filtering, isp, whitelist, say, hackett video feature Federal Government plans to introduce ISP-level filtering to provide a ‘safer’ internet […]
07:41 @heyjudeonline OK Jude… Hail the Librarians, for they commnad knowledge…! Have fun guys! # 09:01 time for coffee… and a newspaper.. first cahnce in weeks! # Automatically shipped by LoudTwitter
Yet another group has started lobbying the Federal Government about the foolish plan to introduce a so-called “Clean Feed”. Say No to Internet Censorship in Australia As the professional body representing people working across a broad spectrum of the web industry, the Australian Web Industry Association (AWIA) objects to the Government’s plans to trial ISP […]
I have some homework to do. A. I am your friend. I don’t work in education. You are talking to me about the idea that we all learn from each other, in all kinds of contexts, and that this can often be richer than more formal classroom based learning. I am sceptical. Tell me about […]
These Facebook groups should give you some indication of the perception of this misguided solution. No Australian Internet Censorship We Won’t Accept It – No To Mandatory Internet Censorship In Australia No Cleen Feed People against mandatory internet filters in Australia Rational Voters against heavy-handed internet filtering. Australian ISP filtering plan is stupid! Australians against […]