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How do you deal with a world that is messy? danah boyd at RMIT.
I had the privilege this afternoon to listen to danah boyd * deliver a talk entitled, ‘Privacy in Networked Publics’, at RMIT. danah is a Senior Researcher at Microsoft Research, a Research Assistant Professor in Media, Culture, and Communication at New … Continue reading
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What’s in a name?
The name of a man is a numbing blow from which he never recovers. Marshall McLuhan Eric Schmidt, CEO of Google, recently made a some very interesting comments while being interviewed by Holman W Jenkins from the Wall Street Journal; … Continue reading
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Facebook and privacy – is your school helping students to understand privacy settings?
Facebook is the primary social network most of our students are accessing to manage their social lives. Are they going to stop using it anytime soon? No, they’re not. They’re not going to stop because it’s their communication platform- it’s … Continue reading
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The thin red line….
We walk a fine line in our schools today. To block or not to block, that is the question. Whether ’tis nobler in the mind to suffer The slings and arrows of outraged parents, Or to take arms against a … Continue reading
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The Tweet, the search, the hashtag and the backchannel
My relationship with Twitter is evolving. It’s maturing into an incredible networking and search tool. (Or maybe it’s always been that, and I am the one maturing!) I suspect the majority of the population know nothing of the potential it … Continue reading
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Friending your students – a researcher’s perspective
When I was in Form 6 (today’s Yr 12) I had a teacher who gave us his phone number so that we could contact him if we needed clarification about the work we were doing out of school hours. We knew … Continue reading
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