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John Evans

Having "The Talk" with Staff, Social Media Style - 7 views

  • You still need to train your employees and staff on how to use it responsibly.
  • You still need to train your employees and staff on how to use it responsibly.
  • You still need to train your employees and staff on how to use it responsibly.
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  • Because if you don’t teach them, someone else will. And you may not like what they’re instilling in your offspring. It’s time for you to sit down with employees and have “the talk”, social media style.  It’s natural. There’s no need to be embarrassed.
John Evans

Don't blame me for creating stories on Twitter, says Stephen Fry | Media | guardian.co.uk - 0 views

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    "Twitter is about participating - by which I mean you tweet and read other people's tweets. Then you understand it, and get its rhythm. But remember: It is about being authentic. These things are human-shaped." "
John Evans

Report Finds Online Threats to Children Overblown - NYTimes.com - 3 views

  • The Internet may not be such a dangerous place for children after all. A task force created by 49 state attorneys general to look into the problem of sexual solicitation of children online has concluded that there really is not a significant problem.
  • But the report concluded that the problem of bullying among children, both online and offline, poses a far more serious challenge than the sexual solicitation of minors by adults.
  • “This shows that social networks are not these horribly bad neighborhoods on the Internet,” said John Cardillo, chief executive of Sentinel Tech Holding, which maintains a sex offender database and was part of the task force. “Social networks are very much like real-world communities that are comprised mostly of good people who are there for the right reasons.”
Phil Taylor

World's Simplest Online Safety Policy « My Island View - 3 views

  • Our students need adults to stop being afraid, and stop hiding, so education can get out of the shadows and into the light of the world in which our children live.
  • were not created to keep students stuck in the past, educated in a disconnected school environment that shares little resemblance to the real world for which we should be preparing our children.
  • Students can access websites that do not contain or that filter mature content. They can use their real names, pictures, and work (as long it doesn’t have a grade/score from a school) with the notification and/or permission of the student and their parent or guardian.
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  • What about Safety?
  • 90% of child predators are family members, close family friends, or clergy
  • puts kids at risk are things like
Phil Taylor

Districts Increase Use of Web 2.0, Though Barriers Remain -- THE Journal - 2 views

  • esearchers found was that acceptance of Web 2.0 has increased since 2009--the first year of the survey--but that there are still some barriers to adoption, including some lingering perceptions of student "safety" risks, lack of technical support (including technical personnel), and lack of knowledge on the part of teachers of the effective use of Web 2.0 technologies. This last was, according to the researchers, "the most frequently cited human-related barrier to adoption."
  • more schools are reporting that significant portions of their teaching staff are creating their own content online.
Phil Taylor

[PT] Pseudoteaching: MIT Physics | Action-Reaction - 0 views

  • MIT do after Lewin’s show-stopping lectures failed to change declining attendance and large failure rates? They created interactive learning spaces like TEAL, which stands for Technology Enhanced Active Learning.
John Evans

Teachers: Watch this and Try not to Cry - Then DO SOMETHING! : Stager-to-Go - 8 views

  • 60 Minutes just aired a two-part story that stands in their grand tradition of breathtaking journalism. The report tells the story of Gospel for Teens, a non-profit arts organization created in Harlem, NYC by the radio broadcaster, publisher and theatre producer, Vy Higginsen. Her original goals were modest; teach kids to sing gospel music so that this important African American art form endures. The lessons Ms. Higginsen, the teenagers and the 60 Minutes audience learn are much more profound and life-altering.
Phil Taylor

Free Technology for Teachers: Free Guide - Making Videos on the Web - 4 views

  • This guide was created for those teachers who would like to have their students make videos but don't have access to editing software and or video equipment. All of the resources in this guide are completely web-based.
John Evans

New iPad App Lets Anyone Create Designs with Vintage Type and Art on a Virtual Hand-Dri... - 5 views

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    "LetterMpress™, an app just released for the Apple iPad, gives users the hands-on experience of working with traditional letterpress wood type, art cuts, and printing press techniques. Every step of the letterpress printing process is replicated on the iPad for the authentic feel and experience of traditional printing techniques."
John Evans

Mobile Tech Learning - How to Design a Beautiful iPad Lesson - 6 views

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    John I liked this because I learned how to take a screenshot on ipad2. So thanks.
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