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"Despite the fact that I know many teachers who would rank Twitter as the most valuable and powerful networking tool they have access to, there are still many more who simply don't "get" the value of Twitter. I've been to lots of conferences over the last few years where the enormous value of belonging to a Personal Learning Network was being touted, and Twitter is nearly always being suggested as the ideal tool for building that network. At one recent conference I asked for a show of hands for who was not yet on Twitter, and many hands went up... my response was "Why not? What are you waiting for? How many times do you need to hear people say that Twitter is the most valuable tool they have, before you actually try it for yourself?""

Library 2.016 : Privacy in the Digital Age Free online conference March 16/17

Lyn Hays key note speaker Interesting slide show

My presentation from the recent OzeLive online conference

A quick link to Images draw of the main discussion points from the Learning and Teaching Scotland / Scottish Government Internet Safety and Responsible Use Conference - Stirling 2011.

tx to Tracey :)

"If you chose the Facebook setting that hides your friend list from people who aren't you friends, Irene Abezguaz has some bad news. Abezguaz, a vice president of product management at Quotidium, outlined a loophole she discovered at AppSecUSA 2013, a New York security conference - that friend list isn't totally hidden. "

"Here's what she found: hiding from big data is so inconvenient and expensive that even Vertesi doesn't recommend it as a lifestyle choice. (She presented her findings at the Theorizing the Web conference in New York last week.) So what does that mean for companies who say users can just "opt out" if they aren't happy with (so-called) privacy policies? Can you be a person on the internet without sacrificing all your data to the Google Powers That Be? I talked to Vertesi about her experiment, its implications, and why hiding from big data can make you look like a criminal"

"Panel from FOSI's 2010 Annual Conference. It was moderated by Frank Gallagher of Cable in the Classroom. Panel speakers included: Anne Collier, ConnectSafely; Mike Ribble, Author; Linda Burch, Common Sense Media; Charles "Chuck" Saylors, National PTA. "

Presentation by Ellen J. Helsper - Oxford Internet Institute Monday, 17 November 2008International Conference on Digital Literacy Brunel University

This is a digital book published in February ,2104. It is about the connected classroom and how to use it to engage students both locally and globally.

I thought that this was pertinent description of the Information Team in a school can work, highlighting the importance of collaboration and the role of the teacher librarian. I must ask our TL if she was at this conference.

TL Forum 2014: Flintoff, Mellow and Clark

The concepts of digital citizenship and citizenship 2.0 are particularly relevant in the context of globalisation and the knowledge economy. The most recent technology standards for students published by ISTE enshrine a major category for digital citizenship (ISTE, 2007). "Digital citizenship" is now being dubbed as "citizen 2.0" and in the simplest terms it refers to the ability to participate in society online and to use technology appropriately. Digital citizenship represents capacity, belonging, and the potential for political and economic engagement in society in the information age (O‟Brien, 2008). Digital citizens practice conscientious use of technology, demonstrate responsible use of information, and maintain a positive attitude to learning with technology (ISTE 2007 cited in Richards, 2010). The affordances of the recent raft of web 2.0 technologies - sharing, collaborating, networking, customising and personalization enable new forms of civic participation which are changing existing social relations (Punie & Cabrera, 2006). Social communication technologies offer new channels for political engagement, contacting officials, and discussing issues. The network effects or benefits of bringing people together online exceed the satisfaction gained by individual participants - creating what economists call "positive externalities" or spill over benefits.

Wakelet Link to 33 Global Resources on Digital Resources