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Kevin Hodgson

Reclaiming the Web for the Next Generation | DMLcentral - 0 views

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shared by Kevin Hodgson on 15 Jun 14 - No Cached
  • These startups grow up into many-headed hydras with a thirst for the most intimate details about our online habits
    • Kevin Hodgson
      Kevin Hodgson on 15 Jun 14
       
      I agree, and with the push for innovation and the "next big thing," we often give up privacy and information without even realizing it.
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  • I often come across people willing trade privacy for convenience.
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  • when you are not paying for something, then you are the product.
    • Kevin Hodgson
      Kevin Hodgson on 15 Jun 14
       
      We see this a lot with educational spaces. They are free (so teachers are apt to try them to save money that they don't have in their classroom budget) but then forget what they are trading: the eyes of their students, and advertising dollars.
  • we need to be able to see the damage we are causing as a first step toward solving it. Words, like the ones you are reading now, often are not enough.
    • Kevin Hodgson
      Kevin Hodgson on 15 Jun 14
       
      But I also like to think that, as a teacher, direct lessons around privacy and digital lives can make a difference, if not immediate, then long-term. I remain hopeful of that.
  • First, our collective move away from open standards and decentralisation means that choosing to use a different service involves significant social impact. Second, even if an alternative does rear its head, the ending is all-too-familiar: it is acquired and swallowed by one of the huge incumbents
  • Each subsidiary company is branded differently, so we often forget where all the data streams are ultimately heading.
    • Kevin Hodgson
      Kevin Hodgson on 15 Jun 14
       
      So true.
  • We are training for compliance rather than creating an informed, questioning citizenry.
    • Kevin Hodgson
      Kevin Hodgson on 15 Jun 14
       
      Again, another teaching moment that often gets lost. What about teaching how to read "terms of service" agreements? Eh?
  • For the next generation, will they know the difference between the Internet and Google or Facebook? Will they, to put it bluntly, know the difference between a public good and a private company?
    • Kevin Hodgson
      Kevin Hodgson on 15 Jun 14
       
      Here is the question that haunts me as a teacher, and as a parent.
Janet Ilko

Google Launches New Search Education Site with Lesson Plans - 0 views

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shared by Janet Ilko on 20 May 12 - No Cached
  • Janet Ilko on 20 May 12
     
    Google Launches New Search Education Site with Lesson Plans Google has launched a new site called Search Education aimed at educators who want to teach online search strategies. The site includes lesson plans geared at different levels of expertise - beginner, intermediate and advanced- as well as training videos that walk through different strategies for subjects like using Creative Commons and Google maps.
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