Skip to main content

Home/ educators/ Group items tagged Australian

Rss Feed Group items tagged

Filter: All | Bookmarks | Topics Simple Middle
Vicki Davis

Faceless no more: Facebook admits errors | The Australian - 9 views

www.theaustralian.com.au/...story-e6frg996-1225835350571

education digiteen edu_news

shared by Vicki Davis on 01 Mar 10 - Cached
  • Staff reacted with shock and disbelief as they learned of the defacement of tribute pages set up to honour 12-year-old Elliott Fletcher and eight-year-old Trinity Bates.
  • Facebook stood accused of being faceless in Australia.
  • "Are people really doing that to a tribute page for a dead child? None of us as a group of people wants to see the product that we built used like that. It's awful."
  • ...4 more annotations...
  • If Facebook is subject to the traditional rules of publishing, then it is legally responsible for all the content that it hosts -- a commercially untenable position for a company of just 1000 employees for 400 million users globally.
  • But in fact, there was no security breach -- the people who defaced the Bates and Fletcher tribute sites had Facebook accounts and the tribute groups or pages were left open for anyone to join or comment.
  • but people who set up tribute sites do not have to wait for the website to remove objectionable material. When a person sets up either a group or fan page on Facebook, they can set controls about who is allowed to join or post content and what types of content -- such as comments, photographs or videos -- are permitted. The person running the tribute page can also delete any content they want without any need for a higher authority to intercede.
  • the problem was compounded by the fact the group founder quit and the page was left without an administrator.
  • Vicki Davis on 01 Mar 10
     
    "Staff reacted with shock and disbelief as they learned of the defacement of tribute pages set up to honour 12-year-old Elliott Fletcher and eight-year-old Trinity Bates." This is an important article to discuss with students as the defacement of these pages happened because the group was set up for anyone to join and without moderation. Education Education prevents hurt and harm as happened in this case. Of course, it doesn't change the fact that Facebook, even though it is a global company, seems to have a centralized communications structure.
Shane Freeman

21st Century Presentation Literacy: Little robots - 24 views

21stpresentation.blogspot.com/...little-robots.html

21st presentation resources language technology little robots

shared by Shane Freeman on 26 Dec 10 - No Cached
  • Ruth Howard on 27 Dec 10
     
    I'm going to find them this week apparently in Toys R Us or KMart $29 Australian. A type of Scrabble using robot tech.
Suzie Nestico

Public Opinion Poll on Internet Use & Civil Society ~Australian National Institute for ... - 7 views

lyceum.anu.edu.au/...ANUpoll%20report.pdf

twitter social media social networking internet internet_safety digital citizenship digi

shared by Suzie Nestico on 16 May 11 - No Cached
  • Suzie Nestico on 16 May 11
     
    "Frequent Internet users are not more socially disengaged than their counterparts who rely on personal interaction"
Andrew Williamson

National testing hurts teachers: expert - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) - 0 views

www.abc.net.au/...2623324.htm

ABC National Testing testing

shared by Andrew Williamson on 12 Jul 09 - Cached
  • An international educator has criticised the practice of national testing of schools for literacy and numeracy.
Ruth Howard

The Plays | Centre Stage Scripts | - 0 views

www.centrestagescripts.com.au/...index.htm

scripts plays drama theatre storytelling teens social issues bestpractices

shared by Ruth Howard on 25 Jun 09 - Cached
  • Ruth Howard on 25 Jun 09
     
    These theatrical scripts are available for each school to buy at $90 Australian. Quote-"Our plays are varied in length and style, ranging from full-length plays to full-length musicals to mini-plays. While the full-length plays and musicals address social and environmental issues, the mini-plays deal more with health and social issues. Our plays are especially suitable for secondary and upper primary school performers and have broad audience appeal. Most plays incorporate original music as well as allowing for your own musical selections."
David Hilton

21st Century Standards: Code for "Touchy-Feely Mush" - 19 views

www.ednews.org/...ode-for-touchy-feely-mush.html

shared by David Hilton on 04 Oct 09 - Cached
  • The problem is that education standards and curriculums keep getting written by professional educators whose primary goal is job security.
    • David Hilton
      David Hilton on 04 Oct 09
       
      Couldn't agree more. The honest questions aren't asked by education officials - indeed, it's impossible to ask them as they're not in the jargon that one must speak to be accepted into the closed ranks of the educrats. The result is a generation of Australian students who are leaving school functionally illiterate and incomprehensive of who they are and how the world works.
‹ Previous 21 - 28 of 28
Showing 20▼ items per page