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Brendan Murphy

Monitoring your kids on Facebook? That's so 2009. - 3 views

bigstory.ap.org/...ur-kids-facebook-thats-so-2009

etmooc literacy technology literacies Digitalliteracy digitalcitizenship

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  • What sex education used to be — it's now the 'technology talk'
  • But as with anything online, each of these apps comes with serious caveats.
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  • Anyone receiving a text or photo can use their 10 seconds to capture a "screenshot,
  • "It's not anything that every parent and grandparent hasn't already seen," Harkness said. The problem, he adds, is the actions "get documented, replayed and sent around," and kids "forget how fast it moves and how far it goes."
  • some of the new social networking sites have become ripe targets for spreading malware and propagating scams.
  • Also worth noting is that almost every mobile app available collects some kind of personal data, such as a person's birthdate or the location of their phone, and shares that information with third parties for marketing purposes
  • Several consumer advocates actually recommend exposing their kids to social media sites earlier than age 12, when they're more receptive to hearing lessons about online etiquette and safety.
  • Levey links her kids' devices to her iTunes account so she's aware of any program they download.
  • Federal Trade Commission's guide to talking to kids about being online: http://1.usa.gov/PWkwfp
kirstentschofen

The Problems with "The Rise Of Tablets As Textbooks" - 3 views

www.ryanbretag.com/blog

Textbook digital engagement

shared by kirstentschofen on 01 Apr 13 - No Cached
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      kirstentschofen on 01 Apr 13
       
      This recognizes that not all kids crave tech, but seems to imply it is essentially laziness. That they don't want to have tomdo the "harder work" that comes with transformative tech use.  Is this true? What other reasons might there be? 
  • kirstentschofen on 01 Apr 13
     
    The problem with using digital textbooks: keeps power in the wrong hands, not really engaging, kids resist.
kirstentschofen

Is technology killing school? Should it? | Jeremy Harmer's Blog - 2 views

jeremyharmer.wordpress.com/...ology-killing-school-should-it

Sole school Digital self-directed learning future of education

shared by kirstentschofen on 15 Mar 13 - No Cached
  • kirstentschofen on 15 Mar 13
     
    An Summary of critiques of mitra's 'hole in the wall' experiment giving kids computers, and his conclusion that we no longer need schools.
anonymous

The Questions that Won't Go Away | Connected Principals - 1 views

connectedprincipals.com/...8484

questions leadership

shared by anonymous on 04 Jun 13 - No Cached
Steve Ransom

Reading the dictionary - Joi Ito's Web - 2 views

joi.ito.com/...reading-the-dic.html

LCL moocs onlinelearning networks

shared by Steve Ransom on 18 Feb 13 - No Cached
  • Steve Ransom on 18 Feb 13
     
    "Shouldn't we be looking at the Internet as an amazing network enabling "The Power of Pull" and be empowering kids to learn through building things together rather than assessing their ability to complete courses and produce the right "answers"?
Lisa Noble

How Real Kids Create Real Infographics | EdSurge News - 2 views

www.edsurge.com/...-kids-create-real-infographics

infographics edtech

shared by Lisa Noble on 05 May 14 - No Cached
  • Lisa Noble on 05 May 14
     
    detailed outline of how to use infographic tools to show data analysis.
Alec Couros

Joho the Blog » [berkman] Diana Kimball: Coding as a Liberal Art - 0 views

www.hyperorg.com/...imball-coding-as-a-liberal-art

coding computing kids arts universities highered technology edtech liberalarts

shared by Alec Couros on 11 Feb 13 - No Cached
  • Alec Couros on 11 Feb 13
     
    "Coding as a Liberal Art"
Glenn Hervieux

I Teach English to Great Kids...A Blog: Plagiarism and the Google Tools to Reduce It - 4 views

whatdoyouteach.blogspot.com/...google-tools-to-reduce-it.html

plagiarism digitalcitizenship DigitalLiteracy

shared by Glenn Hervieux on 15 Sep 13 - No Cached
  • Glenn Hervieux on 15 Sep 13
     
    Jennifer Roberts, a veteran English teacher in San Diego, and a Google Certified teacher, shares how she approaches plagiarism with her students and uses the tools in Google Apps & Google Search to help curb intentional and unintentional plagiarism.
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