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The right tool at the right time

"The creator of the short-lived but popular Harvard version of the Am I Hot or Not? website said he will not have to leave school after being called before the Administrative Board yesterday afternoon. Mark E. Zuckerberg '06 said he was accused of breaching security, violating copyrights and violating individual privacy by creating the website, www.facemash.com, about two weeks ago."

Amazing when you consider who this is really talking about and what happened next to this social software.

With support from the MacArthur Foundation, the GoodPlay project explores the ethical character of young people's activities in the new digital media. We seek to understand how young people conceptualize their participation in virtual worlds and the ethical considerations that guide their conduct. We are exploring five themes which we believe to be undergoing reformulation in the digital age, with implications for ethics-identity, privacy, ownership and authorship, credibility, and participation.

Last night I ran a workshop on 'writing and presenting at conferences' as part of the 'On Track' program I run at RMIT university. During the session I asked the group to tell me the worst things they had ever seen in presentations.

An interesting starting point for those considering developing a policy or consent form for parents prior to letting students use online tools - could also be useful in 1:1 laptop scenarios.

An excellent example of the things your students must be aware of when blogging. I like the positive 'I will' beginning for most of them.

Neave.com is my personal interactive playground; a place where I can explore my ideas and try out risky experiments that I wouldn't normally get the opportunity to make anywhere else. I often spend my days pointing and gazing in wonder at the world around me, and Neave.com allows me to turn my daydreams into reality.

This site has possibilities for maths and art, and would be fantastic on an IWB...

Below you will find 50+ web tools you can use to create your own web-based story. Again, the mission is not to review or try every single one (that would be madness, I know), but pick one that sounds interesting and see if you can produce something. I have used each tool to produce an example of the original Dominoe story, plus links are provided, where available, to examples by other people. Please share your own examples or thoughts in the discussion area of this wiki.

"The online behaviors of youth and how to improve and correct them are part of how James feels new media can be used to address the world's challenges .. In their research, the team has found that most young people are devoid of ethical thinking or consideration for others when using the web."

Interesting article, are the youth really devoid of ethical thinking when using the web? Is this because there are no adults around to correct or give feedback to their behaviour?

"As a tribute to XKCD's 'Map of Online Communities', we have decided to re-create our own, updated version of this map. The numbers are taken to reflect many new developments in the social networking communities, including Facebook surpassing Myspace as the preeminent online community:"

Very nice map of the social networks in the web2.0 space. Has anybody seen the XKCD original version? :-)

A fantastic tool that turns words into tag clouds, shaped in a wide variety of images. Check out 101 ways to use tagxedo!

This tool is awesome! and fun!

"few subjects inspire more intellectual dishonesty and political puffery than "school reform. Since the 1960s, waves of "reform" haven't produced meaningful achievement gains."

Intersting to read about what many school reviews try to skip around.

"Problem Based Learning - An Instructional Model and its Constructivist Framework"

Nice list that explains the framework behind constructivist learning.

one thing I have noticed when it comes to integrating information communication technologies (ICT), is that the teachers and the schools that really fly, the high performing schools...they don't come to my PD. They don't go to any PD. They understand that they, and their professional networks, are their own PD.

Personal Info, Photos and Video and Positive Presentation

We know how important it is to protect and educate young people on using the Internet and want to provide all of our users with a safe experience. When it comes to family safety, Google aims to Provide parents and teachers with tools to help them choose what content their children see online Offer tips and advice to families about how to stay safe online Work closely with organizations such as charities, others in our industry and government bodies dedicated to protecting young people