Bikinis and Homemade Chalk: Why we need to teach Web 2.0 Ethics
Stuck at home on a snow day? Need a “boredom buster” or other fun kid activity? Social media and Web 2.0 offer unprecedented access to the publishing and sharing of neato at-home projects. To be a...
View ArticleDigital Citizenship FAIL. Cost: $80,000
Flickr: Lindy Buckley There’s a story going around on the interwebs about a college student who cost her family $80,000 due to an unfortunate Facebook status update. Reports say that she attends Boston...
View Article1:1, Collaboration, and Digital Citizenship
A while back, I posted some information about some research I’ve been conducting about a 1:1 school. Specifically, I’ve been curious about what educators in a 1:1 environment (in this case, a Catholic...
View ArticleUnintended consequences of laptops and internet in classrooms?
Flickr: Krista Baer I’ve just added two journal articles to my “to be read” pile. Both relate to the potential drawbacks and unintended consequences of today’s technologies in classrooms. Both come...
View ArticlePreview of my talk on the future of #edtech at EU Parliament
Hello from Dublin International Airport! On Monday, I speak at EU Parliament about the future of educational technologies in the Europe. Below is the executive summary for the paper that goes with the...
View ArticleChanging mindsets about #edtech in the classroom
Here’s a smart post on some of the challenges that students face when entering a 1:1 environment. I like how this questions the “digital native” myth– making good choices about how to use technology...
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