So they put up a podium with a megaphone and left a sign that said, “Say Something Nice.” People did just that. They were given the opportunity and the tool to express themselves in public. Although I have no idea if anyone chose to abuse it or not, the video below shows people taking the […]
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Creativity is So Much Phun!
The concept of creativity and the great opportunities for problem solving that present themselves when individuals are given the luxury to be creative in schools has been on my mind for the past few days. I have been watching my son “play” with the design game, Phun, and it has been very interesting. If you […]
Hide My Ass
I came across an article that discussed Internet safety for students and it briefly touched upon different ways students find to get around our “safety” mechanisms. This one in particular caught my eye and struck me as being quite insidious. Hidemyass.com states: .. An anonymous free proxy service aimed at hiding your online identity. Use […]
Blinded by Tools
“Once the technology is sunk deep enough into the culture, the social effects that get built on it simultaneously require the technology and aren’t about the technology.” ~Clay Shirkey So true. Yet we must continually examine those “social effects” rather than get too giddy about the required technologies. Too many discussions are focused on these […]
What did your child do at school today?
What did your child do at school today? In a recent news report from the UK, an informal poll uncovered that students at UK laptop schools are spending class/lesson time on social network sites. “Global Secure Systems (GSS) – “an IT security consultancy, has uncovered the alarming reality that UK school children are studying social […]