Monthly Archives: May 2010
Is our own education system like Hogwarts?
Is it just me or is this scene reminiscent of our own education systems? From now on you’ll be following a carefully structured, ministry approved course. I can’t imagine why you’d need to use spells in my classroom; you’ll be … Continue reading
Filed under 21st century learning, Education, film
Edit or post now?
Chris Beesley is a graphic designer/illustrator living in Fairfield, Conneticut. His post, Seeking balance in a self-imposed spotlight, raises a question relevant to bloggers, although he writes specifically as a graphic designer. Here’s my big question; do I post more … Continue reading
Filed under art, blogging, Uncategorized, Web 2.0, writing
Copyright kills creativity and culture
Can people ever be original again? And what kind of future do we have if we can copy and paste, download and remix almost everything but we get into trouble for it? I came across a very interesting documentary in … Continue reading
Filed under Uncategorized
Whose job is it to teach responsible online behaviour?
Everybody’s talking about it: online behaviour. We’ve come around, finally and reluctantly, on the whole, to accepting that social media is part of our world, young people as well as adult. Even television shows and radio stations are tweeting and … Continue reading
Filed under debate, Education, internet, network literacy
Images can change the world
Recently I came across this TED talk by co-founder of Getty Images, Jonathan Klein. Jonathan Klein talks about how images have the power to shed light on understanding, to transcend borders, religions, and to provoke us to take action. It’s a … Continue reading
Study on Twitter
Thanks to @ggrosseck for possibly ‘the first quantitative study on the entire Twittersphere’.
Filed under research
Web 3.0 – Semantic web
A very interesting message, worth listening to. Some very good reflections on The Thinking Stick. more about “Web 3.0 on Vimeo“, posted with vodpod I think it’s all about organising information using semantic web tools so that the cream rises … Continue reading
Filed under technology, Web 3.0
Oops I did it again – I created another blog
Photo by lutykuh on Flickr Readers may have noticed that my posts are becoming more scarce. Or you may not – you may have given up and dropped checking this blog. Sure, I’ve been reposting from my other blogs – … Continue reading
Filed under networking, Teacher librarians, technology, Web 2.0
