FaceBook is pulling together its resources and suggestions for educator leveraging its system to work with students and parents. There are some really great suggestions for alternatives here if you have been venturing down that "friending" road with students… Consider setting up a "Fan Page" for them to subscribe to as opposed to actually friending […]
[updated: update information appended to the bottom of this post] Well, If you haven't heard, on December 9, 2009 Facebook has changed how it handles privacy on its social network. If you do not think that concerns you, I believe that you should think again. I took some time this evening to look and see […]
Brief note here. I am interested in where the world is going on the collaboation front. The ability to connect with someone at almost any point geographically on the planet at any time instantly and know where they are. Think of Flickr maps meets IM… connecting images to location taken… nice… Chatting with someone and knowing exactly where […]
Do parents care? Currently, I am sitting in a presentation on Internet Safety and what parents (and students) should be aware of when using social networking sites. However, it is a bit disappointing as the number of organizers and presenters equal the numbers of audience members… The first presenter made a tremendous observation… "It always […]
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