The Final Days of the World Wide Web
These are the final days of the World Wide Web. The end of the internet as we've known it. A place of different values and ideals, a place "other" than the mainstream. The end of the internet as...
View ArticleDigital Citizenship, Free Speech and “The Brampton 9″
Social media gives us a window into students' thoughts, attitudes and emotions about teachers and schools. What do we do with that? Do we 'shoot the messenger' and try to suppress those views? Or do we...
View ArticleWhy Teaching Digital Citizenship Doesn’t Work
Lists of ‘rules’ for online behaviour reinforce the misconception that online and real life is different. We must help students understand that social media, texting, etc. are public spaces and the...
View ArticleIf Facebook is Out For Teens…What’s In??
Teens and pre-teens are using social media a lot while deserting Facebook, so where are they going? The post If Facebook is Out For Teens…What’s In?? appeared first on Looking Up.
View ArticleHigh School Facebook Confession Pages: Problem or Symptom?
Anonymous online confession pages for students are nothing new. Juicycampus launched in 2007 with the goal of enabling “online anonymous free speech on college campuses”. They were joined in 2008 by...
View ArticleYoung Canadians in a Wired World
A discussion of Media Smarts survey that examined the role of networked technologies in young Canadian's lives The post Young Canadians in a Wired World appeared first on Looking Up.
View ArticleSock Puppets, Syria and Online Safety
The story of Amina Abdallah Arraf al Omari is fascinating. Amina, born in the US to an American mother and a Syrian father, grew up spending time in both countries. She “came out” at 26 years of age...
View ArticleStudents Are More Than Brands
Danah Boyd describes in “It’s Complicated” that cultural shifts are often met with “Moral Panic“. Parents in the 1950’s were convinced that Rock and Roll music would corrupt their children, a notion...
View ArticleFive Data Privacy Tips for Canadian Educators
In our rush to embrace new technology in the classroom, we must also ensure that we are also protecting our students long term freedom. There's really no point in teaching students to think and express...
View ArticleThe Case Against School Internet Filters
One of my first roles as a teacher was to spy on students. I was offered a teaching job at one of the first schools in Ontario to have a school-wide network. The principal wasn’t entirely sure what a...
View ArticleThe Internet Allows Us To Be Authentic
It’s become a generally accepted fact that the internet and social media has made us ruder, meaner and generally less polite to each other. A good example of this is the way so many news sites have had...
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