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Beyond Blocking: Embracing the Social Web
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The slides above were prepared for a talk I gave with the Canadian Association of Communicators in Education, which represents Canadian information officers from school boards and principals associations.
Designed for non-techies, my presentation provides an introductory overview of web2.0 social media tools and [...]

In this current moment of economic, cultural and social adversity it’s all to easy to give in to cynicism, hopelessness and fear. What’s more difficult is locating the inspiration and optimism necessary to move forward.
Distinguished author and educational leader Parker Palmer reflects on how we got here and where we’re headed in this moving [...]

I recently crowdsourced my Twitter network for their perspectives on internet blocking in schools. The above flash slideshow is a collection of their responses. A gallery of the individual tweets is here.
Taking part:
There are several ways you can contribute and collaborate to this evolving discussion:

Twitter: If you wish to contribute your thoughts on this issue, [...]

Mozilla/Creative Commons Open Education Course – Seminar 1
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These are the slides from our first session of the Mozilla Open Education course. As you can see, this is a truly inspired project that combines big picture vision (open education as a movement) with practical outcomes (using Mozilla/CC to create applied tools and [...]

In preparation for a talk on the opportunities and challenges of social media in education, I am inviting educators, administrators, students, parents and other educational stakeholders to contribute your thoughts for the development of a collectively produced school web policy document.
The form below reflects an informal and exploratory first step in realising this idea. [...]