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As a media producer, educator and outspoken advocate of emergent media pedagogy (social and participatory media, Remix culture, Open Source publishing and production, Creative Commons open licensing and citizen media in all forms), I’m delighted to announce the launch of my (full disclosure) partner, author, Liam O’Donnell’s newest graphic novel, Media Meltdown. While I am [...]

“Every gram – sorry, byte – of personal information these feckless data-packrats collect on us should be as carefully accounted for as our weapons-grade radioisotopes, because once the seals have cracked, there is no going back.” – Cory Doctorow
Every day, all around the world, people are sharing enormous amounts of personal information and data via [...]

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 [...]

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, [...]