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Over the past few years I’ve observed, with great interest, my students’ varying opinions about their identity and behaviour online. And because I teach professional, post-graduate industry courses, I have different expectations of maturity from 20-something university graduates than I would for at-risk teens.  A person in their mid to late twenties, seeking a career [...]

“There are moments in which the teacher, as the authority, talks to the learners, says what must be done and establishes limits without which the very freedom of learners is lost in lawlessness.”
- Paolo Freire
As a social media user and advocate for social tools I am always encouraging my students to develop a relevant identity [...]