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Melanie McBride is Toronto educator, speaker and researcher at Ryerson University’s Experiential Design and Gaming Environments (EDGE) lab. See her About page for more information.
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[image gallery] Beyond blocking: Schools v. the internet

By Melanie, on April 4th, 2009

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 [...]

Beyond blocking: A collective web policy for schools

By Melanie, on April 1st, 2009

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. [...]