Some of you may be aware of the frenzy that was stirred by the media and responses to danah’s entry regarding ‘Viewing America’s class distinctions through Facebook and MySpace’, posted on June 24. danah has now reflected on this experience and her entry explores how blogs are a form of thinking out aloud and not a […]
Stephen Downs’ post regarding Mike Seyfang’s post regarding Gerry White’s presentation to the CEGSA conference …phew thank god for the RSS aggregators as they filter the rich information world out there. Mike’s post regarding his experience in connecting to a large secure and ‘locked’ enterprise WAN illustrates why perhaps teachers are reticent to explore and […]
I was pleasantly surprised at an article in this morning’s paper in Adelaide called ‘Safety Net’ by Anick Jesdanun. It reported that research (Internet Prevention Measures) in the US, was saying that ‘parents can relax; well adjusted children are unlikely to become targets’ in the online world. Children that are displaying risky behaviours offline are more likely to […]