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Category Archives: internet safety


Second Life to be banned in Australia? Let’s get to the source.

2 July 2009 – 9:24 am

Several people in the past few weeks have asked me about whether or not virtual worlds not classified by ACMA and/or Massively Multiplayer Online RolePlaying Games (MMOs, MMPORGs, MMOPRGs) like World of Warcraft would be banned under the new filtering regime currently being tested by the government relating to games classification and online games.
I’ll admit […]

By KerryJ | Also posted in Educationau, Second Life, virtual worlds, edauILU | Comments (4)

Freedom of speech vs. safety - what a week!

21 March 2009 – 9:28 am

It’s been an amazing week for Australia in terms of the debate on filtering, censorship and internet safety.
Before you read on, please note that any opinions expressed in this post are (as always) mine as an individual — they do not necessarily reflect those of Education.au its management, stakeholders or staff.
It came to light that […]

By KerryJ | Also posted in Educationau, collaboration | Comments (5)

Contribute to the Australian Digital Economy Futures paper

28 January 2009 – 1:19 pm

Educator? Entrepreneur? Parent? User of technology? Think you or your family and friends might ever use technology?
The digital economy is and will continue to affect every aspect of our lives from education, finance, commerce, crime prevention, healthcare and communications through to arts, culture and entertainment.
The government has gone through a series of workshops and held […]

By KerryJ | Also posted in Educationau, events, collaboration | Comments (0)

Al Upton’s MiniLegends closure - time to open discussion

18 March 2008 – 10:58 am

139 comments on a blog post and scores of blog posts and Tweets. The order of closure regarding year 3 teacher Al Upton’s blogs set up for students has been a hot topic of discussion in the blogosphere and Twitterverse.
The modest man at the centre of the storm doesn’t want publicity or to be the […]

By KerryJ | Also posted in Educationau, blogging | Comments (6)