If you’re on Facebook or Twitter or any of the myriad social networks rolling out across the web, you might want to heed the The Word of US comedian and satirist Stephen Colbert.  All jokes aside, Colbert has important things… Read more »

August 27, 2010 in: Learners, Parents, Teachers
Tags: cyber-safety, digital citizenship, identity, social networking, Web 2.0

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Web 2.0, the social media, and convergence are radically changing the traditional media landscape. Read more »

July 13, 2010 in: Learners, Parents, Schools, Teachers
Tags: digital citizenship, digital literacy, ICT, Web 2.0

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In a survey about the future impact of the internet, a solid majority of technology experts and stakeholders said the Millennial generation will lead society into a new world of personal disclosure and information-sharing using new media.… Read more »

July 13, 2010 in: Parents, Schools, Teachers
Tags: cyber-safety, digital literacy, Facebook, social networking, Web 2.0

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According to its forward by the renowned educator James Bosco, Kathryn Moyle’s monograph is a lucid, comprehensive and thoughtful analysis. It provides a very good basis for understanding the challenges we face in securing a full measure of… Read more »

March 16, 2010 in: Schools, Teachers
Tags: digital literacy, learning, school, social networking, teaching, Web 2.0

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Findings across Europe suggest that for online teenagers, the rank ordering of risks experienced is fairly similar. Giving out personal information is the most common risky behaviour, followed by encountering pornography online, then by seeing violent or hateful… Read more »

June 30, 2009 in: Parents, Schools, Teachers
Tags: bullying, cyber-bullying, cyber-safety, digital citizenship, digital literacy, government, safeguarding, teasing, Web 2.0

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