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Yet another reason to avoid commercial web services for educational purposes...
Started this discussion. Last reply by Perry Studevent Apr 24. 1 Reply 0 Likes
Why not use Facebook, Google+, etc. with your teachers and learners? Well, here's yet another reason:"To Read All Of The Privacy Policies You Encounter, You'd Need To Take A Month Off From Work Each…Continue
Antitrust and ebooks: regulators miss the big DRM lock-in picture
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Hi,Saw this article and thought it was particularly relevant to elearning:"US antitrust regulators have never really been able to find the right place to stick their lever and pry when it comes to…Continue
Ideas: What to do with your obsolete iPad IIs...
Started this discussion. Last reply by susan finklestein Mar 27. 2 Replies 0 Likes
Wired magazine have published an article with "20 Ways to ‘Recycle’ Your Obsolete iPad 2". It'd be so embarrassing to be caught using an out of date iPad, wouldn't it?…Continue
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Perry Studevent replied to Matt Bury's discussion Yet another reason to avoid commercial web services for educational purposes...
Matt Bury posted a discussionYet another reason to avoid commercial web services for educational purposes...
Why not use Facebook, Google+, etc. with your teachers and learners? Well, here's yet another reason:"To Read All Of The Privacy Policies You Encounter, You'd Need To Take A Month Off From Work Each YearWe've discussed the stupidity of privacy policies many times in the past. Honestly, it's an idea that serves no useful purpose, yet most sites are required to have one, and if you don't, people get all upset. But no one reads them, and most people incorrectly assume that if a site has any…See More
Matt Bury replied to Rachel Gendron's discussion Schoology vs Canvas"Hi Rachel,
Firstly, there may be troubles ahead if you build in dependencies on commercial social networking services over which you have no rights to audit or moderate as an administrator. There's also legal and ethical issues associated with…"
Matt Bury posted a discussionAntitrust and ebooks: regulators miss the big DRM lock-in picture
Hi,Saw this article and thought it was particularly relevant to elearning:"US antitrust regulators have never really been able to find the right place to stick their lever and pry when it comes to the Internet (witness their failure to understand Microsoft's platform dominance in the 90s). Now they're going after various publishers and Apple over price fixing (my publisher is included, and for the record, I don't agree with their stance on "agency pricing"), but they're missing all the big…See More
Matt Bury replied to Christine Connelly's discussion End of Year Procedures for school Ipod/iPad carts and cases"Hi Christine,
The most delicate and dangerous parts of portable consumer electronics are the batteries. You can find out more about them here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lithium-ion_polymer_battery#Risks_and_limitations Since most electronic…"
Matt Bury replied to Tina Dahlby's discussion What would you do with a $20,000 grant for technology?"Hi Tina,
I would go for a needs analysis approach. I'd look at what learners and teachers are doing with the technology they've already got so that I didn't buy the latest fad gadgets to do the same thing: Function/purpose overlap =…"
susan finklestein replied to Matt Bury's discussion Ideas: What to do with your obsolete iPad IIs..."Give it to a preschool classroom. We would love it.
a PreK 4 teacher
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Wesley Emlet replied to Matt Bury's discussion Ideas: What to do with your obsolete iPad IIs..."Send them my way!!"
Matt Bury posted a discussionIdeas: What to do with your obsolete iPad IIs...
Wired magazine have published an article with "20 Ways to ‘Recycle’ Your Obsolete iPad 2". It'd be so embarrassing to be caught using an out of date iPad, wouldn't it?http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2012/03/reuse-ipad-2-satire/Enjoy! :)See More
Matt Bury replied to Peter Rennert-Ariev's discussion Conditions that support educational technology innovation"Hi Peter, Mary and Ibrahim,
It's a pleasure to read your responses. I'm a teacher but have been responsible for and involved in projects for implementing elearning initiatives (I'm also a software developer and elearning consultant).…"
Matt Bury posted a discussionI know this is going to be unpular, but here goes...
This is fundamental stuff: Founders of the web, the very people who made it free and open, Tim Berners Lee and Richard Stallman, have this to say about Apple and Facebook: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/10/10/stallman_glad_jobs_gone/See More
Matt Bury replied to Diana Hansen's discussion Can You Guess the Top 10 Digital Tools in Today’s Classroom?"Hi Katie,
I'm curious... Why are you hesitant to agree with Wikipedia?"
Matt Bury replied to davebrundish's discussion Web 2.0 for 6 Year Olds!"Hi Dave,
You're welcome and I'm glad that more people in teaching are taking up this issue. It's important.
Cory Doctorow is a great source of info on web privacy (He gave a talk at TED.com on this very subject), the EFF.org are one…"
Matt Bury replied to Patti Yohe's discussion Can't use Skype - anyone else have this issue?"Hi Michael,
The EU, Canada, some states in the US, among other countries, and a variety of education boards are developing policies that will impact strongly on the use and abuse of commercial social networking services.
If organisations build…"
Matt Bury replied to Beverly's discussion Blogging Question"Hi Stacey,
Yes, that's a very important point! Another point would be that you wouldn't want to start a project with a number of learners who'll invest considerable time and effort, only to have it cut short when management discovers…"
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