Only some of us can be digital citizens

“I have children in my class whose parents do not want them to appear online. So how can I do collaborative work with those children? They have to do something else and that’s not fair at all…” It is quite normal, even ideal, to surface crunchy questions during sessions with schools. One of the workshops […]

Online community facilitation | Jumping off points

Facilitating an online community for a client relies on a careful tightrope walk between the needs of the client and the needs of the community members.

#Ulearn13 Reflection | Four ideas in evolution

The #ULearn13 conference last week, for me, was a blur of workshops [check out the end of this post for the full list of my resources] and working with the Social Media team in CORE to blend, integrate and support teachers to look at connecting their practice. I would have dearly loved to have got […]

Children and Parents: Media Use and Attitudes Report | Ofcom

Just out this week is this report from OFCOM in the UK: Children and Parents: Media Use and Attitudes Report [October 2013]. It’s worth a read through, even at the Exec Summary level, as it offers an interesting snapshot of where usage of the web and devices to access it are rising and falling amongst young […]