October 13th
I’ve also started to keep a bookmarks tab of all the websites that are either recommended to me or I find that are good. I’m still a little awkward when it comes to organizing those bookmarks. I want to use Delicious but its just too many clicks away.
Which brings me to my attention. its SOO easy to go down a wormhole of inquiry and look up a (few) hour(s) later and have got nothing out of it.
Then there’s the insecurity. I really don’t know what I’m doing a lot of the time and have to start at such an elementary level. I find I resent the course sometimes because I don’t feel supported. The dam constructivist model; figure it out yourself from your own knowledge base. I’ve spent years dumbing knowledge down so students can understand a particular concept. Now I actually have to think. Its Hard!
Here are some links I’ve found helpful:
for Moodle 47 Interesting Ways to Use Moodle in the Classroom (started by @TomBarrett) | Moodle News
for blogging in the classroom Kidblog | Safe and simple blogs for your students.
more on blogging Good overview of blogs- Blogs vs Social Networking
for using twitter in the classroom 30 Ways To Use Twitter For Education
internet safety sites wired safety internet safety
October 16, 2012
Lots of interesting discussion going on in class right now. Protecting personal information (including Google docs -can’t use it in the classroom, its American and that means different protection laws) is a complex issue that is multi-faceted. Except for the ‘internet safety form’ we send home every year and the permission to publish photos, nobody is really talking about privacy in the schools that I teach in.
Here is section 30 from FIPPA BC posted from a classmate:
Protection of personal information
30 A public body must protect personal information in its custody or under its control by making reasonable security arrangements against such risks as unauthorized access, collection, use, disclosure or disposal. [Amended by 2003-5-7], [Amended by 2004-64-2]
Storage and access must be in Canada
30.1 A public body must ensure that personal information in its custody or under its control is stored only in Canada and accessed only in Canada, unless one of the following applies:
(a) if the individual the information is about has identified the information and has consented, in the prescribed manner, to it being stored in or accessed from, as applicable, another jurisdiction;
(b) if it is stored in or accessed from another jurisdiction for the purpose of disclosure allowed under this Act. [Amended by 2004-64-3]
(c) if it was disclosed under section 33.1(1)(i.1).[Added by 2005-35-8]
Reference
Office of the Information and Privacy Commission of BC retrieved December 1, 2012 from http://www.oipc.bc.ca