http://openedweb.com/blog Education and Technology Tue, 27 Dec 2011 22:47:04 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://openedweb.com/blog/2008/12/12/creative-commons-licensing/ http://openedweb.com/blog/2008/12/12/creative-commons-licensing/#comments Fri, 12 Dec 2008 22:15:32 +0000 Steve http://openedweb.com/blog/?p=781 You may have noticed the new symbols on my sidebar. That’s because I finally woke up and decided to start thinking about copyright issues for my blog and other content that I put on the Internet. I was moved by the NYSCATE conference to consider Creative Commons Licensing. Creative Commons licenses allows creators  to share [...]]]> http://openedweb.com/blog/2008/12/12/creative-commons-licensing/feed/ 9 http://openedweb.com/blog/2008/11/11/edublogs-inserts-content-link-ads-in-free-blogs/ http://openedweb.com/blog/2008/11/11/edublogs-inserts-content-link-ads-in-free-blogs/#comments Tue, 11 Nov 2008 20:17:09 +0000 Steve http://openedweb.com/blog/?p=705 The popular “free” educational blogging site Edublogs has begun inserting inline content link ads in the posts of their free blogs. Once users are logged in, they no longer appear, but anyone view the blog sees the ads. To disable the ads, one must become an Edublogs supporter costing $25 per year. There are other [...]]]> http://openedweb.com/blog/2008/11/11/edublogs-inserts-content-link-ads-in-free-blogs/feed/ 6 http://openedweb.com/blog/2008/10/27/who-will-teach-them-social-networking-safety/ http://openedweb.com/blog/2008/10/27/who-will-teach-them-social-networking-safety/#comments Mon, 27 Oct 2008 16:14:36 +0000 Steve http://openedweb.com/blog/?p=581 Will Richardson expressed exasperation with a school leader in a recent post as he tried to blame parents for student misbehavior on FaceBook or MySpace. He proposed the schools need to play a big role: There is a solution to this, one that we all know, but one that for some reason few seem willing [...]]]> http://openedweb.com/blog/2008/10/27/who-will-teach-them-social-networking-safety/feed/ 6 http://openedweb.com/blog/2008/10/20/new-bill-mandates-social-networking-safety-instruction/ http://openedweb.com/blog/2008/10/20/new-bill-mandates-social-networking-safety-instruction/#comments Mon, 20 Oct 2008 20:52:58 +0000 Steve http://openedweb.com/blog/?p=518 New legislation passed unanimously by the US Senate and headed for the President’s desk mandates schools to provide instruction about safety on social networking sites. The language was appended to S.1492 bill Broadband Data Improvement. While the thrust of the bill is improving broadband Internet access to Americans, SubTitle A: Promoting a Safe Internet for [...]]]> http://openedweb.com/blog/2008/10/20/new-bill-mandates-social-networking-safety-instruction/feed/ 2 http://openedweb.com/blog/2008/10/05/commercialization-of-web-20-in-education/ http://openedweb.com/blog/2008/10/05/commercialization-of-web-20-in-education/#comments Sun, 05 Oct 2008 18:21:30 +0000 Steve http://openedweb.com/blog/?p=395 Commercial interests have insinuated themselves into schools in many ways over the past several years: news programs aimed at students with advertising, sweetheart soft drink deals offering kickbacks to school districts. The list is endless. The newest manifestation of this trend is the offer of free web 2.0 tools for students and educators by a [...]]]> http://openedweb.com/blog/2008/10/05/commercialization-of-web-20-in-education/feed/ 0 http://openedweb.com/blog/2008/08/10/web-20-student-safety/ http://openedweb.com/blog/2008/08/10/web-20-student-safety/#comments Sun, 10 Aug 2008 17:41:22 +0000 Steve http://openedweb.com/blog/?p=165 I’ve been wracking my brains trying to formulate a comprehensive web policy for my PK-12 school. There are boiler-plates out there, but most don’t get into the subtlety and nuance of various new technologies. In my previous post It’s got to play in Peoria, I discussed some rationale for integrating Web 2.0 into our instruction. [...]]]> http://openedweb.com/blog/2008/08/10/web-20-student-safety/feed/ 0 http://openedweb.com/blog/2008/07/22/its-got-to-play-in-peoria/ http://openedweb.com/blog/2008/07/22/its-got-to-play-in-peoria/#comments Tue, 22 Jul 2008 19:35:33 +0000 Steve http://openedweb.com/blog/?p=89 If you are reading this, you are probably already aware of and excited by the possibilities of Web 2.0 in education. You are probably already sold. But what about the people in our K-12 community: other teachers, administrators, parents, tech committees, and school boards? Mention social networking on the Internet, and they think of is [...]]]> http://openedweb.com/blog/2008/07/22/its-got-to-play-in-peoria/feed/ 3 http://openedweb.com/blog/2008/07/08/2007-2008-reflection-nyscate-07/ http://openedweb.com/blog/2008/07/08/2007-2008-reflection-nyscate-07/#comments Tue, 08 Jul 2008 16:36:21 +0000 Steve http://openedweb.com/blog/?p=52 November 2007 marked my return to NYSCATE after many years. I hadn’t gone since the NHEEP consortium which financed participation in the conferences dissolved. Energized by putting together our school website on a shoestring with third party webhosting and open sourced software, I wanted to share, so I proposed a presentation and it was accepted. [...]]]> http://openedweb.com/blog/2008/07/08/2007-2008-reflection-nyscate-07/feed/ 0 http://openedweb.com/blog/2008/02/26/why-not-run-your-own-school-web-20-sites/ http://openedweb.com/blog/2008/02/26/why-not-run-your-own-school-web-20-sites/#comments Tue, 26 Feb 2008 22:23:44 +0000 Steve http://openedweb.com/blog/2008/02/26/why-not-run-your-own-school-web-20-sites/ As I have begun to immerse myself in Web 2.0 for education, I have been struck by the prevalence of using “free” hosted services such as Flickr, YouTube, Ning, and other such sites. I don’t have anything against them for individual use, but I do have concerns about using such services with students–particularly elementary grade [...]]]> http://openedweb.com/blog/2008/02/26/why-not-run-your-own-school-web-20-sites/feed/ 5