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Tag Archives: education
What I’ve been reading
I find this stuff so that you don’t have to. Exploring how digital technology can support young people to engage socially and economically in their communities : Tim’s Blog – Tim is "launching an open research project to find key … Continue reading
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Tagged byod, cloud, coding, collaboration, Communities, communitiesofpractice, digitalengagement, education, gcloud, ict, it, itstrategy, knowledge, knowledgehub, lga, localgovernment, opensource, procurement, timdavies, youngpeople, youth
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What I’ve been reading
I find this stuff so that you don’t have to. cpsrenewal.ca by Nick Charney: Mapping Internal Policy to the Hype Cycle – "I've been thinking a lot this week about how organizations issue policies to govern the use of new … Continue reading
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Tagged amazon, android, app, Apple, basic, BBC, bbcmicro, books, charney, Computing, dart, development, education, gartner, hype, innovation, mit, mobile, policy, programming, publishing, webapp, webdev
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What I’ve been reading
I find this stuff so that you don’t have to. Facebook’s ‘dark side’: study finds link to socially aggressive narcissism – "Psychology paper finds Facebook and other social media offer platform for obsessions with self-image and shallow friendships." The UK … Continue reading
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Tagged community, computerscience, coworking, design, digitalengagement, education, facebook, fixmystreet, hacking, hackspace, Hardware, helenreynolds, monmouthshire, mysociety, psychology, socialmedia, space
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What I’ve been reading
I find this stuff so that you don’t have to. Getting the digital debate going – Jimmy Leach announces the FCO's conference on cyberspace. Sounds interesting! Mid year review: the state of DH digital – Great honest review of activity … Continue reading
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Tagged betterconnected, conference, course, databases, democracy, digitaldiplomacy, digitalengagement, education, evaluation, fco, feedback, Health, learning, localgovweb, ofsted, opendata, policy, schools, socitm, thinktanks, toptasks
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“Kids today need a licence to tinker”
Nice article by John Naughton on the state of IT education in schools: What is happening is that the national curriculum’s worthy aspirations to educate pupils about ICT are transmuted at the chalkface into teaching kids to use Microsoft software. … Continue reading
