An older talk (LIFT 2007) but still very interesting in terms of understanding how kids learn.
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Ofcom’s Managing your Media guides
Posted on May 12, 2009 by wmln
To support Adult Learners’ Week Ofcom has published the first in a series of Managing Your Media guides designed to promote media literacy across the UK.
Available as a video and downloadable guide, this resource is intended to show parents and guardians how to use parental controls and filters to manage their children’s access to digital TV and internet content. The guide also encourages parents and guardians to talk to their children about what they do on the internet and how to use it safely.
Ofcom research found that 57 per cent of children aged 8-15 mostly watch TV without an adult in the room. Similarly, half of all children aged 8-11 and two-thirds of those aged 12-15 mostly use the internet without an adult present.
The video and guide can be found here: http://www.ofcom.org.uk/advice/guides/media/media/
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Fourth National Digital Inclusion Conference
Posted on May 1, 2009 by wmln
The fourth National Digital Inclusion Conference ‘Empowerment through Technology’, took place on the 27th and 28th April 2009 at the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre in Westminster.
More than 400 delegates attended, more than 600 followed the live webstream, seven Government Ministers reported on progress and policy, four workshops whittled down 20 ideas for digital-inclusion action, a team of 12 social reporters posted more than 50 video interviews, and it was even the third most talked about thing on Twitter.
All in all, it added up to one big on and offline debate, ably steered by Chair Matthew Taylor of the RSA, and covering economic and social e-implications and opportunities from learning to health, community to democracy, business practice to individual empowerment.
If you missed any of the action or wish to watch the main conference sessions again, it’s available at http://live.nationaldigitalinclusionconference.co.uk
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E-democracy 2.0 – Key note speaker
Posted on April 30, 2009 by niacedc
Jesse Salazr’s key note speech on the use of new media in the recent US Presidential election campaigns, recorded at March’s E-democracy 2.0 conference.
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Technology key in primary review
Posted on April 30, 2009 by niacedc
A major review of England’s primary school curriculum says technology should be a new “centrepiece” along with English and maths, read the full story.
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Testing times for mobile phones
Posted on April 21, 2009 by niacedc
Have you ever wondered how a seemingly delicate piece of tech like your mobile phone can withstand the scrapes and knocks of daily life, then check this out: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/click_online/7991777.stm
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When game playing is learning
Posted on April 21, 2009 by niacedc
It’s not all about racing and virtual tennis, gaming can be educational: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7965965.stm
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Michael Wesch – The Anthropology of YouTube
Posted on April 13, 2009 by sangeetb
This is a fascinating talk by Michael Wesch, and very relevant to anyone wishing to understand:
- the Internet space better
- how media becomes viral on the Web
- our roles as creators and consumers on the Internet
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Is this what the future looks like?
Posted on April 6, 2009 by sangeetb
Pattie Maes & Pranav Mistry: Unveiling the “Sixth Sense,” game-changing wearable technology.
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April Fool?
Posted on April 1, 2009 by wmln
Yes, it’s April the first. I have spent the morning trying to think of an appropriate topic for discussion and guess what – having laughed out loud at many of the various computer pranks that I’ve found to download for free online (and the thought of the subsequent state of panic/chaos that must have permeated offices nationwide today!) – it suddenly dawned on me that, regardless of the date, most people wouldn’t recognise a ‘proper virus’ if it bit them on the proverbial. So what do we do?
In the meantime, even the more media literate amongst us have been taken in – check out some of these stories .…. http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/blogs/index.cfm?entryid=113679&blogid=4
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