Chris Borg

world-shaker: Love these!

Mon, 23 Apr 2012 21:32:54 +1000

world-shaker:

Love these!

ilovecharts: Life v School

Mon, 23 Apr 2012 21:21:42 +1000

ilovecharts:

Life v School

pewinternet: Chart of the week: Adult gadget ownership over...

Mon, 23 Apr 2012 21:19:36 +1000

pewinternet:

Chart of the week: Adult gadget ownership over time

Currently, 88% of American adults age 18 and older have a cell phone, 57% have a laptop, 19% own an e-book reader, and 19% have a tablet computer; about six in ten adults (63%) go online wirelessly with one of those devices.

Scroll through for more mobile demographics …

Round 1 in the race to HTML5?

Tue, 17 Apr 2012 08:09:05 +1000

Round 1 in the race to HTML5?:

Interesting perspective on a widely reported on and somewhat surprising move by the team at Facebook. Frédéric Filloux of www.mondaynote.com posed a fantastic question, Imagine Facebook already trading on the Nasdaq; how would the market react?

Coursekit Blog: A word on Blackboard

Tue, 03 Apr 2012 07:07:53 +1000

Coursekit Blog: A word on Blackboard:

coursekit:

Some of you may have seen the news about Blackboard buying MoodleRooms and NetSpot. I wanted to post a quick note on how we look at this.

We’re seeing the learning management system market consolidate, with Blackboard attempting to offer something for every institution. These market…

Google Partners With Publishers on a New Kind of Paywall

Tue, 03 Apr 2012 07:01:41 +1000

Google Partners With Publishers on a New Kind of Paywall:

Another data grab

Tracking the trackers: Mozilla's anti-Big Brother add-on — RT

Tue, 06 Mar 2012 22:41:42 +1100

Tracking the trackers: Mozilla's anti-Big Brother add-on — RT:

Firefox is set to release an add-on that keeps tabs on who is tracking our actions while online.

“Collusion will allow us to pull back the curtain and provide users with more information about the growing role of third parties, how data drives most Web experiences, and ultimately how little control we have over that experience and our loss of data,” says Mozilla CEO Gary Kovacs in his blog.

As a Firefox user I think I will be an early adopter!

29 Steps to Internet Safety for Kids

Mon, 05 Mar 2012 10:54:57 +1100

29 Steps to Internet Safety for Kids:

world-shaker:

Some of these are a little suspect (“Not everything you read online is grammatically correct”), and one or two are written from too old of a perspective (“People will gossip if you give them something to gossip about”; sidnote from me: Sometimes people will make up stuff to gossip about.), but these two stood out as some of the gems in here:

Every single thing you put online has the ability to stay there for ever: Even if you close up your Facebook account or take down your blog or website, someone can still find your stuff and use it. There are tools like the “Wayback Machine” which can bring back web pages that were taken offline years ago. Also, friends and former friends might take screenshots or cut and paste your embarrassing status updates, only to use them later to embarrass you.

Not everyone you “friend” is your friend: Just like in the real world, not everyone you know is a friend. Think long and hard about the people you’re “friending.” Drama doesn’t just stay in school anymore, now it follows you home thanks to the social networks. Plus, stuff you share with what you think is a private social networking page is a simple cut and paste away from being broadcast all over school. Also, be careful when friending friends of friends and friends of friends of friends. You don’t really know these people, why are you giving them access to your private life? Sometimes, it’s like giving them the keys to your house.

Seven Digital Learning Tips for Students

Mon, 05 Mar 2012 10:41:10 +1100

Seven Digital Learning Tips for Students:

Interesting take on 21C skills, especially like #7!

Shame Is Not the Solution

Fri, 02 Mar 2012 23:34:46 +1100

Shame Is Not the Solution:

Publicly ranking teachers by name will not help them get better at their jobs or improve student learning.

"IMAGINE Can you imagine what I would do if I could do all I can? - Sun Tzu CREATE Creativity is a..."

Fri, 02 Mar 2012 10:31:17 +1100

“

IMAGINE
Can you imagine what I would do if I could do all I can?

- Sun Tzu

CREATE
Creativity is a great motivator because it makes people interested in what they are doing. Creativity gives hope that there can be a worthwhile idea. Creativity gives the possibility of some sort of achievement to everyone. Creativity makes life more fun and more interesting.

- Edward de Bono

EXPLORE
We keep moving forward, opening new doors, and doing new things, because we’re curious and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths.

- Walt Disney

”

Risk and Riches in User Data for Facebook

Thu, 01 Mar 2012 23:46:52 +1100

Risk and Riches in User Data for Facebook:

Facebook faces intense scrutiny on how it handles user data, creating a cloud of uncertainty for the company before its public offering.

stoweboyd: Stats are astonishing, and I’ve been informed by...

Thu, 01 Mar 2012 23:27:33 +1100

stoweboyd:

Stats are astonishing, and I’ve been informed by @nik (Nick Halstead) that Twitter is now moving 1B messages every three days.

(via Every 60 Seconds 175,000 Tweets Are Sent [INFOGRAPHIC] | Twitter Tips And Updates From Buffer)