March 2007 archive
Stop Cyberbullying Day: My Own Story
When you’re a blogger, you expect a certain amount of criticism regarding the things you publish. What you don’t expect, though, is to have your life temporarily hijacked. As part of my contribution to Stop Cyberbullying Day, I thought I’d...
March 30: Participate in Stop Cyberbullying Day
This Friday - March 30th - has been declared Stop Cyberbullying Day - by me. I’m hoping to get as many people, bloggers and nonbloggers alike, talking about cyberbullying, because it’s spinning out of control. Just ask blogger Kathy Sierra....
Cardboard Camcorders Take Playground by Storm!
There’s a short video floating around the Net right now telling the story about a school where all the students started to make toy cameras out of cardboard and pretended to film each other, YouTube-style. It paints a fascinating, and...
Supreme Court Case Could Realign the Limits of Student Free Speech
Attention First Amendment geeks: there’s an important case being heard this week at the US Supreme Court about student free speech rights. And even though the case has nothing to do with the Internet, it’s quite likely that the resulting...
Discussing Media Literacy With Dan Rather
At the South By Southwest (SXSW) festival in Austin, Texas this week, I had a chance to spend some time with former CBS News anchor Dan Rather. And somehow we ended up talking about media literacy in schools....
When is an Expert not an Expert? Ask Wikipedia
Just when you thought Wikipedia could get through a month without another controversy, one of its most well-known contributors is outed as a fraud. The incident raises questions - yet again - on how to balance the values of expertise,...
Study Examines the Proliferation of Online Courses
A new report suggests that the number of K-12 students enrolled in online courses has risen dramatically in recent years. If the trend continues, researchers suggest that millions of K-12 students may soon be participating in virtual classrooms....
Has MySpace Contributed to Generation Me?
A new study out this week suggests that today’s college students are more self-centered than ever before. The question I keep asking myself, though, is why so many people are blaming MySpace and other social media tools for this apparent...
