Tom has been doing such an amazing job with an internet safety package that will be ready for parents and students this fall. I wanted to share these resources I found for deciphering chat/text speak (sometimes called l337). I tested out the decoder. It seems to be well stocked. The list from netlingo is a […]
Photographer Robbie Cooper has compiled a set of photos of Avatars and their creators for his book, Alter Ego. New Scientist has a photo essay up with Cooper sharing some of the stories behind his photos. It was fascinating to hear about the varied motivations of the gamers. Their stories may help you build a […]
If you are an UberMacDork like Tom and I, you may be feeling a bit of excitement right now over Steve Job’s WWDC Keynote scheduled for tomorrow. This may be the cherry on top: Keynote Bingo. Available as a PDF or program. via TUAW […]
Bouncing Ball, originally uploaded by baslercast. It’s just another tool and it makes possible some quick connections that lead to bigger things. Connections are good- no matter how trivial they might seem. Last night I noticed Basler bookmarked the same water balloon catapult I did. I mentioned that in a comment. He responded with a […]
Does this sound familiar? You’re driving downtown and see a piece of graffiti that doesn’t quite “tickle your fancy” (as the kids say). You pine to yourself, “Man, I wish I could leave some feedback for that artist. If this were on The Web, I could simply leave a comment.” Well, pine no more. I […]
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I think the idea of verifying a site is going to take a few pages to cover completely but here’s the start. I’m considering linking out to a more detailed “how to” type of page in order not to make this section too long. Click on the image for a full size view. […]
I’ve been using Comic Life for a while now (which is probably pretty obvious to anyone who reads regularly) BUT I’m trying to help get a site license approved for the county so I made up two quick examples of other types of uses today and figured I’d post them. If anyone has done anything […]
Another page. This one’s focused on making sure your students know what to do should they accidentally encounter something “bad” on the Internet. I also made some minor touch ups to earlier pages. Full package here Click the picture to enlarge. […]
Read More… from Accidental Exposure – Teacher Internet Safety Comic Page 7
Comment is free: See no evil? But every filtering enterprise to date is a failure and a disaster, and it’s my belief that every filtering effort we will ever field will be no less a failure and a disaster. These systems are failures because they continue to allow the bad stuff through. They’re disasters because […]
The saga continues . . . This one mentions room arrangement and minor things you might do to keep kids honest. I think in the end I’ll have links out that describe how to arrange the room, how to check history etc. […]