Virtual Identity and Personal Privacy

I am an adult using self-publishing software on the Internet and exploring the possibility of getting involved in social software, such as Facebook or Second Life. I can’t find anything definitive about what is safe for me online. I see the rules for children – “Never give your name, address, phone number, or [...]

Setting up a Wiki

Late last night I was working on a brand new wikispace for my husband’s class. As keen as I am on trying new literacy practices, it is easy to get bogged down in the details.
First hurdle – what was the username and password?  It sounds simple but we had set up the site up [...]

Heroes, aspirations and sleep

I should be on my way to bed but I have to write about some of what I read on my feeds today or by tomorrow’s news will overwhelm todays and I will have missed recording these interesting bits.
Joyce Valenza – one of the heros – was writing on powerpoint, copyright and copyleft today. [...]

Blog stats, internet safety and other meanderings

I’m fighting the need to say something important and witty versus actual reflection on my latest experiences. I know I have to stay true to myself or risk being inauthentic but I have had traffic to my blog and I hate to lose it. Is this a deep-seeded yearning to be a popular [...]

Sparklers

Sparklers
Originally uploaded by susanfunk.

Today is try out the features day! I had promised myself that I would figure out what makes people keen on Flickr. I’ve heard that it is useful for educational purposes. I’m hoping that when I post through Flickr that means I don’t have to go through the uploading [...]

The Book

Rob Darrow at California Dreamin’ highlightedthis marvelous video. I thought I’d see if I could figure out how to insert a YouTube video into my blog and share this little piece which relates to the need to do professional development that Doug is talking about.

Lovely, I just previewed and it [...]

LLRC here I come!

I just found out I’ll be presenting at the Language and Literacy Researchers of Canada conference in Saskatoon in May.  I’m now quite petrified.  Yes, I had applied to do this.  I think this is what they call ‘cold feet’.  It is an exciting opportunity to share on digital and technolgocial literacy within the literacy [...]

Bridezilla and the Economy of Attention

In my reading of this last year, I ran across the idea of the attention economy. My memory is faulty but I am pretty sure if was in a book by Colin Lankshear but is not an idea that has it’s origin with him. The gist of it is that we are no [...]

Technology, pedagogy and the real story

Is there a learning advantage to using information and communication technologies in school? Quite often we hear the refrain that more computer technology is necessary for schools. The costs of the equipment alone can be a staggering portion of the educational budget. On top of those costs are the software licensing and [...]