Introducing the Read/Write Web

July 7th, 2006 | by Tim Wilson |

I had a great time presenting at NECC on Wednesday. I captured the audio (albeit in a low-quality version) and attached my Keynote slides as an enhanced podcast. I’m also linking to a pure audio MP3 version in case your computer can’t handle AAC-encoded media.

I posted the links for my talk previously, so please have a look there for details.

Download enhanced podcast with Keynote slides: Introducing the Read/Write Web (27.7 MB, 56:32)

Download audio-only MP3: Introducing the Read/Write Web (25.8 MB)

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  1. 5 Responses to “Introducing the Read/Write Web”

  2. By A.J. Colianni on Jul 7, 2006 | Reply

    Hey Tim,

    Thanks for posting this! Finding lots of great stuff here at NECC.

    Have you seen ProfCast? If you haven’t, check it out! It’s not perfect, but it’s a really quick way to get a podcast of a presentation.

    -A.J.

  3. By Matthew on Jul 11, 2006 | Reply

    After listening to your excellent presentation at NECC (wish I was there), I had a question. At one point you said something to the effect that teachers have to be able to ‘pull the plug’ if a student does something wrong on a web site. I’m not sure where this is coming from. I know that Title II-D (NCLB) and other government funds are tied to a requirement to filter, but I’d like more information on how to determine what should or should not be blocked. For example, this site from the FTC (http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/conline/pubs/online/teachers.htm) details teacher obligations in terms of online safety, but doesn’t include a requirement to block sites. Can you point me to where I can find more information about teachers (or schools or districts) being in a position where they have to ‘pull the plug’ when something inappropriate takes place?

  4. By Tim on Jul 12, 2006 | Reply

    Hi Matthew. Great question.

    By “pull the plug” I mean take a site down if a student posts some content that would pose a liability problem for the school. Let’s take MySpace as an example.

    Mr. Jones, a well meaning and technosavvy teacher, decides to utilize MySpace to engage his students in online discussions about his social studies curriculum. He adds all of his students as “buddies” in his MySpace profile and begins posting regularly and soliciting comments from his students on his MySpace blog. Now let’s say that one of his students posts a nasty comment on his own MySpace blog about another student in Mr. Jones’s class. Because neither Mr. Jones or the school district have any ability to remove the offending comment or restrict the offending student’s access to his account, there’s nothing that can be done. And since the offending comment can be traced back to a “school-sponsored” use of the site, I think the school would be putting itself into substantial legal jeopardy. (Standard IANAL disclaimer applies here.)

    A better solution would be for the school to find a MySpace-like product that it can put on its own server and could monitor effectively. Then if (when?) something inappropriate happens the school can take action immediately.

    I would encourage you to have a listen to my podcast interview with Dr. Scott McLeod from the U. of Minnesota on this and other legal questions. You’ll find it at:

    http://technosavvy.org/?p=309

    Thanks for listening!

    -Tim

  5. By Matthew on Jul 12, 2006 | Reply

    Thank you for the clarification. As an integration specialist, I appreciate all you do for teachers!

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