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The triple filter test – Is it true? Is it good? Is it useful?

Learning to be an effective digital citizen is an interesting and, at times, challenging journey – whether you are a student, teacher, school leader, or a parent. This idea: ‘The Triple Filter Test – Is it true? Is it good? Is it useful?’ will enable you to help learners judge the quality of their interactions in the online world.

Changing the world starts with us

This video by Jay Shetty from the Huffington Post is really inspirational – take a moment to view it, pausing and noting some of the key messages (there are a lot of them!).

How might social media drive real change?

This series will explore the question how might social media drive real change? A range of issues relating to social media in schools and communities will be examined, with the aim of helping readers.

4 tips for teaching digital citizenship

Teaching digital citizenship is a critical aspect of being a future focussed educator. This article was featured on the Christchurch Connected Educators’ blog as part of Connected Educators’ Month in New Zealand. It describes a teaching sequence I led at Seven Oaks School where we initiated some learning about cyber-citizenship.

GEG NZ first Hangout On Air – what’s this about?

This is the video from the very first Google Educator Group HoA event of which I am involved in. Thanks everyone who is supporting this exciting community as it establishes throughout the country.