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19 Mar 2009
Unlocking IP 2009 Conference - 'National and Global Dimensions of the Public Domain'
Unlocking IP Conference 2009, April, NSW
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Tags: Copyright, commons open content
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18 Mar 2009
http://ask.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/03/17/1658232
What Filters Are Right For Kids? Crowdsourcing a range of answers from informative to offensive from a geek community. slashdot.org is blocked by my states education department filters.
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Tags: Cyber Safety, home filtering
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13 Mar 2009
http://craphound.com/littlebrother/
Cory Doctorow's young adult novel "Little Brother" is a near future science fiction with themes dealing with distrust of youth, erosion of civil liberties and generational differences. At what point does the Nanny state become a police state?
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Tags: Cyber Safety, rights generation gap liberties
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School Internet Policies: Protecting Students or the Organisation??
Is it time to look at reported crime figures, assess the real risks and consider the educational possibilities being lost? Internet danger are real. But are they exaggerated and does school filtering push the issue under the carpet and leave students vulnerable at home?
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Tags: Cyber Safety, fear myths blockers media herd
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Paul Shirren


I exist on the outermost fringes of education playing with technology. Occasionally I work with a school or RTO doing IT support or elearning/moodle t...
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