Monthly Archive for June, 2011

Citizen-based Surveillance

Being here in Australia, I didn’t pay too much attention to the Vancouver riots after the NHL finals loss of their local team until I read about the role that social media played in the events of that day on Stephen Downes’ OLDaily. His links got me interested, and over the last few days I’ve [...]

You Know You’ve Become A Techno-Teaching Cliche When …

This idea sparked from a claim in the staffroom the other day that Comic Sans helps kids learn. Who would have thought it?

Australian Video Game Ratings – Issues For Underagers

Last year, I bought a copy of Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare as I thought it would be interesting to play a game aimed at adults and in a genre that I would not usually gravitate towards. We have a Wii system and I hooked up the Wiimote and nunchuk ready to get into video [...]