by Christine Cavalier
on 5 May 2008
Perhaps it is the anonymous nature of internet interaction that allows people to spew egomaniacal and nasty vitriol. After all, the spewers never have to look their victim in the eye, sit in the same meeting, or go to the same church. A virtual community is cannot yet wield as much power with social norms that a real life one can. The immature among us take advantage of this.
On May 2nd, 2008, after being hit by such “trolls” on Twitter, I posed a question about ‘humility’ as a virtue. Below is a photoshopped version of the Twitter conversation that followed. (The timeline is slightly out of chronology, due to time zone differences and the reordering of my responses to be in proximity to the relevant Tweets.)
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by Christine Cavalier
on 30 April 2008
Lots of discussions growing out of the education track at PodcampNYC2. I will catch up, I promise. For now, listen to Dave’s podcast:
http://www.teachingforthefuture.com/2008/04/tftf-92-youtube-in-classroom-part-2_29.html
by Christine Cavalier
on 28 April 2008
Getting back into the swing of things, plus I’m SUPER inspired by PODCAMPNYC2. Unbelievable! I’ll be adding as much gathered knowledge as possible in the next few weeks. If you are blogging, don’t forget to tag your posts with PODCAMPNYC2 so the Media page can pick it up. I hope to ride this adrenaline wave for a few weeks at least! What did you learn this past weekend?
by Christine Cavalier
on 21 April 2008
Hey all! I’ll be in New York City on Thursday, April 24th to Sunday April 27th. I’ll be presenting my theory on how to raise kids in this digital world at 2 p.m. Friday, and then at 4 p.m. I’ll be on a panel about video conversations hosted by Annie Boccio. Saturday morning I’ll be on another panel hosted by Chris Hambly discussion web 2.0 and education. If you are at podcamp on Friday, April 25th and Saturday, April 26, come find me and say hello!
