Tolerating the Noise of Others Digitally Lit #232 – 2/8/2020 Hi all, welcome to issue #232 of Digitally Literate. I worked on (and submitted) a manuscript this week for a bit of research on infusing computational thinking into content area instruction. I’ll share more as this moves through the review process. If you haven’t already,…
Digitally Literate #228 Under Observation Digitally Lit #228 – 1/11/2020 Hi all, welcome to issue #228 of Digitally Literate. If you haven’t already, please subscribe if you would like this to show up in your email inbox. If you’re reading on the website, feel free to leave a comment behind. You can also use Hypothesis…
What Tomorrow Holds Digitally Lit #223 – 11/24/2019 Hi all, welcome to issue #223 of Digitally Literate, thanks for stopping by. Please subscribe if you would like this to show up in your email inbox. This week’s issue is a day late as I was heading back from presentations at the National Council of Teachers…
A Broken World Digitally Lit #222 – 11/16/2019 Hi all, welcome to issue #222 of Digitally Literate, thanks for stopping by. Please subscribe if you would like this to show up in your email inbox. This week I posted the following: National Council of Teachers of English Defines Literacy in a Digital Age – Last…
Lose YourselfDigitally Lit #206 – 7/20/2019 Hi all, my name is Ian O’Byrne and welcome to issue #206 of Digitally Literate. In this newsletter I distill the news of the week in technology into an easy-to-read resource. Thank you for reading. Please subscribe if you haven’t already. This week I worked on a number of…
The quiet part out loudDigitally Lit #204 – 7/6/2019 Hi all, my name is Ian O’Byrne and welcome to issue #204 of Digitally Literate. In this newsletter I distill the news of the week in technology into an easy-to-read resource. Thank you for reading. Please subscribe if you haven’t already. This week I was working…
We’ve got this all wrong Digitally Lit #198 – 5/18/2019 Hi all, my name is Ian O’Byrne and welcome to Digitally Literate. In this newsletter, I try to synthesize what happened this week so you can be digitally literate as well. I posted a couple of things this week: Journaling as a means to scaffold…
Google wants to know where you go so badly that it records your movements even when you explicitly tell it not to.
Location tracking services have been built in to Google Maps, and most specifically Android phones for some time. Google added the ability to turn location tracking off. An investigation by the Associated Press found that many Google services on Android devices and iPhones store your location data even if you’ve used a privacy setting that says…
Thread by @Lollardfish: “Good morning. My theory on technology in the classroom is this: Our choice is between surveillance vs teaching students to use tech well. Ba […]”
More than 100 summer camps have added a high-tech solution feature are using facial recognition technology to help parents catch a glimpse of their kids when they’re away at camp, a convenience that also raises privacy concerns over the increasing reach of surveillance in society.
More than 100 summer camps are using facial recognition technology to help parents catch a glimpse of their kids when they’re away at camp, a convenience that also raises privacy concerns over the increasing reach of surveillance in society. I first encountered this technology at a recent road race. I’ll have a post on my questions/concerns soon. Venture…