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Well, it may be 5 years too late but at last Central Government has decided to catch up with the times and revise the primary school curriculum to include Internet Safety and prepare our children for the digital age.
It has long been the belief of IT educationalists that there is no point in restricting young people’s access to the wealth of information held on “t’internet”. But, wouldn’t it be better preparing our future generations by providing them with the knowledge and understanding of not only the benefits, but the dangers of “t’internet” and enabling them to make informed decisions and judgements for themselves. Because we all know, if you tell a young person not to do something … the likelihood is that they WILL go and do exactly what you’ve told them not to!
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Keywords: Internet safety, IT curriculum, schools, zip it block it flag it
Birmingham Bulletin the City’s own e-mail alert service delivered a great news story today into my in-box which I have to tell you all. Birmingham has got its very own digitally enabled news site. You must visit www.Birminghamnewsroom.com as its a one stop shop for all the news from the City Council.
No more do I have to go hunting for information across various websites to get the latest news. It has rss feeds, video, twitter, flickr and links to Birmingham own Youtube channel. It is great to see that the City is at the forefront of embracing new technologies and social media and this can only enhance Birmingham reputation as a leading digital city.
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Keywords: birmingham city council, Birminghamnewsroom.com, Digital Birmingham
Yesterday Donna and I delivered a session on ‘marketing your organisation’ for third sector groups on behalf of B.Strong, the stronger communities partnership. You may remember that I blogged about it a while ago, desperately asking for sources of support that I could recommend to groups when they are left to their own devices. More - Marketing session at B.Strong
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Keywords: b.strong, Digital Inclusion, online marketing, social media, voluntary organisations, web 2.0
Gaming fun in the digital family house joined by Ian Binks, BT and Birmingham City Council Deputy Leader, Paul Tilsley
Our Digital Family are now 8 months into their digital journey and have taken their technology skiing, used it to keep up to date with the football right down to the local league level of 9 year old Kieran and shopped online for holidays. This month is dad Simon’s turn to get some one-to-one support and a digital makeover for his business. Dave Harte here will be giving Simon, a self-employed builder, some advice on setting up a website and promoting his services through online business communities such as BT Tradespace. More - Digital Family soon to be a green family
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Keywords: BT, Dave Harte, DEHEMS, Digital Birmingham, Digital Family, Tradespace
It has been recently reported that one in three teenagers are suffering bullying by mobile phone, text messages, messenger or on the Internet. Tuesday saw the launch of a team of online Cyber Mentors to help teenage victims of bullying and they were deluged with calls for help with hundreds of victims and friends of victims logging on to chat to one of the 700 specially trained teenagers about their problems.
More - Teenagers Tackle Cyberbullies
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Keywords: bullying, Cyber Mentors, cyberbully, eSafety, technology, young people
How cool is this! Two very basic videos that tell you everything you need to know about what a wiki is and what RSS is, in plain English - If you don’t know, have a look.
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Keywords: Digital Birmingham, donna galt, what is a wiki, what is RSS
White working class children are held back by low ambition and a culture of failure, according to Birmingham MP Liam Byrne covered by Birmingham Post. Mr Byrne, minister for the cabinet office, is publishing a report which warns poor white boys have fewer ambitions than any other group, and are falling further behind in exam results. More - White working class children have lowest aspirations says report
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Keywords: accessible rich content, culture of failure, digital technologies, poor white boys
