Comments for The Tree House http://struan.edublogs.org Why should kids be the only ones with a tree house! Sun, 12 Oct 2008 00:21:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 Comment on Remember 35mm? by OllieBray http://struan.edublogs.org/2008/09/28/remember-35mm/#comment-441 OllieBray Sun, 28 Sep 2008 21:24:39 +0000 http://struan.edublogs.org/?p=60#comment-441 This looks fantastic - I've sea kayaked most of Scotland including Orkney (from the mainland!) but Shetland is still on my hit list! Good to see you at the SLF. OB This looks fantastic - I’ve sea kayaked most of Scotland including Orkney (from the mainland!) but Shetland is still on my hit list! Good to see you at the SLF. OB

]]> Comment on TeachMeet08 at the Scottish Learning Festival 2008 by Ian Stuart http://struan.edublogs.org/2008/09/20/teachmeet08-at-the-scottish-learning-festival-2008/#comment-440 Ian Stuart Sun, 21 Sep 2008 11:31:20 +0000 http://struan.edublogs.org/?p=57#comment-440 Struan New Job? New Authority? I won't be physicall at TeachMeet but keen to hear what your upto Struan
New Job? New Authority?
I won’t be physicall at TeachMeet but keen to hear what your upto

]]> Comment on TeachMeet08 at the Scottish Learning Festival 2008 by OllieBray http://struan.edublogs.org/2008/09/20/teachmeet08-at-the-scottish-learning-festival-2008/#comment-439 OllieBray Sun, 21 Sep 2008 08:22:28 +0000 http://struan.edublogs.org/?p=57#comment-439 Looking forward to seeing you again and finding out what your up to these days. Ollie Looking forward to seeing you again and finding out what your up to these days. Ollie

]]> Comment on Visitors by Wendy http://struan.edublogs.org/visitors/#comment-432 Wendy Sun, 02 Dec 2007 13:08:54 +0000 http://struan.edublogs.org/visitors/#comment-432 Hi Bro! Hi Bro!

]]> Comment on A fellow defender of Bebo in Education by David Muir http://struan.edublogs.org/2007/09/19/a-fellow-defender-of-bebo-in-education/#comment-431 David Muir Thu, 18 Oct 2007 19:30:00 +0000 http://struan.edublogs.org/2007/09/19/a-fellow-defender-of-bebo-in-education/#comment-431 Hello Struan I know you do Bebo safety lessons with your classes. Do you have anything you can share. I'd like to do something similar with my Computing teachers (and my daughters!). Thanks Hello Struan

I know you do Bebo safety lessons with your classes. Do you have anything you can share. I’d like to do something similar with my Computing teachers (and my daughters!).

Thanks

]]> Comment on MTV Sticky by David Muir http://struan.edublogs.org/2007/09/19/mtv-sticky/#comment-430 David Muir Fri, 21 Sep 2007 06:48:00 +0000 http://struan.edublogs.org/2007/09/19/mtv-sticky/#comment-430 Aveaword... A personalised video message - what an interesting idea. Next time I'm talking to the students about Mail Merge I am definitely going to show this! Chewie Memory sticks,,, Excellent! Although I liked the Darth Vader one better. :-) Aveaword…

A personalised video message - what an interesting idea. Next time I’m talking to the students about Mail Merge I am definitely going to show this!

Chewie Memory sticks,,, Excellent! Although I liked the Darth Vader one better. :-)

]]> Comment on Where in the school curriculum do students learn about liable laws? by David Muir http://struan.edublogs.org/2006/09/29/where-in-the-school-curriculum-do-students-learn-about-liable-laws/#comment-428 David Muir Thu, 05 Oct 2006 10:55:00 +0000 http://struan.edublogs.org/2006/09/29/where-in-the-school-curriculum-do-students-learn-about-liable-laws/#comment-428 Although Bebo has a minimum age of 13, Ewan unearthed a statistic somewhere that they are in fact starting much earlier. I can't remember exactly how he phrased it but I think the implication was that significant numbers of 8 year olds have Bebo accounts. It does no harm therefore to start raising awareness in primary. It goes up beyond secondary age too. On a different (but related?) issue, something was said last year in the PGDE(S) Computing section about MP3 downloads. Someone said something like, "Well, of course its illegal, but we all do it." and there was much nodding of heads and knowing grins, from the educated, computer savvy, future teachers in the room. Finally, and even more unrelated, I read in a Dilbert newsletter recently some advice to teenagers. Dogbert pointed out that it would be their parents that would be fined and imprisoned, so teenagers should use should use this to their advantage next time they were seeking more pocket money. Perhaps adding the threat of liable action will give teenagers even more leverage. :-) Although Bebo has a minimum age of 13, Ewan unearthed a statistic somewhere that they are in fact starting much earlier. I can’t remember exactly how he phrased it but I think the implication was that significant numbers of 8 year olds have Bebo accounts. It does no harm therefore to start raising awareness in primary.

It goes up beyond secondary age too. On a different (but related?) issue, something was said last year in the PGDE(S) Computing section about MP3 downloads. Someone said something like, “Well, of course its illegal, but we all do it.” and there was much nodding of heads and knowing grins, from the educated, computer savvy, future teachers in the room.

Finally, and even more unrelated, I read in a Dilbert newsletter recently some advice to teenagers. Dogbert pointed out that it would be their parents that would be fined and imprisoned, so teenagers should use should use this to their advantage next time they were seeking more pocket money. Perhaps adding the threat of liable action will give teenagers even more leverage. :-)

]]> Comment on Where in the school curriculum do students learn about liable laws? by struan http://struan.edublogs.org/2006/09/29/where-in-the-school-curriculum-do-students-learn-about-liable-laws/#comment-427 struan Sat, 30 Sep 2006 10:45:06 +0000 http://struan.edublogs.org/2006/09/29/where-in-the-school-curriculum-do-students-learn-about-liable-laws/#comment-427 Thats a good point... I had posted with secondary education in mind. Bebo has a mnimum age of 13 anyway so wouldnt (shouldnt) be an issue in primary schools. The concept of Liable as a legal issue is a fairly mature one, and one that I think is more likley to be an issue for older kids anyway. There is a lot to be said for the naivity of youth. That is untill the youth desire to be "all grown up". Thats a good point… I had posted with secondary education in mind. Bebo has a mnimum age of 13 anyway so wouldnt (shouldnt) be an issue in primary schools. The concept of Liable as a legal issue is a fairly mature one, and one that I think is more likley to be an issue for older kids anyway. There is a lot to be said for the naivity of youth. That is untill the youth desire to be “all grown up”.

]]> Comment on Where in the school curriculum do students learn about liable laws? by John http://struan.edublogs.org/2006/09/29/where-in-the-school-curriculum-do-students-learn-about-liable-laws/#comment-426 John Sat, 30 Sep 2006 08:16:53 +0000 http://struan.edublogs.org/2006/09/29/where-in-the-school-curriculum-do-students-learn-about-liable-laws/#comment-426 Hi Struan, In my school (primary) I don't talk much about Bebo as none of the children in primary seven had heard of it when I asked the other week. But I do talk about internet safety and the fact that the children are representation themselves and their school. I emphasize that blogging or publishing on the web is not private, not msn or text-messaging it is public. I explain that I expect the same behaviour online as I would in the real world. I would say that the children are very aware of what they can and shouldn't do online. In the same way as they know they should not hit or call name, some may still stray when away from my class, but hopefully most have a fair grounding in sensible online behaviour without explicitly discussing 'liable'. Hi Struan,
In my school (primary) I don’t talk much about Bebo as none of the children in primary seven had heard of it when I asked the other week. But I do talk about internet safety and the fact that the children are representation themselves and their school. I emphasize that blogging or publishing on the web is not private, not msn or text-messaging it is public. I explain that I expect the same behaviour online as I would in the real world.
I would say that the children are very aware of what they can and shouldn’t do online.

In the same way as they know they should not hit or call name, some may still stray when away from my class, but hopefully most have a fair grounding in sensible online behaviour without explicitly discussing ‘liable’.

]]> Comment on Where in the school curriculum do students learn about liable laws? by Ollie Bray http://struan.edublogs.org/2006/09/29/where-in-the-school-curriculum-do-students-learn-about-liable-laws/#comment-425 Ollie Bray Fri, 29 Sep 2006 07:00:33 +0000 http://struan.edublogs.org/2006/09/29/where-in-the-school-curriculum-do-students-learn-about-liable-laws/#comment-425 This is a very good point and I am going to include this within my grow idea for an internet safety lesson (perhaps it will have to be a whole course?) We are trying to put together a couple of stand alone lesson on Internet Safety for Secondary pupils – I think your beebo exercise is an important lesson. Have you got any other ideas / resources that we could steal? See you soon, Ollie. PS: I finally get to go back out in my sea boat next weekend! This is a very good point and I am going to include this within my grow idea for an internet safety lesson (perhaps it will have to be a whole course?) We are trying to put together a couple of stand alone lesson on Internet Safety for Secondary pupils – I think your beebo exercise is an important lesson. Have you got any other ideas / resources that we could steal? See you soon, Ollie.

PS: I finally get to go back out in my sea boat next weekend!

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