media literacy
Media Literacy will not create trust in journalism
There's an assumption that just training people to be critical of media will help deal with misinformation. That's wrong.
fake news
To beat "Fake News", look to… Finland?
Finland has been fighting Russian information warfare for over five years. What have they learnt?
community engagement
Engagement: The RSA’s Schools without Walls event
Liveblogged notes from the RSA event looking at increased community engagement with education, and ways of fostering it.
education
Don't ban children from using smartphones - teach them to use them responsibly
The techno panic about children and phones is unnecessary - this is an education issue.
disruption
LeWeb: From incremental to disruptive innovation
What does truly disruptive innovation look like? The opening session of LeWeb 2014’s third and final day set out to explore that in series of talks. Here’s some liveblogged notes: Brian Solis – Innovation as an ecosystem What is possible with disruption when you look beyond a product or
education
#leweb - The robots are coming for our kids...
Liveblog of Bruno Maisonnier, Founder & Director, Aldebaran Robotics [http://www.aldebaran-robotics.com/en/] at LeWeb 10 Can robots make the world of education better? Can universes benefit from robots? Can autistic children improve through a robot companion? Can children start enjoying maths when taught by a robot pal? Bruno
education
Learning, emulation and voice
[https://i2.wp.com/www.onemanandhisblog.com/content/images/2013/05/back-garden-baby.jpg] How unexpected was that? A Bank Holiday weekend, and beautiful weather the whole time. Gorgeous. At least, that’s what I hear. Personally, I was stuck inside marking, a result of having spent part of the past
Like Minds Exeter 2012 Liveblogs - day one
[https://i0.wp.com/www.onemanandhisblog.com/content/images/2012/05/like-minds-audience.jpg] Links to my liveblogs of day one of Like Minds Exeter 2012**Morning session:**- [Russ Lidstone: Why what you do matters](http://wearelikeminds.com/like-minds-2012/russ-lidstone-why-what-you-do-matters) – Russ kicked off the “ideas festival” with a talk that
education
National news media? Yeah, right.
So, today the (allegedly) British media goes into its annual frenzy of exam-results celebration, in predictable style. First we have the pretty girls celebrating [http://sexyalevels.tumblr.com/]. Tomorrow, inevitably, it’ll be all about how A-levels have been dumbed down But that’s not what’s really irritating me.
charity
Le Web: Queen Rania of Jordon
 [http://www.onemanandhisblog.com/content/images/2009/12/Queen-Rania.jpg] And now, possibly our most high-profile speaker, [Queen Rania of Jordan](http://twitter.com/queenrania). Genuine royalty, rather than the metaphorical tech royalty…It’s
Blogs
Facing The Future of Journalism (and liking it)
I’ve gone a bit quiet, haven’t I? Sorry about that, but I’ve been busy, holidaying and sick, but not necessarily in that order. One element of the busyness was this: [https://i1.wp.com/www.onemanandhisblog.com/content/images/2009/11/IMG_1454.jpg] Yes, I was
danah boyd
Ways to Warm to Wikipedia
The good Doctor Tinworth, my wife Lorna, has told me many times how Wikipedia is becoming a battleground in universities, particularly in the sciences. More and more students are handing in papers which cite only Wikipedia as a source. Anyone who knows anything about how scientific literature functions, and the