The digital revolution is not going away
Kate Carruthers The following post is from a talk I gave at the Gov 2.0 lunch on Monday 31 May 2010 at Parliament House in Canberra. The internet is a strange beast;…
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The Digital Revolution and the Educator’s Dilemma
The digital revolution is already here and it is changing the way people expect to communicate or share knowledge and information. Educators are facing technology changes together with changing expectations…
TAFE Showcase – some cool use of technology in education
I love going along to the TAFE NSW Western Sydney Institute Showcases because they always have demonstrations of innovative uses of technology. It is great to hear practising teachers share…
Real world social values and social networking
Social media and social networking do not reduce the need for good social skills. Rather, the disconnection from physical presence in online communication makes social skills (what some call EQ)…
Digital citizens need real world knowledge too
It was fascinating to be at the inaugural Digital Citizens event in Sydney last week – the topic was: Private Parts: Personality and Disclosure – Finding a Balance in the…
Not just Twitter, most conversation is meaningless babble
It’s not really meaningless babble anyway! And this is not necessarily a bad thing. Most conversation is not important for the words we speak. Instead it is the act of…
Engagement Marketing In The Age Of Web 2.0
Here are the slides from my presentation at the National Growth Summit in Sydney today. Engagement Marketing In The Age Of Web 2http://static.slidesharecdn.com/swf/ssplayer2.swf?doc=engagementmarketingintheageofweb2final2-100217160839-phpapp01&stripped_title=engagement-marketing-in-the-age-of-web-2 View more presentations from Kate Carruthers.
5 reasons crowdsourcing is stupid
Crowdsourcing is very trendy these days and is touted as the answer to many of the ills of poor design and the need to reduce costs. In these cash strapped…
Talk about barriers to entry!
A while back I got an invitation to join a new social network 434U & was amazed at the barriers to entry & the onerous rules for participation. It’s a…
Twitter 2009 retrospective
For me 2009 goes down as the year other people discovered Twitter. It went from a small and fairly intimate place to hangout to a busy bustling intersection of information,…