Dick Sblog

Words from a man with passion about online educational collaboration

Entries from July 2009

Erecting fences to keep out snakes

July 21st, 2009 · 3 Comments

Futurelab’s ‘Flux‘ blog carries a recent piece by Ben Kirkland entitled “Website Blocking: bear hunts, battlefronts and missed opportunities?” in which he laments the use of blocking software in schools. He points out that this stops teachers and pupils accessing a wide range of useful materials and prevents them engaging in the use of social [...]

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GridRepublic – an easy way for us all to move the world forward

July 4th, 2009 · No Comments

I’m grateful to Jonathan B for his comment on my last post, so I’m giving it a bit more prominence by repeating it as a separate post. He said:”I recommend for anyone interested in Docking@home or any other BOINC project to check out GridRepublic and use their website to join.
GridRepublic is a nonprofit working in [...]

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