http://www.web2learning.net/archives/414 Web 2.0 and programming tips from a library technology enthusiast, What I Learned Today... covers blogs, rss, wikis and more as they relate to libraries. Fri, 29 Aug 2008 03:49:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 http://www.web2learning.net/archives/414#comment-5063 VALIS » Blog Archive » Roundup, 29/7/06: part 2: social software Sat, 29 Jul 2006 01:14:43 +0000 http://www.web2learning.net/archives/414#comment-5063 [...] Nicole Engard (in an unrelated post) argues that the problem isn’t social networking sites - it’s ignorance. Yes yes yes. MySpace has 90 million users or so - some of them WILL be bad people. Just as some of the people living in your town will be bad people. The secret is learning how to deal with, or avoid, those people. It’s about education. [...] [...] Nicole Engard (in an unrelated post) argues that the problem isn’t social networking sites - it’s ignorance. Yes yes yes. MySpace has 90 million users or so - some of them WILL be bad people. Just as some of the people living in your town will be bad people. The secret is learning how to deal with, or avoid, those people. It’s about education. [...]

]]> http://www.web2learning.net/archives/414#comment-5059 les Fri, 28 Jul 2006 14:31:01 +0000 http://www.web2learning.net/archives/414#comment-5059 Techcrunch (http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/07/27/us-house-resolution-targeting-myspace-web20-passes-410-15/) has pointed out that US House Resolution 5319, the Deleting Online Predators Act (DOPA), was passed by a 410 to 15 vote. This is just amazing. Wy are they doing it? It seems to say that kids can't self regulate themselves against 'predators'. Well, shouldn't adults and parents be teaching there children how to use social software, and what the pitfalls are. If kids are barred from using myspace and barred from it, they'll get around it. Banning is not the answer. Education is a far better way of doing it. Techcrunch (http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/07/27/us-house-resolution-targeting-myspace-web20-passes-410-15/) has pointed out that US House Resolution 5319, the Deleting Online Predators Act (DOPA), was passed by a 410 to 15 vote. This is just amazing. Wy are they doing it? It seems to say that kids can’t self regulate themselves against ‘predators’. Well, shouldn’t adults and parents be teaching there children how to use social software, and what the pitfalls are. If kids are barred from using myspace and barred from it, they’ll get around it. Banning is not the answer. Education is a far better way of doing it.

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