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Social LearningThe Literacy that cannot be ignored

Northern Grid Conference 2012#ngconf

Dughall McCormick@dughall

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“Social media includes web-based and mobile based technologies which are used to turn communication into interactive dialogue among organizations, communities, and individuals.”

Wikipedia

“Chris Cairns was awarded

£90,000 after he successfully sued

Lalit Modi, fo

rmer chairman of the

Indian Premier League. Modi had

posted a 24-word message on

Twitter in January, 2010, accusing

Cairns of a past record of fixing.”

“Also last month student

Liam Stacey was jailed for 56

days after posting racially

offensive comments about

footballer Fabrice Muamba.”

“This is an area where I would suggest education, both of what not to do and of how easy it is to detect and prosecute these offences, might

prevent the criminalisation of otherwise decent people…”

Nick Hawkins CPS

Year 3 Year 4What’s in an

avatar?Year 5

Year 6

Classes that tweet

“The Year 1 Twitter-feed is a good example of the how the school is not only helping pupils write for a specific audience, but also keeping parents and carers informed. “

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Dughall McCormick@dughall