Tag Archives: social media

Privacy: what went down

August 30, 2018 markwcarbone Leave a comment

Since the Facebook privacy scandal news broke, I have been collecting articles from a variety of sources and writers representing different perspectives. As summer draws to a close, and things are somewhat quieter on this front, I decided to share my list of articles. This list is not intended to be a complete listing of “what went down” but provide readers with a broad range of perspectives with the intent of raising awareness to privacy issues. Do your part: be aware, stay current, be as safe as you can.

See how Facebook tracks you online

How Facebook was able to siphon off phone data

Essential student privacy and safety questions

Facebook tracks you after account deletion

Firefox work around for Facebook privacy

Go back to old Facebook

#DeleteFacebook is a thing

Potential snooping with mics

Managing facial recognition

Disabling Facebook’s data collection

Firefox extension improves privacy

Worried about what Facebook knows about you? Check Google

Firebox Facebook container

Deleting Facebook Data

Delete Facebook data details

Managing Online Tracking

Scrubbing Facebook Data

How Long to Change Facebook

Snow Job

Deleted videos not deleted

Your online data – what they have on you

Facebook servers and data brokers

Privacy Crisis could change big data forever

Cambridge Analytica’s Targeting Model

Facebook admits to tracking users off site

Data collected on people who did not sign up for Facebook

whistleblower says apps and quizzes like ‘Sex Compass’ gathered data from way more than 87M Facebook users

Facial recognition database being built

Do you really have control over your data?

Just the beginning

What you need to know about big data

Facebook changes – what you need to know

Chief marketing technologist: What Now?

Facebook’s new policies translated to simpler language

Cambridge Analytica shutting down

privacy questions not fully answered

Facebook and spy technology

Tracking mouse movements – what Facebook knows

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News: what is fake and what is real?

Online privacy course ready for BC schools

~Mark

Connected Leader, Connected Learner, OSSEMOOC, Social Media

Beyond the Wall

May 16, 2015 markwcarbone Leave a comment

This week I came across an article about “hitting the wall” with social media (via social meda 🙂). I thought it was a good read, and it was certainly easy for me to relate this to many conversations I have had about the OSSEMOOC project.

Getting to the wall seems to be an all too familiar story, the “too” problem – takes too much time, too few characters, too many choices, too much online time, too hard to organize, too … well, you get the picture.

Yet, when people stick at it and get beyond these questions and concerns by finding connections, relevance and meaning, they don’t go back. Learn to channel information, improve meaning or context, contribute and balance time & work flow in new and more powerful ways.

There are some nice tips about setting realistic goals and pacing yourself. You can read the full article at social media today. Why not apply some of these tips to the 30 day program at OSSEMOOC (see sidebar).

Make your “wall experience” a journey,

a personal journey!!!

Perhaps you will find that your journey will have this result!

I have learned that getting connected does not take as much time as I thought. #ossemooc

— Cathy Harley, OCT (@Narodnia) May 11, 2015

~Mark

Connected Learning, OSSEMOOC, Presentation Resource, SAMR, Technology Enabled Learning, TEL

WBE workshop session resources

October 9, 2014 markwcarbone Leave a comment

Thank you to those participants who attended my workshop presentations today. As promised, I am sharing the resources:

Conference Twitter feed #wbecon14

Enjoy a free, connected, self directed, professional learning experience through OSSEMOOC (blog) and/or connect to the OSSEMOOC Twitter feed.

Additional resources are listed at the end of the slide deck. Stay connected and continue to share your learning.

~Mark

Connected Learner, GAFE, OSAPAC, SAMR, Social Media, Technology Enabled Learning, TEL

Social Media as a Writing Tool

October 8, 2014 markwcarbone 1 Comment

The other day I happened to catch a segment of The Current CBC broadcast as I was driving between school appointments. The topic was big data based the book Dataclysm, which certainly captivated my interest for a variety of reasons.

              Image from Amazon.com

I happened to tune in just at the moment the discussion was focused on analyzing data written in social media, Twitter in this case. While many view social media communications as somewhat inane, an in depth analysis reveals some interesting facts.

writing tends to be more sophisticated
word length is 20% longer
lexical density , the proportion of meaning carrying words, is higher than in many other forms of writing (email, magazines etc. – perhaps opposite to what you would think)
with a limitation on the number of characters per message or post, 140 in this case, people learn to improve word choices
in turn, this improves editing skills

In the interview, Christian commented that this type of analysis can and has been repeated. This is not an isolated ‘one time’ look at this area.

When one considers the writing benefits summarized here, I believe there is a strong case to incorporate the social media writing medium in the school system. Of course there are natural connections to digital citizenship, engagement, real world audiences etc.

As a classroom educator, if you are already doing this, keep going! If not, consider giving it a try with an age appropriate system, a collaborative document with simulated limits or even offline.

Related Resources

Listen to the CBC Podcast with Christian Rudder on Dataclysm

Book: Dataclysm by Christian Rudder

Have a comment? Please share.

~Mark

Digital Citizenship, Leadership Perspective, Social Media, student voice, Technology Enabled Learning, TEL

CEA Presentation Resources

December 3, 2013 markwcarbone Leave a comment

Social Media in the Classroom and School Community

CEA International 1:1 Computing Conference

Slide Deck

Contact info
Ed Doadt
Mark W. Carbone

Videos

Corbett Ball: Change Perspective

Joe Cvetish on Blogging

Jane Mitchinson-Schwartz on Google Docs

Aaron: student voice

Andrew: student voice

Teacher Andrew Bieronski

Teacher Gavin Albrecht

Additional Resources:

Waterloo Region District School Board Responsible Use Procedure

WRDSB Digital Literacies Pathway

Q & A from the Today’s Meet back channel:

Facebook training around privacy, security and appropriate use of groups and teacher fan pages was provided through after school workshops, online workshops via Adobe Connect at a variety of times after school and evening, as well as site based workshops arranged through our instructional technology consultants.

Edmodo is also used by many teachers.

Internet radio re-broadcasts of the session, advertised on Twitter and G+, will be available via QueST Radio 1-24 .

~Mark & Ed

21st century learning, Digital Citizenship, Leadership Perspective, PD, TEL

Social Media and EQi

September 21, 2013 markwcarbone Leave a comment

This past week I had the privilege of taking an EQi training course with Marcia Hughes of Collaborative Growth. Part way through our first morning of training, we were working our way through a case study when one participant raised an interesting point about whether or not the notion of social media connections played a role in the EQi coaching process. A silence fell over the room as people started to ponder. What a GREAT question.

We really do live in an amazing and unique time. Never before have we been able to connect with people through so many different communication and collaboration tools, and many of them free! . Think of the choices: Skype, Google Hangouts, Facetime, Twitter, Facebook, G+, wikis, Google Docs, MSO365, texting etc. etc. Social media tools provide people with a means to have an online voice through blogging and other writing tools. This is a REALLY incredible time.

These tools have ‘reach’ and provide a gateway to connect and collaborate across the globe. I think it is important to play in this big sandbox to leverage the connections and opportunities – especially for students since this is the world they will work, live and function in. For those of us who knew the old ‘telephone only’ world and transitioned through email etc. en route to this technology rich world, we may have a better sense of when to connect face to face (F2F) or pick up the phone. While texting and social media offer so much potential, they may not be the best tools for every situation in our complex world.

I think this speaks directly to the need for digital citizenship and opportunities for students to learn these tools and become skilled them. In turn, having opportunities and situations to evaluate and select appropriate tools is an important step in building a confident skill set. I see all of this connected to building and managing working relationships, so I would cast my vote to YES, social media, online communication and collaboration tools do intersect with relationships and EQi by extension.

What are your thoughts? How would you vote? Feel free to add a comment or get in touch via Twitter.

~Mark