German election
Just for info -
der Wahl-O-Mat (
www.wahl-o-mat.de) zur Bundestagswahl 2009 ist online und innerhalb von einer Woche schon über 2,5. Millionen Mal genutzt worden.Daniel Kraft
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24 Parteien, 38 Thesen, Ihre Wahl
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interesting papers
There are some interesting papers about citizen engagement and internet use at http://www.civicbehaviour.org.uk/outputs/
best wishes, Ian
article
Dear All
This article may be of interest. best wishes, Ian
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3823/is_200904/ai_n31511958/?tag=content;col1
Images of Seattle Meeting, July 2009
Hopefully you can access a few photo shots from our meeting in Seattle.
Conference which may be of interest
e-Youth Balancing between opportunities and risks? Multidisciplinary conference May 27th & 28th 2010 Antwerp, Belgium http://www.ucsia.be/eyouth UCSIA and the University of Antwerp are pleased to announce the organisation of a two-day international, multidisciplinary conference on children, adolescents & ICT. We welcome a broad audience including researchers, educators, students, policy makers, NGO and industry representatives to share research results and discuss policy and educational issues regarding children’s and adolescents’ use of information and communication technologies. The conference will focus on national and international research dealing with social, cultural, economic, legal, psychological and ethical issues regarding youngsters’ uses of different internet applications and mobile telephony. Contributions on both the multiple opportunities offered by technologies and on the (new) risks youngsters are confronted with are welcomed. Research and initiatives concerning the educational and mediating role of parents and educators will be discussed too. The conference will also provide a forum for good practices of sensitizing or educational campaigns. Oral presentations, posters and demonstrations can be submitted about -but not limited to- the following issues: 1. Youngsters and ICT: a heterogeneous group > gap in access and competences – social differences – distributive (in-)justice 2. Youngsters and ICT: developmental changes and related needs > the construction of the self and social networks – self-disclosure & privacy – sexual exploration – technological & social normativity – entertainment and education needs 3. Youngsters and ICT: a vulnerable (target) group? > electronic marketing – riskful contacts (harassment, racism, cyberbullying, …) 4. Youngsters and ICT: awareness, protection and empowerment > perception of ICT-related risks – parental mediation – sensitizing and educational campaigns 5. Youngsters and ICT: ethical & legal issues > Adapting research methods – ethical issues – legislation, self- and co-regulation Practical information: Date: 27-28 May 2010 Location: Meerminne building, City Campus, University of Antwerp, Belgium Organisers: UCSIA & MIOS University of Antwerp Enrolment fee: 35 € (one day) or 60 € (two days) Website: http://www.ua.ac.be/eyouth or http://www.ucsia.org/eyouth E-mail: e-youth@ua.ac.be
Newsletters
Dear All
For info – 2 newsletters which may be of interest:
i) a new European newsletter on citizenship education is available -
Dear readers,
we are happy to present the first issue of the new NECE newsletter (http://www.bpb.de/files/W3WAE9.pdf).
The NECE newsletter contains information about current professional debates in the field of citizenship education, it reports on important initiatives and highlights relevant publications. News about upcoming activities and events of the NECE network will be a regular feature.
The Newsletter is published three times a year and is open to everyone on the website: http://www.bpb.de/files/W3WAE9.pdf.
- VoteMatch Europe 2009
- A Soul for Europe – an Introduction of a civil society initative in Berlin
- UNESCO World Conference on Education for Sustainable Development
- Best practice: Social urban development – The Nadodrze Revitalization Project in Poland
We encourage you to send us your feedback, contributions or comments!
With warmest regards,
Petra Grüne & Christoph Müller-Hofstede
Federal Agency for Civic Education
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thank you
Dear All
This is a brief message to say ‘thank you very much’ for such an enjoyable and productive few days in Seattle.
I am still learning to use the blog. I have tried to add a few papers. One that may explain a bit of what I think about the nature of cit ed and the difficulties in drawing a distinction between it and global education. Other papers that I’ve tried to post emerged from a project that I did with teachers and others a few years ago (funded by the central govt UK dept for education) in which we tried to use the 3 stage approach that I mentioned in Seattle (discuss what we want to do – produce something that might help achieve that – evaluate it to improve the product and to highlight some issues about cit ed and ways to develop it). This material (one document in the form of lesson material for history teachers who might be interested in promoting cit ed and the teachers’ guide is written with by and for teachers). The focus would be different from the education project that we began to discuss but perhaps some of the features included in the material I’ve uploaded might be relevant. I would also like to highlight the citizED web site (we could meet at the citizED conference in future). That network has had a bit of an impact in various places. Some of the resources on the citizED site might be of interest including the journal – and we certainly need much more on the citizED site to do with web 2.0.
Finally something (see below) that caught my eye and made me think of those students that Stephen showed could not live without their mobiles phones.
As reported in the Australian Personal Computer Magazine 17 December 2008 (and reprinted in Private Eye)
“Everybody under 40 nowadays wants to take their cell phone with them”, Noelle Potvin of the Hollywood Forever funeral home told reporters in Los Angeles, “and it’s a trend with BlackBerrys too”. Families find it comforting to know that Dad’s still got the cellphone that was permanently attached to his ear when he was alive. I’ve even seen people switch the cellphone on before placing it in the coffin and tell me that they’re going to call their loved one later. When attorney John Jacobs died in 2005 his wife Marion buried him with his phone and a fully charged battery. She had his cellphone number carved onto his headstone so other people could call him and she continues to pay the monthly bill. She calls him on occasion although because the battery is now dead the calls go to his voicemail. Ed Defort of American Funeral Director magazine added that “some people call the deceased just as they’re lowering the coffin into the ground. You’ll hear the faint sound of their ringtone as the body descends. It’s a sort of 21st century funeral tribute”.
Thank you again and best wishes, Ian
WashPost on filtering sites in schools
Here’s an interesting piece — see here.
-Muzammil
warren sack – architectural discourse
this forthcoming book chapter in architectural discourse is on his site
