Some (actually a lot…) told me that Twitter is worth NOTHING, really!? I got discussions with people about the value of Twitter and Social Media, people who don’t understand the importance and the influence that Social Media has and I took this as a challenge to answer through my blog posts to give THEM an idea about WHAT THEY are missing, check also my curation below please:
NOW, how can WE make Storytelling happening with Twitter where WE have ONLY 140 characters maximum to post, sounds strange, isn’t it!? Well, I agree, when I took that challenge I thought that it wasn’t nearly possible. BUT I remembered a blog post which I did recently where I explain about ===> Updated Twitter Knowledge <=== and I decided to try out that sort of publishing, WHY NOT!
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BUT wouldn’t it be a pity to talk about “Jimmy The Bumble Bee” without telling my readers ALSO about WHAT “Bumble Bees” are good for? Please check the following links:
PracTICE: LEARNing About Sustainability UP From The Early Age, A MUST!
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It is a MUST for LEARNing about Sustainability UP from the early age! THE Love of Nature MUST stick in people so that WE know about WHAT WE have and WON’T have missing it anymore! The sentiment about WHAT nature really is MUST get learned over years to make sure that it remains ALSO when the students, learners, leave the school! THE BEST way is to use ===> PracTICE <===.
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Click the above image (screenshot) to access the article of ===> Psychology Today <===, a MUST to understand more!
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How Could This Been Done In Practice?
When youth is used up from early age to take care about nature, by giving THEM responsibility, about animals and ALSO flowers, gardening habits, bringing THEM in to the circle of taking care of nature by engaging THEM on practice, be doing it themselves, THEY will learn about:
Knowledge about seeding, knowing about the process how plants and flowers grow… Knowing from where the products THEY find in supermarkets come and how difficult it is to produce them.THEY are NOT ONLY one click away 😉
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Knowledge about dangers for their project (pests, disease, bad weather conditions…)
Pride about the results of THEIR efforts => photos, slideshow, video, podcasts…
Curiosity to find out with experiments, guided by people who could give professional advice (gardener, experienced hobby-gardener)…
Proactive-Thinking mentality would be a result, THEY would THINK about what could destroy THEIR efforts! Something very important to get a Proactive-Thinking mentality! THEY would understand WHY it is important to fight for a BETTER world, getting the daily habits (reflexes) to make sure to preserve the beauty of nature!SO, let us start to think about How WE could teach the kids to get that Proactive-Thinking in PracTICE, if YOU won’t mind. Personally I would suggest this:
Take the kids out for a walk in nature and ask them to take photos with THEIR Smartphones about what is interesting for THEM; YOU do the same and later YOU show THEM the difference and discuss about WHY YOUR photos are different. Take photos on different stages of the growth from the plants and flowers and document it in the blog. I suggest, when taking the photos, that YOU implant the date in the photos through a Photo-Editor program. I suggest the FREEWARE “Photoscape” which is very easy to use. As more photos YOU make, as it would be possible also to create a slow-motion video about the taken photos to show the growth of the plants and flowers in an interesting time laps view…
If your school allows it and has place for it, YOU may ALSO create a small garden in the school area. If so, apply the same advice as mentioned above.
Advice for creating a blog. I suggest to use WordPress as it is easy to learn and ALSO because they deliver a lot of FREE templates fitting for such projects. Personally I use the THEME “The Visual Theme“, where YOU can see the result of my blogging here:
Keywords: NO costs, low costs, engagement, photos, observing, love of nature, slideshow, video on YouTube, FUN, Learning by Doing, early age, Nature, World-Life, Pollution, Energy,
Most teachers accept that Climate Change is a reality. All around us we see extreme and unpredictable weather events occurring and the devastation they bring to our people and fellow creatures on our beautiful planet. I was born in the 1950’s and never thought I would live to see the day when so many iconic animals would be on the verge of extinction. I rue the day that the only place future generations will see Elephants, Rhinos and Lions will be in a zoo! Yet it seems as I write that this may well come to pass unless we take positive action to protect our environment on a global level.
As educators I believe the most critical issue of our time is sustainability. It is our duty to help prepare our students for what may well be the fight of their lives to save the planet and our precious wildlife. The human population is now over 7 billion worldwide and we all need shelter and food. Food security will become an increasingly pressing issue, as will the availability of clean water for our crops and consumption. Realistically, we cannot ignore the fact that fundamental resources are becoming increasingly scarce. Hence we must arm our students with the knowledge and passion to live in a sustainable and less consumer driven way.
Increasingly in Australian schools I see teachers setting up vegetable gardens and chicken runs, in order to foster in our children an understanding of how to produce their own food in a sustainable and humane way. We also need to make our students aware of where the food in the big supermarket chains come from and how they are produced. More than ever before our mainstream food is full of pesticides and is genetically engineered. The meat we eat comes from unsustainable factory farms, which are not only inhumane but also highly polluting. When we talk about carbon and pollution, our children and we ourselves, should be aware that livestock production in it’s current numbers is one of the biggest contributors to destroying our planet.
I note a growing awareness in my global social media connections, that to eat meat on such a massive scale as we have become accustomed to, is simply ecocide. For example, did you know that every half kilo of beef we produce takes 6,810 litres of water, 3 kilos of grain (plus irrigation), 16.4 kilos of roughage for feed (plus irrigation), and an addition 70 litres of water for drinking and processing! This is staggering and we need to start to seriously question our diet in the light of these figures, or else face the consequence of being unable to feed our burgeoning population. Here is an excellent National Geographic post with an interactive diagram of just how much water different types of livestock consume:
National Geographic is a very credible source information and this particular site is full of useful information for teaching sustainability issues. The following infographic makes it clear that reducing the animal protein we consume will make an enormous contribution to the health of the planet.
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Plastic is another terrible polluter and is destroying our oceans, which are the very lungs of the Earth itself.Birds, marine mammals and fish are full of plastic. Creatures are often caught in plastic garbage and die slow, torturous deaths. This is a sad fact, but in reality it is an easy problem to fix. Don’t use plastic bags and don’t use plastic bottles for your water. When I was a child we took string bags to the shops for our groceries and water never came in plastic bottles. We used glass bottles for our drinks.
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We teach so many students our potential sphere of influence is enormous. Our access to social media makes it possible now to spread awareness all over the globe and connect to others we can exchange information with instantaneously.
Twitter has become an exceptional tool for spreading news and finding out facts the mainstream media do not cover. Hence teaching students to use social media and twitter properly is also vital. Just consider some of the recent uprisings and environmental disasters.
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The first news of these came out on Twitter; we have never had such a powerful tool to connect globally and unite against corporate greed and keep Earth and it’s creatures alive and healthy.
My plea to educators is to make the effort to connect with not only other teachers, but also to groups who are dedicated to saving our planet for future generations. We can take advantage of technology such as Skype to have live sessions with scientists and conservationists to further assist our students to cope with the challenging times ahead of them.
Understanding Internet-Internet, the virtual savant child
Internet is a “living product” technique! To be viewed as a “child” to be educated by millions of people simultaneously, with different traditions and languages, with different mentalities and this in real time.
“The child” Internet, with instant contributions from users around the world (all of us) will be “fed” so + / – “textual” and “audio-visual”. The quality of this “food” is dependent on ourselves, our contributions to the community!
This “child” Internet, is gathering all the knowledge of the world and we shall get an answer, as soon as we ask it, of course!
Character, honesty and credibility of this “child” is formed by those who educate it. Those who educate, are necessarily all of us, everyone, the community!
I hope that this practice visualization, pushes you to think a bit further and THAT it helps you to betterunderstand and / or better-learn Internet!
===> There are no problems, only solutions! THE Whole (Community), WE will find the right solution! <===
Nature shows us (bees, ants) and history too. Misstep learn from the past and try to “set” to do better! Internet is the perfect tool for this, but beware, it’s us (community) that are building it! WE, those who feed and educate this “savant child“!
When I say “WE“, it means: our character, our beliefs, our weaknesses, our honesty, in short, our whole being. Internet, THE “virtual savant child” is the product of our entire society!
Internet is THE “virtual savant child“, created by the world!
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Internet The Revolution, A New Mass-Media
As at the time the TV was as new means of communication, today a new mass media just appeared . Internet, mass media apart, which “a priori” has nothing extraordinary, but is it true ? No, certainly NOT. We have to do with a bi- directional mass media (two-way). Until now we used to click a button to access the music and multimedia content (stereo , TV, etc. .), BUT WE could not communicate with these technical devices , WE were only transmitter. Now , with the Internet it is different.
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Through actions and also a click (a button on the mouse) WE can do a lot with technique, involves writing texts, receive answers back …
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WE all newborns in the virtual life like in the real world, there are people who have more knowledge and experiences , which does mean that WE all must follow a lifelong learning…
“Computer mafia” (the bad boys) works very fast and it takes advantage of the non vigilance and lack of knowledge of Internet users (ourselves)! It is not only security software that can help secure and protect our computers , but first we must know how to use them too!
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Well yes, that’s us, the users of our computers (whereby smartphones and tablets are ALSO computers…) and the Internet, who are responsible and who will be more accountable in the future! .
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===> A “CLICK” solution, as with a remote control at home, does not exist and never will be invented to ensure 100% security. <===
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Anyway, a 100% security does not exist and is an illusion!
This new mass media (computers & Internet) is not only indomitable with the technique, but also with vigilance and knowledge necessary to use the software (programs) security!
===> It is up on us to learn how to use those software and learn to be vigilant! <===
Well yes, we have no choice. It is not enough to use this technical tool and believe that everything works perfectly, but this “toy” (Internet), which is not but most people believe that it is one, is intelligent and it grows at an incredible rate.
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It is a “toy” that lives, it is a virtual world for which we are responsible. WE copy ourselves into this world with all our merits and shortcomings!
Internet is the mirror of morality in our society! Does this make YOU think and reflect? I hope, may be then you will understand how the Internet really works?
My FREE courses about Cyber-Security are on the server of the Ministry Of Education in Luxembourg (Europe).
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L’auteur Gust MEES est membre du “Comité Conseil” de “Luxembourg Safer Internet” (LuSI), appelé maintenant BEE-SECURE, partenaire officiel (consultant) du Ministère de l’éducation au Luxembourg du projet ”MySecureIT“, partenaire officiel du Ministère du Commerce au Luxembourg du projet ”CASES” (Cyberworld Awareness andSecurityEnhancementStructure)..
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++The author Gust MEES is ”Member of the Advisory Board” from “Luxembourg Safer Internet” (LuSI), BEE-SECURE, Official Partner (Consultant) from the Ministry of Education in Luxembourg, project “MySecureIT“, Official Partner from the Ministry of Commerce in Luxembourg, project “CASES” (Cyberworld Awareness and Security Enhancement Structure).
There is no doubt we now live in challenging times on Planet Earth. Our burgeoning human population is seven billion and rising. Resources are diminishing and our iconic species are disappearing at an exponential rate. We do not have to stand by and watch our beautiful planet destroyed and trashed. In addition to reducing our own environmental footprint and teaching our students to do the same, we now have the power of social media at our fingertips to help raise awareness of important issues right around the world. This beautiful image appearing in the Arctic Ice before the Sea Shepherd has become a powerful symbol and rallying flag for the cause of our wonderful marine mammals:
When environmental disasters occur and there are social uprisings of oppressed peoples of the world, no longer do we have to rely on mainstream media, which are often in the pocket of powerful political interests.
We now have Twitter, which in my view is one of the most powerful tools for social change and raising global awareness we have ever had! Through my own proactive participation on Twitter, I have been able to take part in positive social movements for change in unison with those of like mind.
One of my most passionate concerns is for our increasingly fragile ecosystem. Through Twitter I have witnessed the power of the people to shine a light on ecocide and to pressure governments and organisations to change destructive practices. WE are able to connect with those of like mind and have the power to directly contact news providers and celebrities who have great power and massive followings. Twitter is an immediate real time global conversation.
Just recently the slaughter of dolphins in Taiji, and the captivity of highly sentient orcas in marine parks has triggered global outrage. Twitter is playing an enormous part in bringing the plight of these wonderful creatures to the attention of the people of the world. Groups have been able to organize and participate in a new phenomenon known as Tweetstorms, where many people act in union to make a topic trend around the world. For example the topic #tweet4taiji trended around the world for several days, and resulted in worldwide mainstream media coverage. We all have power when united on social media. Every individual counts.
OUR students will inherit many difficult political, social and environmental problems, the severity of which we can only imagine. We are truly derelict in our duty if we fail to empower our students to raise their own voices in the fight for our precious planet and the generations to come. I intend to initiate a project involving my students researching, debating, creating digital projects and then using Twitter to raise awareness about the shark cull my own government has embarked on in Western Australia. Using Twitter will enable my students to not only access an authentic global audience, but also to effect real change. Other schools will also be doing similar projects.
Images and symbols are important in global Twitter campaigns and give students and people a strong focus. Twitpic can be used to add images to our posts and we can also add links to youtube videos, online flyers, Thinglinks, Padlets and other digital media created by students. Platforms like TweetDeck and HootSuite enable users to organise their twitter stream into topics and schedule their messages. We need to teach our students how to use these features.
Never has a generation needed a voice more than now. We are on the cusp of a major paradigm shift in the way we as humans view and treat our fellow creatures and our environment. Our students need to become the stewards of the earth not it’s conquerors or exploiters.
===> WE need to teach them how to use social media like twitter safely, responsibly and powerfully to help protect and nurture our planet. <===
First of ALL, WE as teaching persons are NOT anymore teaching in a closed room, NO WALLS anymoreas WE are using NOW ICT, the internet and Edtech tools as well as Social-Media! We are visible and can use “Communication“, OHHHH, do We know what that is!? It is a two-way, a “bi-directional” way, MOST are certainly NOT used to it, ONLY used to give the directions to OTHERS and standing in front of the classroom. BUT NOW, there is a NEW pedagogy in general, check, please:
Teaching, blog posts shouldn’t be boring anymore, let us try to give this IMPORTANT message through, please, thanks. Engaging, Motivation, Fun, visual thinking, creativity, passion, should be part of it as well. To make a start, here below a music video 😉
BTW: if WE, as teaching persons don’t show OUR creativity in blogs, posts, HOW could WE expect that Students, Learners will learn it? WE need to be an example for THEM 😉
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And NOW while using the internet, Apps, BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) there comes ALSO another BIG CHANGE: and every medal has its revere, so ALSO these mentioned 😦 WE, as teaching persons can’t and DON’T have the right to ignore that, OR are WE ONLY “Cherry-Pickers“!? WE have to look on OUR LEARNERS STUDENTS to give THEM BEST Education, right? An Education who follows the needs of the Century and the actual situation, an Up-To-Date Education! Thus meaning: WE MUST have Cyber-Security knowledge, the basics!
This said, it would be good to remind this, please. ===> I am NOT a TEACHER, I am an Awakener! <===
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WHAT SHOULD 21st Century Education be in short form? Check ===> 1.) Awareness 2.) Responsibility 3.) THE WHY 4.) The consequences 5.) TEACHing 6.) Collaboration
I would ALSO invite YOU to read the book of “Howard GARDNER” ===> “Five Minds For The Future” where YOU will see below about WHAT it is. In My Humble Opinion: A MUST READ to understand WHAT WE as teaching persons need to take care about for the 21st Century LEARNER.
To achieve the above mentioned, WE need ALSO skills about Critical-THINKing and Proactive-THINKing, check below, please, for more information:
Thus Meaning – Awareness Is A Must! ===> Adapting To ICT! <===
Teachers are getting seen, are visible through Social-Media, parents are ALSO used to ICT and Social-Media and have sometimes good knowledge about it and Newspapers are daily publishing about what is NOW already NOT so new anymore, the problems from the internet, the Cyber-Security issues such as attacks, Malware infections through visiting websites, the MUST of installing Antivirus and Anti-Malware solutions (the condom for internet usage…)…
If TEACHERS, EDUCATORS are NOT prepared for that (EDUcation SHOULD motivate that knowledge, anyway…) THEY will get seen by the masses as #21tCenturyiDiots, as this is already circulating through the Social-media, such as Twitter and Facebook! WE as teaching persons MUST adapt to that situation and learning the basics of Cyber-Security, which is actually NOT that difficult as most people think, it is mostly a REFLEX which WE need to adapt!
Teachers, Educators, who are showing up on Social-Media with mediocre knowledge are certainly NOT anymore that welcome, as THEY show a BAD reputation for the profession of teaching persons!
Ohhhh, there I am touching some for sure, strange title, isn’t!? WHAT has a Mac-Mentality to do with 21st Century Education? WHY do I mention this here? MORE as MOST would THINK (?), WE go for Deep-THINKing NOW, OUT of School-Cocoon Mentality, WHAT happens in Real-World (BTW: I am NOT against Apple and NOT looking for an OS-WAR… Any OS has its right to exist! 😉
Let me explain a bit: my sixteen (16) years of experience (2014) with people who are Mac users (where I have a lot of friends using a Mac) has shown me that these users don’t mostly care about Cyber-Security as Apple told them they shouldn’t have to take care, that Apple products don’t get virus! BUT that has changed over the years and even Apple changed the text as shown below, please check it.
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Apple related products have gained a great marked share now and they are NOW ALSO interesting for the Cyber-Criminals! The same even for Linux also, Microsoft anybody knows that already since very long! Let us have a look on the market share of the different “Operating Systems” (OS):
NOW WE should accept that =======> Nobody-Is-Perfect <======= and WE SHOULD change OUR way of THINKING about Cyber-Security!
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Priority Change In Education, A MUST!
WE as teaching persons have FIRST to remind us THIS:
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When WE have a look on the left hand side picture, it SHOULD remind us WHAT OUR task really is, isn’t it!? A BIG Responsibility for sure, and one which WE can handle if WE are Up-To-Date with OUR “Professional Development“, especially when WE know where to set the PRIORITY!
WHAT does the market need? That SHOULD be OUR first THINKing! Employers NOW need people with computer and ICT skills, NO WAY to say I don’t know about that, even in the lowest career! THAT was YESTERDAY! Nearly everything NOW is handled with computer based Technology and every crafts man needs ALSO to have a basic knowledge about ICT!
.By knowing this, WE MUST focus on good basic ICT skills up from the early age to give OUR Students, LEARNers, these skills by teaching them about ICT! And by the way, when we are talking about ICT skills, WE can’t anymore forget about basic skills and knowledge about Cyber-Security! It is OUR responsibility to prepare OUR studenst, learners, for the real world as THEY (employers and WE) are confronted on a daily base with such problems!
In the 21st Century there is a MUST of Priority CHANGE in EDUcation: WE MUST adapt to the change and integrate Cyber-Security in OUR Mentality!YES, I said Mentality, the way WE are THINKING!
If NO CHANGE, Then WE Are Creating A Society Of NAIVETY!
Sounds strange, the topic? Try to Deep-THINK and YOU will understand? Let me explain a bit: by being “Cherry-Pickers” and ONLY showing the positive side of the internet WE don’t show the REALITY! Remember YOU that every medal has its reverse, so ALSO the internet and any Apps as also any other EdTech tool! WE should first tell the students, learners that there are dangers and ALSO Cyber-Crime around and that ===> Nobody-Is-Perfect <===. Remind every time also this ===> Forewarned Is Forearmed <===.
SO… NOW by knowing this, remember ALSO that WE are living in a sharing society through Social-Media,OK? Imagine that there will be MORE people without the appropriate knowledge and skills and share it with OTHERS…
I invite YOU to read my blog posts below for more information:
Keywords for me as a reminder to create this blog post: The filter between OUR ears needs an #upgrade 2 adapt for #21tCentury! After done this WE need daily #Updates 2 keep it up2date, different situation with internet, tools, cybersecurity, cybercrime, Internet-Safety, Digital Footprint, digcit, Responsibility, Awareness, Society, Learners are future workers, Economy, linking back to other created posts, teachers too much used on THEORY and NOW Praxis as well (hard to adapt), Mac Mentality, Naivety, Coach & NOT anymore Teacher, Critical THINKing, Criticism, Proactive-THINKing,reputation of teaching profession…
When WE want to share OUR thoughts on a global view with OTHERS, who have a different mentality (and that is for sure…), different culture (that is for sure also), different laws (that again is also for sure) WHEN WE talk about Digital-Citizenship on a global view WE must know that there are a lot of different definitions about it who are dependent on which continent (and country also) one is living! Sounds strange, BUT it is a fact, especially when one is involved on Social-Media (Twitter and Facebook), where outside Europe ===> Internet-Safety, Cyber-Security and Privacy <=== are NOT that much considered! The same ALSO, in general, the TERMINOLOGY of Cyber-Security isn’t really understood by most of people, Educatorsand Teachers especially…
In my humble opinion, it doesn’t help a lot to speak about something (whatever it would be…) by NOT knowing the TERMINOLOGY, so let us start with that first, please. WE will have a look on an Infographic to explain… By The Way: this is THE BEST Infographic I actually know and it is from EDUDEMIC! A website to bookmark and to follow on Social-Media as well 😉 .
So, let us come back to the Terminology, please. MOST of the employed Terminology is already well known by most users, BUT especially Privacy, Internet-Safety and Cyber-Security are a bit seen as “StepChildren” in Education and THAT shouldn’t be as THEY are a part of 21st Century MUST have knowledge, excuse-me please 😉 WE need to give OURkids the BEST Education while working and learning with BYOD and any connected device to the internet! We as TEACHING persons don’t have the right to be CHERRY-PICKERS, so as every medal has its reverse WE MUST show that side ALSO to OUR learners, kids, students! THAT is OUR RESPONSIBILITY!
The “Operating System” (OS) doesn’t matter at ALL, they ALL have vulnerabilities and need care, such as “OS Updates” (Windows, Mac, Linux and others…), Browser Updates, Third Party Updates (ALL installed programs on the computer…), and of course special protections such as Anti-Virus, Firewall and Anti-Malware!
SO… To let YOU know about those vulnerabilities, please, have a look here:
Windows vulnerabilities are known already by every one!
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So… As there is SO MUCH to know and to understand, let us try to section it by TOPICS…
Privacy
To make it as short as possible with words in this blog, I invite YOU to visit my curation about it where YOU will find ALSO a lot of Infographics which YOU can use in YOUR class.There are a huge amount of it, so make YOUR choice, please. Meanwhile check the video below, who explains very well…
Here again, there are so many resources online, where I invite YOU first to check the Infographic below, please, and ALSO to check my curation about the best value articles… .
To make it as short as possible with words in this blog, I invite YOU to visit my curation about it where YOU will find ALSO a lot of Infographics which YOU can use in YOUR class.There are a huge amount of it, so make YOUR choice, please.
I wanted to make this blog post a short one, BUT NO WAY, I couldn’t. Anyway YOU have NOW a page where YOU will find a maximum on selected, valuable information available on YOUR finger tips, use it wisely 😉 As any of my blog posts it will get updated (surely…) as quick as I get a new insight and or ideas…
BTW: One can’t explain shortly WHAT life is, so NEITHER one can’t give ALL the necessary advice to become a Digital-Citizen, ===> it’s an eternal adapting process!<===
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Keywords which I need to create this post to remind me and which are a hint for YOU to THINK deeper: BYOD, Privacy, eCitizen, digcit, Digital Citizenship, Infographics, Curation, blogs, Terminology, Cyber-Security, Internet-Safety, Spam, Malware, Cyber-Hygiene, car, immatriculation plate, black windows on the car, could become a long post???, different countries-different meanings, quality, selective articles, EDUDEMIC, my Curation about…, connecting it with already existing posts, if ideas are going too far-creating NEW post, updating, publishing even if NOT that felt finished otherwise NEVER finishing it…
There were more blog posts published later, this one should have to come out earlier, but due to time problems and arrangements on who will make what, it took a bit longer before publishing… I should have been responsible ONLY for creating the blog and Pippa should have to create the Google Drive Spread Sheet(OLD Google docs…). BUT, Pippa asked me to create also the Google Spread Sheet, because of time problems, fair enough, which (as I have the necessary time…) did also then… SO, here it is now and the Google Drive Spread Sheet is prepared ALSO, but actually ONLY on personal invite by email to elaborate it before making it public… Preparation is a MUST when sharing it on a global audience…
Find below a screenshot of the prepared Google Drive Spread Sheet and have a deep look on it, please, to understand the WHY behind… Thank YOU. When WE are sharing on Social Media WE must be aware that OUR audience is broad and and that WE have to deal ALSO with different generations and cultures, it is NOT so easy, BUT possible 😉 WE need to understand and to try to take care of the Global Sensitivity (thanks Pippa for that word…)…
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Click on image to enlarge it and to read it, please…
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Deep-THINKing about the said above: when WE publish and share on the internet, especially on Social-Media, WE can’t choose OUR audience (WE can restrict, BUT…)! Every body WHO wants to read it, will do so; so WE have to take care about that situation 😉 WHEN WE go out in public places such as bars, cafés, Pubs, WE can choose with whom WE discuss and WE can choose ALSO mostly the place, BUT NOT with the internet as anyone has access to what WE are publishing!
So, when WE have to create a tweet, WE are mostly restricted with the 140 (120) characters, right? That’s WHAT most people think, BUT WE have the possibility to give a reply to OURSELVES as well and ALSO to mention in a tweet that there will be some more tweets to follow, please check screenshot below who explains…
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Do YOU think that it is ONLY me who is using Twitter on a professional way!? Check below and learn then from THEM 😉
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As YOU see it is possible, so NO excuses anymore to publish abbreviations that on a global view can confuse some cultures and generations, use it please, thank YOU 😉 This is ALSO quality publishing…
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For readers interested about the link of “Professional Development” above in the screenshot, please visit it here:
Keywords for me as a reminder to create this blog post: 140 characters, Twitter, Social Media, comfort zone, lazy, quality, quantity, global understanding, misunderstanding, culture, generations, Professional Development…
It was already mentioned in my blog post ===> Authors Toolbox For Writing And Sharing <=== WHAT the tools are WE can use to to be sure that WE share ONLY stuff which is NOT infected withmalware. In this blog post WE go for deeper THINKING and WE will learn WHY WE SHOULD do so 😉
Cyber-Security And Privacy Knowledge As Skills In The 21st Century Are NOT Yet Enough Taught And Present, WHY!?
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Did YOU realize already that WE are living in the 21st Century and that WE nearly ALL are using the so called NEW TECHNOLOGIES, the internet, the smartphone(s), laptops, computers, tablets, household goods who are connected to the internet, and this on a daily base!? Did YOU ever started THINKING about such consequences concerning YOUR Privacy and vulnerability to Cyber-Security!? As far as I know, from practice while talking to people, most people are NOT as nobody has given them advice, NOR were they taught about it in schools, and there is the problem!
In the digital age, as WE are living NOW in it, WE MUST learn on a daily base to adapt to its very quick change! Education can’t follow with that as it is and was almost years behind… It needs to have a ===> RETHINK <=== to catch up!
SO… By knowing this and accepting it ALSO (the most difficult, BUT…) WE would be good advised for learning on a daily base to get the MOST out of necessary knowledge and skills to give OUR kids the BEST Education possible, an ===> Up-To-Date <=== knowledge, a knowledge who isn’t ONLY a cherry-picked knowledge, BUT a knowledge who includes ALSO Privacy and Cyber-Security as also skills!
The future is also that any device, even in the household, will be connected to the internet. It is called “The Internet Of Things” and as with any NEW technical stuff, it brings risks and vulnerabilities…
MOST of people don’t realize the importance of privacy, especially for Cyber-Security and Identity Theft, check the video below who explains very good, please.
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After watching the video YOU certainly are surprised and hopefully also willing to learn a bit more, it is actually NOT that difficult as most people think.
Who’s To Blame For Cyber-Security problems!?
Surveys from professional companies are NOW ALSO showing that Cyber-Security is OUR ALL responsibility, check below, please…
For pretty much anyone in the Western world, the Internet is not only ubiquitous, it’s practically inescapable. Between phones, tablets, PCs, game consoles, televisions and set-top boxes, the Internet exists in every corner of our lives. Almost. In the wake of this year’s CES, we’re hearing louder than ever that the future is “The Internet of Things,” everyday devices equipped with sensors and connectivity to work together, understand what we’re doing, and operate automatically to make our lives easier.
The Dangers And Vulnerabilities Of The Internet Of Things
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Same procedure again, read my curation about it to find out, it is THE easiest way to get aware of the existing dangers and to get convinced about that LEARNing about Cyber-Security is a MUST…
Below YOU will find some Tweets which I posted, related to this Topic of Cyber-Security and who will give YOU also an overview on How-To YOU could create Tweets (Posts) on Social-Media Twitter. YOU may use them, BUT please give credit to me as I was its creator, thanks 😉
NEW #Technology gives YOU the possibility 2 SHOW UP as… BUT its a dreaming world! DON’T loose the #REALITY 😉 Do YOU got #Maturity!??? InternetSafety existing but NOT for adults, seniors… MUST get updated and created .
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That’s WHAT #Teachers#EDUcators are today, DON’T see #REALITY ===> The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance. -Aristotle <=== #EDUcators .
RETHINK, habits, bidirectional, 2 way, technology in 21st Century, connected, household goods, internet of things, BYOD, EDU, teachers and educators role, teachers create other professions, NO HALF-BAKED KNOWLEDGE, NO GADGETS MENTALITY, NOT ONLY a software problem,”Critical-Thinking, Proactive-Thinking, community sharing, Twitter Chat, Life-Long-Learning, MORAL, ETHICS, PRIVACY, Maturity, naivety, Zeitgeist, Smart Homes, wearables, Augmented Reality, ..
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Will get updated often, as I have to publish it one day, otherwise I would NEVER finish it!
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L’auteur Gust MEES est Formateur andragogique / pédagogique TIC, membre du “Comité Conseil” de “Luxembourg Safer Internet” (LuSI), appelé maintenant BEESECURE, partenaire officiel (consultant) du Ministère de l’éducation au Luxembourg du projet ”MySecureIT“, partenaire officiel du Ministère du Commerce au Luxembourg du projet ”CASES” (Cyberworld Awareness andSecurityEnhancementStructure).
The author Gust MEES is ICT Course Instructor, ”Member of the Advisory Board” from “Luxembourg Safer Internet” (LuSI), BEESECURE, Official Partner (Consultant) from the Ministry of Education in Luxembourg, project “MySecureIT“, Official Partner from the Ministry of Commerce in Luxembourg, project “CASES” (Cyberworld Awareness and Security Enhancement Structure).
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You are very welcome to give me new ideas, would be appreciated! Stay tuned for next blog(s) 😉
Writing Today On Blogs Is Also Sharing Links And About Basics Knowledge Of Cyber-Security
When WE work together on collaboration, and ALSO when WE as authors are posting, WE are also sharing files, photos and links, right!? BUT how to be sure that WE share ONLY stuff which is NOT infected withmalware!? It’s OUR RESPONSIBILITY to present to the OTHERS ONLY secure stuff, otherwise their devices could get infected, so let’s start below to find out on How-To. It’s actually very easy…
It certainly would happen ALSO that WE are confronted with technical words about Cyber-Security and Internet-Safety which whom WE are NOT familiar, right? That is WHY I have added on this blog, on the right hand side navigation menu, some useful ONLINE tools which WE can use to UPDATE the filter between OUR two ears (called also brain) 😉
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This is what YOU would see, it is easy, use it, please 😉
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That GLOSSARY would be a great HELP for YOU, use it please, thx.
Secure Surfing Behavior And Sharing Behavior
One can’t trust any web site and any content published on Internet, don’t be naive! It’s the same as on real world, there are bad guys and good guys, but how to find out? My favorite FREE Software to make me my Online Life easier and more secure as they show me which web sites are trustworthy and which web sites I shouldn’t visit at all because they are malicious and could infect my computer is McAfee SiteAdvisor!!! But don’t forget also, there is and never will be a 100% security!
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Don’t FORGET to read ALSO my blog post who explains in detail:
Concerning this blog, YOU will get provided on the right hand side navigation menu bar with the FREE link of WOT (Web Of Trust), which I recommend strongly to install, BEST would be together with McAfee SiteAdvisor together (that works perfectly, NO problem of interference…).
NOW, after having installed those two FREE services YOU can surf much more relaxed without fearing to share malicious links.
A Bit More About Internet-Safety – OUR Behavior On The Internet
Behavior on the internet is similar to OUR behavior in the real world; WE are copying OURSELVES with OUR character into the virtual world… Therefore it is important to know about how WE are acting and especially on how the bad boys are profiting from it, OH YES, THEY DO!!! WE need to accept that NOT everything is positive on the internet! WE need to learn about NOT being anymore on NAIVETY status!
I will hurt again some with my last phrase, BUT sorry, REALITY must get accepted 😉 Living in a NEW world (BTW: it isn’t different in the Real-World…), the Virtual-World, WE are like NEW born and WE need to learn a lot to not get fooled by the bad boys and by OURSELVES, especially when being Teachers and Educators! WHY especially Teachers and Educators!? Simple reason is: WE as teaching persons can’t forward OUR knowledge when WE don’t have a lot, right!? SO… It’s up to us to learn on a maximum to know what are the dangers of the internet, to know BEST (complete) resources to learn from,to understand them, to change OUR attitudes, and to forward that knowledge to OUR STUDENTS with OUR pedagogical background. WE, as teaching persons are responsible for the future!
I invite YOU to read the following articles and curation, to learn more:
L’auteur Gust MEES est Formateur andragogique / pédagogique TIC, membre du “Comité Conseil” de “Luxembourg Safer Internet” (LuSI), appelé maintenant BEESECURE, partenaire officiel (consultant) du Ministère de l’éducation au Luxembourg du projet ”MySecureIT“, partenaire officiel du Ministère du Commerce au Luxembourg du projet ”CASES” (Cyberworld Awareness andSecurityEnhancementStructure).
The author Gust MEES is ICT Course Instructor, ”Member of the Advisory Board” from “Luxembourg Safer Internet” (LuSI), BEESECURE, Official Partner (Consultant) from the Ministry of Education in Luxembourg, project “MySecureIT“, Official Partner from the Ministry of Commerce in Luxembourg, project “CASES” (Cyberworld Awareness and Security Enhancement Structure).
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How-To Manage The Mass Of Information WE Encounter Each Day?
When WE use Social-Media, especially Twitter, lots of users know already about a PLN (Personal [Professional] LEARNing Network) and through it WE get a MASS of information on a daily base. So, not easy at all when people don’t know how-to organize that information…
Well, it is actually NOT that difficult when people are Up-To-Date with THEIR Professional Development and learned already about Curation! YES, I am mentioning again and again Professional Development (hate me for that…)… Curation is ALREADY around for at least 4-5 years (2014) and especially pushed trough to the Social-Media scene the last three years!!! SO, if YOU NEVER heard about it YOU know NOW how much YOU are behind with YOUR Professional Development, about time THEN to catch UP 😉
SO… NOW seriously, how can WE get to the point that WE are ready on a daily base to stock, on an intelligent way, ALL the lived information flow, which WE can use later wisely??? The filter situated between OUR two ears (called ALSO brain) doesn’t memorize such BIG DATA, very rare are such persons… So WE have to use some tools, right!?
There are different tools and Apps existing, such as Diigo, Zite, and much more, BUT there is ALSO Curation. And my personal favorite is Curation, especially ===> Scoop.it. <===
What Is Curation?
Check the image below, please, who explains it very well.
BUT, WHY and HOW do I use Curation for my PKM (Personal [Professional] Knowledge Management)?
Content Curation gives me the freedom to OWN my learning, through well chosen sources on the internet, and by giving them the right “Tags” it allows me to find the sources easily back later. BUT first of all I read the articles before I curate them, so I learn through the reading and as more often I do this as BETTER my brain gets trained to understand very quickly!
First I was wondering about this new trend and was not sure what to do with it, but after some research on Internet about it I found out that curation to me is the best way to collect articles which I select through quality criteria, which I can archive under different topics and which I find easily back through the “Tags”, as the “Tags” play the role of a table of content. For a Life-Long-Learner like me curation is like a treasure of knowledge and information that is getting shared through the online community. Through curation one has the possibility to FREE online learning and through sharing it to create a community with the same interests. Curation could also save people of same interests a lot of time and provides them with valuable content which could get used to link back to them in written articles, blogs, web sites and social media sites. Also one learns from each other in the curation community as one has the possibility to follow interesting curation.
This said, Curation for me, as a Life-Long-Learner, is a great PKM solution! BUT, let us ALSO show WHAT others published about PKM, please check my curation about it below.
As WE were talking about the “Tags” in Curation, the above screenshot and link is issued through my “Tags” in my curation, where here below a screenshot about it…
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SO, probably NOW YOU will have some brain-food to get occupied with it 😉 Use it wisely!
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Stay tuned for next blog posts and NEW adventures in Social-Media Education 😉
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Keywords necessary for the creation of this blog: PLN, PKM,organization, curation, RSS feeds, Diigo, Information management, time management, RebelMouse,
Social-Media Twitter is IMHO (In My Humble Opinion) THE resource to make BEST contacts in global Education and to forward as its BEST the professional messages about learning and teaching!
A Twitter-Chat? ONLY chatting with 140 characters? Is this possible? And can WE make something professional out with that? That are certainly the questions I first will hear when talking about a Twitter-Chat, BUT it is possible and even a very professional way for YOUR own “Professional Development“, when well prepared up from the beginning!
I will not talk a lot around here to describe How To, but I will provide to you what’s for me the best resource to learn from it. I participate for more than a year already on different Twitter-Chat’s, so I have a good overview and could make my choice for the BEST ones…
Blog, blogging, Flow Chart, Learners Interests, Respect of the learners, Learning by Doing, Proactive Thinking, 21st Century Tools, Sustainability, motivation, engaging your learners (students), Learning to learn, respect, e-Citizen, Digital-Citizen, Copyright, Mindmapping, competencies, Professional Development (PD), Life-Long-Learning Strategies, Curation, Critical Thinking, Quality Publishing, How-To use the 21st Century Tools, The SUCCES of our learners (students) depends on our knowledge, Peer-Review, Peer-to-Peer-Learning, WE as teachers, professors, educators, instructors can always improve, WE as professionals are not allowed to have a “lazy bone attitude”, WE as professionals need to protect the reputation of our profession by providing quality content, Accessibility, Blogging, stay out of the box, adapt to new technologies, nobody is perfect…
===> “Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood.” – Marie Curie – <===
===> The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet. -Aristotle <===
Des trucs et astuces qui vous aident pour la collaboration internationale… Certains auteurs de blogs travaillent sur des blogs de langues différentes par intérêt d’échange du savoir. Ce blog vous donnera des trucs et astuces pour bien gérer votre organisation, différents fuseaux horaires et langues, différentes lois, traductions, aide à la publication, etc.
Ce qu’il faut savoir :
Certains blogueurs qui maîtrisant différentes langues éprouvent le désir de partager leur savoir dans des langues différentes, pourquoi pas ? C’est une initiative louable qui mérite d’être soutenue par un blog offrant des trucs et astuces pour bien gérer la transmission du savoir dans des pays différents et surtout dans des langues différentes.
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Global means ALSO, publishing in different languages, so please let me give this message through as well in English 😉
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Good manners, such as greeting somebody (Hello, Hi…) also and especially on Internet (on Internet it is disappearing almost), saying “Thank you” to somebody and “please” are “keywords” for showing “Respect” to each other.
In my country (Luxembourg) we even say that those words are the “keys” that open all the doors…
Different authors with different cultures are trying to meet and share their knowledge on a Blog tobreak out the distances among themselves. Most of the authors present here have an educational and/or medical knowledge background and are using this knowledge to give you, dear readers, aguideline, an impulse for thinking on ithow it could be, when wished so…
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C’est un peu comme si on visitait un autre pays, il faut se renseigner sur (sera complété par des liens à fur et à mesure) :
le système scolaire du pays, comparaison entre les systèmes de différents pays…
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Pourquoi est-ce que j’évoque des choses qui à priori n’ont rien du tout à avoir avec écrire (créer) des blogs, cela semble bizarre, non ?
En fait, ce n’est pas bizarre du tout, réflexion faite. Comme nous créons des blogs nous sommes confrontés tôt ou tard avec des commentaires de blogueurs, experts de ces pays différents du nôtre, différents de notre mentalité et connaître un peu d’informations sur ces pays facilite la conversion et qui est aussi bénéfique pour créer des amitiés.Il n’existe pas de frontières entre humains quand ceux-ci sont bien informés et quand ils ont l’esprit ouvert à accepter des mentalités et points de vues différents de leurs propres idées et convictions.
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Les blogueurs peuvent se heurter en première instance (sans se rendre compte tout de suite) :
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au décalage horaire
à la langue, il y a des expressions différentes comme appris à l’école. Expressions typiques aux pays et que nous ne connaissons pas et / ou pas bien ou pas du tout (???)
à la mentalité des gens de ces pays autres que le nôtre
au tempérament des différents pays, la mentalité des pays “dits” du “sud” est plus “chaleureuse”, tandis que la mentalité des pays “dits” du “nord” est plus “froide”, des commentaires mal-compris peuvent être inévitables…
à l’éducation qui est différente
à l’hiérarchie de l’éducation (mon diplôme est supérieur au tien [cela est pareil aussi dans notre propre pays]
à une religion différente
à une politique différente, pas tous les pays connaissent la démocratie…
aux moeurs des gens vivant dans ces pays
à l’esprit compétitif d’un pays envers l’autre (qui est meilleur ?)
aux charactères différents (sympathie, anti-pathie)
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Conseil : afin de ne pas se heurter tout de suite il est à recommander de na pas publier dans des blogs collaboratifs sur la religion et la politique, car chacun a sa propre vision…
Beaucoup de facteurs dont il faut tenir compte dès que l’on traite avec des nationalités différentes !
Afin de vous donner des pistes, trucs et astuces, nous commencerons par étapes, dont ci-dessous la (les) première(s) étape(s).
L‘éthique sur Internet
Sur Internet, nous les internautes (ceux qui utilisent Internet) sont aussi bien émetteur que récepteur. Nous utilisons Internet, un service qui est bi-directionnel et qui nous expose à des interventions sans frontières, De ce fait nous sommes confrontés à des barrières interindividuelles, de culture, de société, etc. Afin de ne pas faire de faux-pas il est conseillé d’appliquer avec sincérité les valeurs traditionnelles d’honnêteté, de courtoisie, de politesse, de civilité, de loyauté, de droiture, de confidentialité, qui constituent les bases de la civilisation humaine.
Pour connaître les fuseaux horaires, rien de plus simple que ça. Internet nous fournit de plus en plus des sources gratuites (pas toujours fiables non plus, attention téléchargez seulement de sources fiables !) pour bénificier d’outils qui nous facilitent la vie.
Pourquoi est-ce que les fuseaux horaires sont importants à connaître ?
Vous voulez bien que les knols que vous créez soient aussi lus par vos visiteurs, n’est-ce pas ? Alors il faut connaître aussi le temps où vos visiteurs sont le plus présent sur WordPress ou d’autres plate-formes de blogs. Cet espace de temps varie aussi d’un pays à l’autre, il est conseillé d’observer pendant quelques semaines, seulement en visitant à des heures différentes, ces plate-formes de différents pays pour vous rendre compte quand c’est le meilleur moment pour déposer un blog (enregistrer le blog).
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Seulement après avoir sondé le territoire, sur WordPress, par exemple, vous allez vous rendre compte qu’il arrive assez souvent de voir publier un blog chaque minute, même plusieurs blogs par minute. Alors là, c’est certainement pas le moment de publier votre blog, il se perdra plus vite qu’il n’a été publié. Il faut trouver une période de temps où la publication des blogs n’est pas si active afin que votre blog aie une chance d’être détecté.
Or comme chez nous les montres tournent autrement comme dans les autres pays, voire qu’il y a des décalages horaires pouvant aller jusqu’à 11 (onze) heures, alors il est primordial de savoir qu’elle heure qu’il fait dans ces pays et quels sont les pays qui visitent les autres plate-formes WordPress ou autres… C’est pour cela qu’il est primordial d’installer un logiciel gratuit qui nous fournit les différents fuseaux horaires. Un de ces outils fiables est le logiciel gratuit :
Il est à conseiller de se munir d’outils de traduction, car très rares sont ceux (celles) qui arrivent du coup à écrire dans une langue différente que leur langue maternelle.
Sur internet nous trouvons des sources gratuites qui nous aident dans cette tâche, mais disons le tout de suite, ces outils ne sont qu’une aide. Ils n’arriveront pas à traduire vos textes à la merveille. Beaucoup de fois ces traductions nous font bien rigoler, parce que leurs traductions sont de mauvaise qualité, mais c’est suffisant pour s’épargner beaucoup de travail. Vous prenez cette traduction brute et vous l’adaptez correctement, il y a du travail pour le faire, mais cela vous épargne aussi du travail suplémentaire.
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Ci-dessous une liste non-exhaustive de logiciels de traduction :
Concernant WordPress, il est à conseiller de s’adresser à des co-auteurs étrangers scientifique ou littéraire, qui parlent mieux notre langue que vous la sienne. Il vous aideront à traduire votre blog.
Les dictionnaires
Comme nous écrivons dans une langue autre que notre langue maternelle il est évident que nous ne trouvons pas non plus de suite tous les mots que nous avons besoin pour rédiger notre blog (ou autre document), alors à ce moment là un dictionnaire est le bienvenue. Bien entendu nous trouvons aussi des logiciels gratuits sur internet, dont ci-dessous une liste non exhaustive :
Les correcteurs de grammaire et d’orthographe en ligne
Bien entendu nous ne sommes pas parfait, loin de là, surtout en ce qui concerne les fautes grammaticales et les fautes d’orthographe. Sur internet vous trouvez aussi des outils en ligne où vous pouvez vérifier vos textes, dont ci-dessous une liste non exhaustive :
Presque chaque pays utilise des claviers différents adaptés à leur langue, ils ont des dispositions de touches différentes. Ces dispositions de touches sont :
le clavier AZERTY, utilisé dans certains pays francophones (France et Belgique)
le clavier QWERTY, conçu pour l’anglais, une langue s’écrivant sans accents
le clavier QWERTZ.
Quand un Français veut écrire en allemand, il n’aura pas d’office les caractères spéciaux (ü, ö, ä, ß, etc.) de disponibles sur son clavier, même chose pour un Allemand qui veut écrire en français, il n’aura certainement pas d’office recours aux caractères spéciaux (é, è, à, ê, â, etc.). Sauf si, comme au Luxembourg et en Suisse, du à leur multilinguisme où on utilise les claviers “QWERTZ“, version Suisse/francophone. Sur ces claviers il y a d’office les caractères allemands et français de disponible sur le clavier. Et puis il y a aussi les claviers pour les langues grecques, japonaises, chinoises, arabes, etc.
Il vous est aussi possible, sous Windows, d’ouvrir la “Table des caractères” pour sélectionner des caractères qui ne sont pas présents sur votre ordinateur. Pour ce faire (sous Windows XP), cliquez sur “Démarrer” (en bas à gauche de l’écran), suivi d’un clic sur “Tous les programmes“. Choisissez ensuite “Accessoires“, suivi d’un clic sur “Outils système“. Un menu contextuel s’affiche. Choisissez “Table des caractères“.
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Sous Windows7, c’est pareil…
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L’écran ci-contre s’affiche. Choisissez votre caractère spécial pour inclure dans votre document.
En même temps vous êtes informés sur la dénommination du caractère spécial, ainsi que de la façon comment vous pouvez l’intégrer en utilisant les touches “Alt” et le clavier numérique.
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Dans notre exemple “C CÉDILLE” pour la dénommination et en enfonçant la touche “Alt“, maintenir enfoncé et en même temps taper les chiffres “0231” sur le clavier numérique uniquement (qui se trouve à droite de votre clavier), ce qui donne en lâchant la touche “Alt” la lettre “ç“.
Three years ago when I began my adventure on Twitter, I was amazed at how I could find such value added professional development at my fingertips. Having blogged for a few years as a teacher librarian for a distance learning school, I realized that having VOICE was something that resonated deeply within me, and many of my colleagues and students. I had taught my students about academic authority, sharing ones passion and reflecting accuracy and currency (all those lovely teacher librarianship question’s). But now the crunch was up! Could I role model that myself? Could I learn all these weird and wonderful hashtags, how would I engage in virtual chats, and could I make friends with strangers?
Three years later I am loving the ENGAGEMENT! Discovering curation and sharing on Scoopit, Twitter, and other social networks like Ning, has widened my knowledge base, helped me research pertinent scholarly articles, archive for my patrons, and also help me make friends. One of these friends and fellow teacher librarian from England Elizabeth Hutchinson collaborated via blog and virtual classroom with our campus and distance learning grade 6/7 students, on Chocolate Lily and Kate Greenaway children’s’ books. We hoped our students would imbibe cultural sensitivities and global awareness as they studied the language similarities and differences between England and Canada. We laughed at our accents, shared our silly phrases, and reached out to connect on a heart level around picture books.
On our Ning (a private social network within our distance learning school) we teach digital citizenship skills, such as media sharing, blogging, discuss issues such as cyber bullying, collaborate in online book clubs and participate in events such as our Innovator’s Challenge. We trust and value our relationship within this private and safe community.
So what I hope to share from this conversation is how we can have virtual relationships using social media. I was in a library advocacy workshop recently, and I heard the presenter share that social media is not a place for advocacy. I would strongly disagree! Enjoying ten years as a virtual teacher librarian… this is MY world and most of my students world who live in different parts of British Columbia, Alberta and beyond would agree.
My goal is to reach out in love and respect on a global level. As Gust MEES @Knolinfos my Twitter friend shared we thought about creating a multilingual social media dictionary for other educators to share their thoughts on the positive and community forming bases for social media. We can do that in 30 words or in 3 characters. The choice of words we use can either build up or bring down. It would be cognizant of different languages, ethnic and religious backgrounds. Thankfully on Twitter I have seen mostly positive encouragement! I have also seen poetry in reduction. As a wordsmith in hiding I LOVE it! Thankful for all things PLN!
We welcome your thoughts! Thanks @KnolInfos for starting a blog to collaborate on such thoughts!
WE, as authors,co-authors withmulti-cultural origins, want to express OUR experience about WHAT WE learned over the years where WE were (and STILL are) present on Social-Media, especially on Twitter.
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BTW: the blog will START with English, French and German language contributions, actually (15.01.2014) ONLY English, first French post was published on 16.01.2014. A German post will follow soon…
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How Did This Blog Start!?
THE start of this blog and project NOW was THIS, and I am HAPPY that it happend.
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Here below a preview of the Twitter Multilingual-Dictionary on Google Drive (added on January 23, 2014)…
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OK, I took THAT challenge and I will START this blog with some people TOGETHER, want to join in!? YOU are WELCOME for NEW adventures in 21st Century EDUcation…
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Check out ALSO the Infographic below, please.
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Let’s Explain Also What Social-Media Is
Why talking a lot about it when there is a great video existing who explains it visually…
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Let us ALSO showing that it is smarter to travel in groups, which is actually the intention of this blog 😉
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Keywords for this project and blog are:
Global, Global Sensitivity, community, Critical-THINKing, Proactive-THINKing, humanity, EQ, emotional intelligence, cross-knowledge, cross-disciplinary, cross-THINKing, Social LEARNing, knowledge exchange…
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Blog, blogging, Flow Chart, Learners Interests, Respect of the learners, Learning by Doing, Proactive Thinking, 21st Century Tools, Sustainability, motivation, engaging your learners (students), Learning to learn, respect, e-Citizen, Digital-Citizen, Copyright, Mindmapping, competencies, Professional Development (PD), Life-Long-Learning Strategies, Curation, Critical Thinking, Quality Publishing, How-To use the 21st Century Tools, The SUCCES of our learners (students) depends on our knowledge, Peer-Review, Peer-to-Peer-Learning, WE as teachers, professors, educators, instructors can always improve, WE as professionals are not allowed to have a “lazy bone attitude”, WE as professionals need to protect the reputation of our profession by providing quality content, Accessibility, Blogging, stay out of the box, adapt to new technologies, nobody is perfect…
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