Gah, am getting totally stuck trying to think of a name (and grab a URL) for this internet literacy / freedom / learning to swim / responsibility / trust in schools & education thing. I know what I want to do with it, collaboratively create a simple manifesto about how the net can and should be used in schools (and how it shouldn’t be blocked & feared), and then add some things like signatories / press packs / arguments / mini-papers etc.
But for the life of me I can’t think of a name which’ll fit nicely with a URL.
The Online Literacy Association (TOLA) – nope, tola.everything taken and not exactly catchy
NetGen – nope, netgen.everything taken, netgeners.org too rubbish
EduLit or EduTrust – sound too twee don’t they?
Am utterly desperate, am starting to think that we should be all web 2.0 about it and call it ‘pang’ or ’66′ or something and define it after that. Gah… here’s the original post again… ideas???????
How about something derived from “Non scholae sed vitae discimus” = We learn, not for school, but for life; a quote from Seneca. This URL seems to be free – nonscholae.org
Why not try something like edublocks.org
Makes the point and is similar to edublogs thus showing the connection
learningtoswim.org
To go with Harold’s suggestion, I’d suggest “butforlife”
Great suggstions guys, I’m a sucker for Latin though so nonscholae.org it is. Whatcha this space!
I love harolds sugestion too!
it kinda sounds like non-scholary too, which is nicley iconoclastic in my view
hi James, others,
I’ve only just discovered the wonderful discussion at http://incsub.org/blog/2005/edublogs-being-blocked
I’ve written my own position at http://billkerr.blogspot.com/2005/12/filtering-internet.html prior to discovering the discussion at this blog.
There was a lengthy discussion on these issues on the South Australian IT teachers list in May 2005 during the role out of the N2H2 Bess filter in all SA government schools.
I’d like to play a role in any organisation that is set up. There is something worth fighting for and it is important to win.
For a name, I like learningtoswim
Say what we are for, it’s more positive than what we are against. Say it in words that our students can understand. So, I’d prefer not to use Latin.
But any name will do, IMO. It’s more important to get on with it.
Let’s get on with giving a hard time to those who denying the future and are wasting our time
Excellent, thanks for that Bill.
Watch this space… or this space http://nonscholae.org to be more precise :)
LOL! How ironic!!
I still stand by open uncensored learning.
The first time I saw pictures like these was behind the toilet block of school in 1983. And many times since. Fascinating, but I knew my limits.
Although, I’d like to know if this was manual or auto spamming James?
auto, they’ve been getting through akismet the last day or two… sigh
Yes, nice irony :)
OMG – maybe I should have stuck with Drupal ;-)