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It is fascinating that Edith and Ruth lived next door to each other in the XIV arrondissement and both exhibited at the Societé Nationale des Beaux-Arts in 1926 (and again in 1928). @Orwell_Society @djtaylorwriter @nbissell @TheLong1930s @orwellguy @Writerer #Paris #Orwell pic.twitter.com/F2Lv…
I have identified Edith Morgan. She is English, not American. More when I can. Ping @Orwell_Society @djtaylorwriter @nbissell @TheLong1930s @orwellguy @Writerer #Paris #Orwell
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First read #Catch22 in Year 7 after walking into English and asking the teacher about the novels piled up on her desk. She literally threw me a copy and I struggled with it for about a month. I have read it about five times since then and cannot wait: youtube.com/watch?v=…
For the first time ever, Ollie and I walked all the way to the rockpool this morning. He was happy to be carried around the headland and met many a friendly dog en route via the Sunday Markets. #Kiama pic.twitter.com/OV8m…
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#BYOD Tool: Google’s “About Me”
Google has launched a new service which purports to allow users to control their online information.
Their new About me page lists information such as work history, contact details, educational background, web presence, places you have lived, gender and birthday. The page allows users to edit and delete information that they don’t want people to be able to see. I checked mine out and found no surprises.
I imagine that this tool will make a good activity for teachers wishing to engage students in practical, real world digital citizenship activities. Students should be made aware that they could edit, delete or change any public information which would make them or their parents uncomfortable. A very practical activity for many one would guess.
For teachers in NSW Department of Education school it may prove to be an interesting exercise to ask students* to logon with [email protected] and then with their personal Google account to compare what data is displayed.
Click here and login to your Google account to make a start.
*I asked my daughter to experiment with her school email account. There was no information listed in her about me profile but ironically, the very act of doing this increased her digital footprint.
Featured image: screenshot of my own “About Me” page header