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Edublogger Meet-Up! Edinburgh 5 September 2006

If you’re going to ALT-C at Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh, Scotland this year, or are in the area, why not come along to the next Edubloggers meet-up? Delegates should plan on getting together at the ALT-C evening meal on campus at 6.30pm on Tuesday 5th September and then adjourn to the Lectern Bar for 8pm, which is open to non-delgates.

As always, the meet up will be extremely informal, all bloggers and friends of bloggers are welcome. Come and get the heads up on plans for the new edubloggers directory and blog.ac.uk activities. Turn up on the night, contact me directly or leave a comment if you’re able to come along, and do spread the word.

DOPA, social networks and keeping young people safe

Over at AoC NILTA, our press release got pushed out today:

UK educators alarmed by DOPA precedent

Online safety secured by education – not blocking and filtering

A leading e-learning body has today (3 August) expressed its alarm at the new U.S. ‘Deleting Online Predators Act’ (DOPA) and warned against the UK adopting similar censorship measures.

The new Act - passed by Congress on 27 July and going forward to the Senate  would require many public internet providers such as libraries and schools to block social networking websites and chat rooms, including sites like Blogger, Flickr, MySpace and Yahoo! Groups.

DOPA is intended to protect minors from online predation but AoC NILTA, the independent voice of the post-16 sector in ICT and e-learning, says that it is a ‘step backwards in social and education terms’ and will not work.

The whole document is here:

Download DOPA.pdf

And the text is also posted over at my blogfolio for people who prefer to avoid PDF/downloads