David Barrie writes this wonderful post about alternative US Midwestern culture, social media, government and social inclusion. “A Call to Farms is one of the best books I’ve read so far this year. It’s a series of essays linked to a journey that a group of people took in 2008 through Illinois and Wisconsin in …
Key Questions: Local Government and Social Media
Ingrid Koehler at the IDeA Srategy Unit poses seven good questions. Here are my thoughts, although they boil don’t to one key answer: Get involved and act like normal people do. 1 What are the greatest areas of potential benefit in councils using social media. These spring from the culture change which social media can …
What Amanda Learnt from Twestival
Beth Kanter has written a really thorough piece about Twestival as an online and social fundraising model. I would heartily recommend you read her post based around a conversation with the woman behind Twestival: Amanda Rose. Beth has this summary of lessons from Amanda: 1) Don’t Spearhead A Worldwide Event Alone. Amanda says the next …
Links: Fake websites, Digital Literacy, Deirdre without the Lol and Membership Organisations
Yoosk Birmingham. Question some of Birmingham’s political figures including Deirdre without the Lol. Fake websites used to teach real digital skills in a US school. “Ms. Rosalia, the school librarian at Public School 225, a combined elementary and middle school in Brighton Beach, Brooklyn, urged caution. “Don’t answer your questions with the first piece of …