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3 Responses to “Al Upton and The MiniLegends Update — What’s Happening”

1.   Chris Says:
   April 7th, 2008 at 9:17 am

   I hate this wishy washy language they use to give guidance…

   “…strongly advised against…”
   “… are a concern…”
   “… reduced as much as possible.”
   “… a range of options for use of student images or avatars”
   “… a general indication of that not being a good idea”

   I’m still none the wiser. If I was Al, or any teacher wanting to do blogging with my kids, I’d be ticked off that after all the crap I’ve just been through with DECS, having my students work pulled offline because it didn’t meet their high expectations for security and safety, and that there were bugger-all guidelines in place to meet in the first place, these new “recommendations” are just as vague.

   I need to know… can I blog with kids or can’t I? Simple as that.

   To be “strongly advised” and told to “reduce as much as possible” and that there is a “general indication” of it not being a good idea is just a total joke. In other words, “we’re not sure what to tell you, so use your judgement”, which is what he did to start with.

   In the absence of guidelines to start with, Al ran the project well using a good deal of common sense and professional judgement. He was canned for crossing a line that never clearly existed in the first place and now that line has been formally issued with almost as little clarity as it had in the first place.

   What a joke. The authorities have left these new “rules” full of gray areas, lots of ambiguity and no real directives one way or the other… which is exactly what they started with.

2.   moodleman Says:
   April 7th, 2008 at 10:00 am

   They “gray” is just a way of attempting to absolve responsibility without actually taking action..especially in this case action that may be unpopular.

   But we all work in education, bureaucracy of this kind should be a stranger to no-one here.

3.   Chris Says:
   April 7th, 2008 at 11:05 am

   Exactly. Drives me crazy.

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