Stewarding Technology in use …

The text resource Digital Habitats by Etienne Wenger, Nancy White & John D. Smith is a necessity for those considering using digital technologies with children or anyone really in relation to keeping them safe, what is a digital habitat, how do we police the system, who are stewards in a digital world, how can we construct a digital teaching system, emerging practices in relation to digital habitats, digital stewarding and so much more.

However, whilst reading this text I also discovered an invaluable site in the Digital Alliance in which all arguments for and against the text book resource are put forward and integrated into a very vocal online community who are focussing on the pros and cons and debate them freely in relation to how to progress and take on board the view point fo others to form a more practical, social, interactive community in relation to the policing of a digital habitat….

The link is here …. http://learningalliances.net/2006/12/definition-of-technology-steward/

Also in relation to digital habitats it is looking at Skype as one of these … http://technologyforcommunities.com/2010/03/skype-as-a-community-platform/ loved it…

Really nice slideshow from Nancy White in relation to Stewarding Digital Technology Conference 2008 … http://technologyforcommunities.com/2010/03/skype-as-a-community-platform/