[Year 12 IT Apps] NEW Google+ Community for ITA Teachers

[Roland Gesthuizen]

A lot of people in Australia don't understand or care about privacy. Interesting article in the news this week

	"People are generally more concerned about the immediate effects technology has on their life than abstract privacy issues."

http://www.smh.com.au/digital-life/social-radar/why-no-one-cares-about-privacy-20141123-11rc43.html <http://www.smh.com.au/digital-life/social-radar/why-no-one-cares-about-privacy-20141123-11rc43.html>

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Roland GESTHUIZEN
http://about.me/rgesthuizen

> On 24 Nov 2014, at 12:36 pm, Vear, Gary D <vear.gary.d at edumail.vic.gov.au> wrote:
> 
> Hi Michael,
> 
> Thanks for taking the time to create an IT Apps Google+ Community. 
> 
> My main concern relates to the privacy of what we post both now and in the future. While we may be able to create and maintain a secure community at the moment with Google+, I worry about future changes that google may make that open our communications/resources up to a wider audience (e.g. students). Perhaps I'm alone in this and just being a little paranoid, but I've been wary of what large private organisations may do with our data since watching "Terms and Conditions May Apply" (2013, http://tacma.net/ <http://tacma.net/>).
> 
> -Gary 
> From: itapps-bounces at edulists.com.au [itapps-bounces at edulists.com.au] on behalf of Poke, Michael C [poke.michael.c at edumail.vic.gov.au]
> Sent: Monday, 24 November 2014 12:16 PM
> To: itapps at edulists.com.au
> Subject: [Year 12 IT Apps] NEW Google+ Community for ITA Teachers
> 
> Hi all,
> While I enjoy this mailing list, I strongly believe that as IT teachers we could be better served by taking our conversations to a more modern and user friendly medium. After all, isn’t that what we teach our students to do?  For this reason, I’ve created a Google+ Community specifically for us ITA teachers. If you are unaware, Google+ is an amazing place for finding and connecting to vibrant, relevant communities about your interests and pursuits. Where Google+ fails as a social networking site, it succeeds in creating energetic, well utilised ‘Communities’.  
> 
> You can find your new ITA Teachers’ Community at: https://plus.google.com/u/0/communities/104249627663280730813 <https://plus.google.com/u/0/communities/104249627663280730813>
> 
> I look forward to connecting with you there.
> 
> Cheers,
> Michael Poke
> Manor Lakes P-12 College
> 
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