How open do we want to be?
I’ve subscribed to Kathy Sierra’s blog for a while now – I enjoy her idiosyncratic images and comments on marketing etc. even though it’s way out of my field. But recent events (death threats made to her on other blogs) are sad, and particularly relevant to those teachers who work with (especially younger) kids and have wondered/discussed in various forums how ‘open’ our open web publishing should be in the field of education. Recently (well OK it was back in April but I have been very busy!) Kathy and Chris Locke (front man for the threatening blog) put out a pre-media release statement which reflects on the curtailment of freedom in public spaces like blogs. Food for thought and part of my learning curve, I guess. My naivety wants to believe that this sort of thing doesn’t happen!
