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'El Chapo': Drug boss's son accidentally reveals fugitive's location on Twitter - Americas - World - The Independent. Jesus Alfredo Guzman Salazar tweeted a photo of himself and his father eating at a restaurant, but seemed to forget about Twitter’s location function which automatically tags where an image is taken.

'El Chapo': Drug boss's son accidentally reveals fugitive's location on Twitter - Americas - World - The Independent

Guzman’s 29-year-old son, who regularly writes about his father on social media, posted the picture on Monday with the caption “August here, you already know with whom”. The image shows Salazar eating at a table with two other men who have their faces obscured by cartoon emoticons; however the figure on Salazar’s left bears a strong resemblance to the infamous drug lord. The tweet which clearly shows the location has been retweeted and favourited nearly 1,500 times. Costa Rica’s Judicial Police have announced that they are investigating the Twitter post, according to local media.

Fiona Harvey on Instagram: “Wonderful delegates have some great ideas around challenges for developing #digitalliteracies #sconul15” Lets get digital - exploring apps & tools for learning- Eventbrite. Invalid quantity.

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This 21st-century problem now has its own solution: online reputation management. However, the future of online reputation management seems to lie not just with rescuing brands, but with individuals. So that's exactly what I've done. The idea of offering online reputation management was first presented to Wadsworth, a digital marketing consultant, 18 months ago by a client, a financial services company whose name brought up "four or five different bad blogs" when people searched for it.

What should students learn in the 21st century? By Charles FadelFounder & chairman, Center for Curriculum Redesign Vice-chair of the Education committee of the Business and Industry Advisory Committee (BIAC) to the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)Visiting scholar, Harvard GSE, MIT ESG/IAP and Wharton/Penn CLO It has become clear that teaching skills requires answering “What should students learn in the 21st century?”

What should students learn in the 21st century?

On a deep and broad basis. Teachers need to have the time and flexibility to develop knowledge, skills, and character, while also considering the meta-layer/fourth dimension that includes learning how to learn, interdisciplinarity, and personalisation. Lesson Plan Search – Google in Education. The Web Is Dead. Long Live the Internet. Two decades after its birth, the World Wide Web is in decline, as simpler, sleeker services — think apps — are less about the searching and more about the getting.

The Web Is Dead. Long Live the Internet

Chris Anderson explains how this new paradigm reflects the inevitable course of capitalism. And Michael Wolff explains why the new breed of media titan is forsaking the Web for more promising (and profitable) pastures. Who’s to Blame: Us As much as we love the open, unfettered Web, we’re abandoning it for simpler, sleeker services that just work. by Chris Anderson. ICT Digital Literacy. Digital security. Learning digital literacy skills to enhance employability. Published Tue, 2011-10-18 11:58; updated 1 year ago.

Learning digital literacy skills to enhance employability

Within health and social care sector there is a constantly changing landscape in terms of practice and professional employment. As a result Coventry University has been looking at ways of equipping students for the jobs market. It believed it was important to not only facilitate students' confidence in themselves as occupational therapists but also to provide them with skills to enhance their unique selling points. It combined critical reflection of students' career stories with enhancing their digital literacy skillsusing digital storytelling software. Coventry University concieved this module using expertise from the Institute of Entrepreneurship, the Department of Leadership and Management, IT Services and the faculty based Learning Technology team.

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