Interesting Reflections by David Warlick on a session he sat in on. In this post he responds to common misconceptions about student use of technology and the reactions that many adults have to that use. Here’s a excerpt.
I would like to say just a few things in response to a session I sat through in the afternoon.
- 1 in 5 teenagers have not been sexually solicited by online predators, nor is the Internet full of sexual predators.
- Cell phones are not dangerous!
- IM is not insidious!
- MySpace is not a blog!
- and just because a child prefers that her parents not read her chat messages over her shoulder does not necessarily mean that she’s doing anything wrong.
Cyber-safety is too important an issue to be misrepresented for the sake of scare impact.
Education, Technology
Interesting Reflections by David Warlick on a session he sat in on. In this post he responds to common misconceptions about student use of technology and the reactions that many adults have to that use. Here’s a excerpt.
I would like to say just a few things in response to a session I sat through in the afternoon.
- 1 in 5 teenagers have not been sexually solicited by online predators, nor is the Internet full of sexual predators.
- Cell phones are not dangerous!
- IM is not insidious!
- MySpace is not a blog!
- and just because a child prefers that her parents not read her chat messages over her shoulder does not necessarily mean that she’s doing anything wrong.
Cyber-safety is too important an issue to be misrepresented for the sake of scare impact.
Education, Technology
In a recent training session from CSD I learned about a new tool for keeping your bookmarks online. I’ve been using del.icio.us for my bookmarks but I’m looking for a new tool. ikeepbookmarks.com is not it. There are a number of things that bother me about this site. First and foremost, there is no RSS feed. I want to be able to subscribe to others bookmarks to take advantage of the networks of which I am a part. Here are some of my current subscriptions as well as a link to a page of technology links created by CSD.
Education, Technology, Tools
