Nothing really steams me up like someone coming to the door and asking if my husband is home rather than telling me his business (the guy who seals our driveway), or someone asking when my husband would have time to talk to them about my complaint (school personnel in response to my request to talk [...]
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Filed under: NCLB, cyberbullying, education, social, stopcyberbullying
Today is “Stop Cyberbullying Day” and many of the bloggers I read have posted some great tools, information, and videos. For instance, this badge is from a selection offered by Scott McLeod here:
www.scottmcleod.net – Cyberbullying
With all that good stuff getting added to the net, I need some time to process and research. But [...]
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Filed under: cyberbullying, education, ethics, social, stopcyberbullying
Students are really enjoying this exercise!
Siblings have been enjoying commenting on sibling blogs (”You never tried octopus, how can you say you like all seafood?”)
Some students find it frustrating not knowing who made a comment.
Students are replying to comments on their “blogs” and inviting conversations.
Students are discussing the pros and cons of keeping negative or [...]
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Filed under: Body Image, My Middle School Tech Class, media, paper blog, social
It’s one way to get connected to a larger community. It can be used for educational purposes. It can be used to establish fleeting, or short-term relationships (”Can anyone out there tell me…?”) or it can be used for longer, mentoring relationships. It can also be a time-sink, abused, dangerous, unsafe.
I could be [...]
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Filed under: My Middle School Tech Class, education, media, paper blog, social
It’s a quandary. It’s a conundrum.
Perhaps every generation that experiences a major, powerful change faces this same dilemma. Powerful tools can be dangerous, even when they are extremely useful. Gunpowder. Lasers. Cell phones with cameras.
Cell phones, being fraught with danger? I’m not talking about brain tumors from overuse, either. The [...]
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Filed under: Tech Among Teachers, censorship, club_penguin, social
I’d like to give it to the girls in the third grade, and to a couple of Middle School students.
I have been experimenting with my new avatars at Club Penguin and on Second Life, learning how to navigate in these virtual worlds. (I’ll have more to blog about them, soon.) I have [...]
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Filed under: BHAG, Second Life, Web3D, club_penguin, education, social, web3-d
