Don’t believe me? Ask them…
I know you have heard of Myspace.com (which by the way, was reported in January 2006 to have more than 50 million users, and was growing by more than 160,000 users per day). Popular sites such as Myspace and LiveJournal allow your students to blog about anything at anytime. Wow! Who would have ever thought that our kids would have such an amazing communications tool at their fingertips? Scary? Or Exciting?!?!
The great thing is, you can reach them in their world… You have access to the same tools that your students are utilizing on a daily basis to build social networks and share their thoughts. Take 5 minutes and read the article entitled “Owning the Teaching…and the Learning”, posted Nov 3, 2006 at weblogg-ed by Will Richardson.
What do you think? Will makes some very valid points.
Our kids are living in the present. Is our educational system stuck in the past?
I know you have heard of Myspace.com (which by the way, was reported in January 2006 to have more than 50 million users, and was growing by more than 160,000 users per day). Popular sites such as Myspace and LiveJournal allow your students to blog about anything at anytime. Wow! Who would have ever thought that our kids would have such an amazing communications tool at their fingertips? Scary? Or Exciting?!?!
The great thing is, you can reach them in their world… You have access to the same tools that your students are utilizing on a daily basis to build social networks and share their thoughts. Take 5 minutes and read the article entitled “Owning the Teaching…and the Learning”, posted Nov 3, 2006 at weblogg-ed by Will Richardson.
What do you think? Will makes some very valid points.
Our kids are living in the present. Is our educational system stuck in the past?
