ARTICLE: Teaching About Web Includes Troublesome Parts
Another great article from the New York Times...
Published: April 8, 2010
And they did. But to his dismay, some of his students posted surveys like “Who’s the most popular classmate?” and “Who’s the best-liked?”
Mr. Jenkins’s students “liked being able to express themselves in a place where they’re basically by themselves at a computer,” he said. “They’re not thinking that everyone’s going to see it.”
The first wave of parental anxiety about the Internet focused on security and adult predators. That has given way to concerns about how their children are acting online toward friends and rivals, and what impression their online profiles might create in the minds of college admissions officers or future employers.
Heidi Schumann for The New York Times
Kevin Jenkins tries to caution his elementary school students to consider their online behavior before they get into trouble.
Incidents like the recent suicide of a freshman girl at South Hadley High School in Massachusetts after she was bullied online and at school have reinforced the notion that many children still seem unaware how the Internet can transform typical adolescent behavior — cliquish snubs, macho boasts, sexual flirtations, claims about drinking and drugs — into something not only public, but also permanent.
Read the complete article here.
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Permalink Reply by Marcy Prager on
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I took a Moodle course this summer, and the same concerns came up about the rules of answers students might be tempted to give in response to a teacher's question on line. There was absolute consensus that rules had to be established as to what could and could not be posted. Parents were notified ahead of time what the consequences would be If a child abused the privilege.
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Permalink Reply by Ryan Goble on
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That is certainly key - this is still almost 15 years after the Internet widely entered schools an emerging pedagogy!
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