Cool Cat Teacher’s Cool Sites of the Day! 04/13/2008

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Online Predators and Their Victims – Annotated

Cool summary of an article by Liz B. Davis — Liz took the article and extracted the most valuable bits to her using google Docs. This methodology is fascinating, but even moreso the fact we may all begin doing this together with Diigo.

tags: education, hz08, hzmeta, connectingpeople, digiteen, digitalcitizenship
Pioneering research shows ‘Google Generation’ is a myth – Annotated

Wow — this longitudinal study shows that all generations show “google generation” traits with over 65 year olds spending 4 more hours a week online than some of the younger ages.

It argues that libraries must adapt to the digital mindset AND that young people are lacking in information skills!

This is an important study for all educators, business leaders, AND students on the Horizon project. Another reason to remind ourselves that we base practice on RESEARCH not STEREOTYPES!

tags: education, brightideas, hz08, hzmeta, connectingpeople, virtualcollab, arts_entertainment, humanmachine, edu_news, bestpractices, curriculum, digitalcitizenship
» Outside Looking In | Kate Says – Annotated

Added some annotations to this — I highly suggest that bloggers don't close comments! The conversation belongs to all of us and should take place anywhere it takes place. See Kate's blog for more.

tags: edu_trends, edublog, education
Dangerously Irrelevant: Dear Jon letter (a.k.a. The world doesn't care about you)

This is a great post by Scott mcLeod to all bloggers, not just beginners. I think he offers some great points.

tags: edublogging, edublog, education
YouTube – 8 Teens Charged With Beating 16 y/o Girl (Phil Rants)

**WARNING – EXPLICIT LANGUAGE IN THE LINKED VIDEO**

This is an example of a very successful youtube show that many teens are watching and viewing. WARNING – there is explicit language here, however, I find this “question of the day” on Wendesday, the 606,954 views and the 20 video responses and 777,000 teen responses interesting.

Again, this is NOT a video to show your classes, however it IS a video to understand how teens are talking about and trying to make sense of the world. Step back and look at what is happening… and notice, who is not included in the equation!

Also, I do not advocate what this guy suggests doing! I do advocate holding people accountable for what they've done and that needs to happen in this case. The blame should go squarely on the kids that did it, for when it doesn't, people know they can get away with anything and not be held responsible. It would set a dangerous precedent.

tags: education, digitalcitizenship, ethics, questionoftheweek

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Vicki Davis is a full-time classroom teacher and IT Director in Georgia, USA. She is Mom of three, wife of one, and loves talking about the wise, transformational use of technology for teaching and doing good in the world. She hosts the 10 Minute Teacher Podcast which interviews teachers around the world about remarkable classroom practices to inspire and help teachers. Vicki focuses on what unites us -- a quest for truly remarkable life-changing teaching and learning. The goal of her work is to provide actionable, encouraging, relevant ideas for teachers that are grounded in the truth and shared with love. Vicki has been teaching since 2002 and blogging since 2005. Vicki has spoken around the world to inspire and help teachers reach their students. She is passionate about helping every child find purpose, passion, and meaning in life with a lifelong commitment to the joy and responsibility of learning. If you talk to Vicki for very long, she will encourage you to "Relate to Educate" or "innovate like a turtle" or to be "a remarkable teacher." She loves to talk to teachers who love their students and are trying to do their best. Twitter is her favorite place to share and she loves to make homemade sourdough bread and cinnamon rolls and enjoys running half marathons with her sisters. You can usually find her laughing with her students or digging into a book.

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1 comment

Britt Watwood April 13, 2008 - 11:48 am

Vicki:

Concur 100% about holding these teens responsible (and trying them as adults to boot). As a judge once said, it may be too late to rehabilitate you, but I can at least send a signal to all others thinking of doing this!

However, I worry that this very small minority may have major impact on attempts to open up access to the internet in schools. I foresee the fear mongers using this as leverage that the internet is evil (as one of the parents said).

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