Social networks and kids: How young is too young? – CNN.com
Important article to read about children of all ages creating profiles. I believe this supports our driving need to incorporate instruction and discussion on this topic in schools.
tags: education, learning, web2, digiteen, safety, digitalcitizenship
Crowdsourcing or Loudsourcing? | ISTE Connects – Educational Technology
Blogged my thoughts on crowdsourcing the ISTE keynote this year.
Findings – Ethnographic Study Looks at Gossip in the Workplace – NYTimes.com
Office gossip (this study on an elementary school and their gossip against a principal) hurts EVERYONE including your school and in this case, test scores declined. Remember that when you gossip, you also hurt yourself and if you didn't already know this, take a read here about office gossip and how to intervene and stop it.
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Cool Cat,
I enjoyed reading the social networking article from CNN.com. As a teacher and a mother – I often wonder how young is too young for computer use, social networking, ect… But as Clark said “The reality is that we’re a technology driven generation”.
The associated press stated, “Textbooks? That’s so old school”. Children will be introduced to computers on their first day of school. Hopefully technology will be a part of their every day routine. Hopefully teachers are using technology to truly do different things (Thornburg, 2008). As a parent, why not help them get a head start?
I do believe that all children need to be monitored while on the computer/internet (at school and at home). As the article mentioned, there are predators on the net. A nine year old shouldn’t be allowed to use the internet alone, just as he shouldn’t be allowed to go to the mall alone.
I hope that I make the right choices, as a parent. I hope that, as a teacher, I prepare my students for the technology generation!
Megan
Thornburg, D. (2008), {DVD}, Understanding the Impact and Expectations of Technology on Education, Work, and Society, The Emergence of Educational Technology, Laureate Education Inc
Associated Press. (2008, May 9). Technology rich classrooms render textbooks useless. Teacher Magazine.
I thought you might be interested in our new report. EWG just released a report about the air pollution created by common household and school cleaners. We have a bunch of downloadable tools to help parents and schools work together to green their cleaning. And a 1-page tip sheet for safer home cleaning. You can view the report here: http://www.ewg.org/schoolcleaningsupplies.
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I’d like to say something about the topic of gossip. I’m a Dave Ramsey listener and he is a great opponent of gossip. In fact, he considers it a fireable offense in his business.
I find that gossip hurts morale, destroys the team atmosphere, and causes a general air of negativity around you.
Robert
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