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Janet Ilko

Blogging About The Web 2.0 Connected Classroom: Twitter In Schools-A Getting Started Guide - 0 views

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    Using twitter in the classroom 
Kevin Hodgson

Reclaiming the Web for the Next Generation | DMLcentral - 0 views

  • These startups grow up into many-headed hydras with a thirst for the most intimate details about our online habits
    • Kevin Hodgson
       
      I agree, and with the push for innovation and the "next big thing," we often give up privacy and information without even realizing it.
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  • I often come across people willing trade privacy for convenience.
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  • when you are not paying for something, then you are the product.
    • Kevin Hodgson
       
      We see this a lot with educational spaces. They are free (so teachers are apt to try them to save money that they don't have in their classroom budget) but then forget what they are trading: the eyes of their students, and advertising dollars.
  • we need to be able to see the damage we are causing as a first step toward solving it. Words, like the ones you are reading now, often are not enough.
    • Kevin Hodgson
       
      But I also like to think that, as a teacher, direct lessons around privacy and digital lives can make a difference, if not immediate, then long-term. I remain hopeful of that.
  • First, our collective move away from open standards and decentralisation means that choosing to use a different service involves significant social impact. Second, even if an alternative does rear its head, the ending is all-too-familiar: it is acquired and swallowed by one of the huge incumbents
  • Each subsidiary company is branded differently, so we often forget where all the data streams are ultimately heading.
    • Kevin Hodgson
       
      So true.
  • We are training for compliance rather than creating an informed, questioning citizenry.
    • Kevin Hodgson
       
      Again, another teaching moment that often gets lost. What about teaching how to read "terms of service" agreements? Eh?
  • For the next generation, will they know the difference between the Internet and Google or Facebook? Will they, to put it bluntly, know the difference between a public good and a private company?
    • Kevin Hodgson
       
      Here is the question that haunts me as a teacher, and as a parent.
Janet Ilko

Blogging About The Web 2.0 Connected Classroom: So...You Wanna Be A Good Digital Citizen - 0 views

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    check out the video!
Kevin Hodgson

Building Web Search Skills the Fun Way - with a Google a Day | Powerful Learning Practice - 0 views

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    An activity for building knowledge of search?
Janet Ilko

Shine on the web | Scoop.it - 0 views

shared by Janet Ilko on 25 May 13 - No Cached
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    Thinking of using this with our parents for our Summer Writing for Change Program.
Janet Ilko

Kidblog - Blogs for Teachers and Students - 1 views

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    Kidblog is designed for elementary and middle school teachers who want to provide each student with an individual blog. Kidblog's simple, yet powerful tools allow students to publish posts and participate in discussions within a secure classroom blogging community. Teachers maintain complete control over student blogs.
Janet Ilko

Home - SimpleK12 Teacher Learning Community - 0 views

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    free resources for teachers
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