Edina Technology Integration: One to One Learning Leadership Institute: Session 1 - 0 views
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How different are today's classrooms from how they were 40 years ago?
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Beth VonEschen on 06 Nov 08Society has changed at a much faster pace than most schools.
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(Twitter blocked on the filter, but Facebook not!)
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What are the reasons that schools would not block Facebook if it is such a management issue?
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They want to be on the cutting edge, and maybe they have lots of tech support or not many students.
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It should depend on the different grade levels if facebook is blocked in school or not.
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Doug Johnson is a big believer that blocking Web content is a lot like banning books. He would rather teach kids proper use as opposed to say "You can't use it here."
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As we look at education in the 21st century, we need to take these things into account.
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I agree, yet the method for accountability needs to change as well. Schools will respond to where the carrot or the stick is....right now that focus is on testing....the pendulum will need to swing more towards performance based assessment. What did MN learn from grad. standards of the 1990s? The grassroots of that movement came from the business community and addressed these exact issues...yet, education became bogged down with the accountability of it all.
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