Here's another example of kids establishing identify by exercising voice. When I teach on-line writing to my students I lay heavy emphasis on the fact that with power comes responsibility.
I read this article this afternoon, and thought of it when I was doing work for my wiki assignment. I am looking into the blog Teachers Love SMART Boards (http://smartboards.typepad.com/) and I saw that the author of the blog also works for Teacher Online Training, which offers courses (for a fee) for teachers interested in implementing technologies in their classroom, or using the technology they currently have in a more meaningful way. The majority of the blog was reviews of free sites or education-oriented tools from outside sources, but there were a few posts that dealt with the programs offered by TOT. It made me wonder whether the blog was intended to be impartial, or a form of advertising... He mentioned his job in the company at the beginning of most if not all of the posts that promoted their programs, but these new guidelines may put this blogger in a sticky situation.
It's about time!
"The Google Dashboard aggregates all of a user's Google service accounts - for sites such as Blogger, the blogging platform, and Picasa, the photo-sharing site - in to a single interface, providing one-click access to privacy settings and account-management tools. "
Eric Brunsell is Assistant Professor of Science Education @ UW-Oshkosh. He is the facilitator of Edutopia's STEM group, and a regular blogger for Edutopia. You can follow him on Twitter @brunsell. -- This post was co-authored with Elizabeth Alderton. Elizabeth is an Assistant Professor of Literacy Education at the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh.