In this digital world, opportunities for education are available like never before. Though teachers using online tools are empowering students take part in their education, they may also expose them to inappropriate material, sexual predators, and bullying and harassment by peers. I am very interested in the concept of allowing Social Networking in the schools as a learning tool. This topic has interested me since becoming aware of all the tools I have utilised with the ICT and Pedagogy course. I found an article of the pros and cons of allowing this tool into the classroom. There seems to be a debate whether or not to utilise this type of learning tool into the curriculum. The types of questions raised where: What about predators? How do you stop explicit images filtering through? Will the students be distracted? I particularly liked the comments at the end of the article. It was quite interesting to learn how many people were fore the concept of implementing Social Networking into the curriculum. I'm still sitting on the fence with this topic. More research for me.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/03/27/social-networking-schools_n_840911.html


Hi fellow bloggers.

I am very interested in the concept of allowing Social Networking in the schools as a learning tool. This topic has interested me since becoming aware of all the tools I have utilised with the ICT and Pedagogy course. I found an article of the pros and cons of allowing this tool into the classroom. There seems to be a debate whether or not to utilise this type of learning tool into the curriculum. The types of questions raised where: What about predators? How do you stop explicit images filtering through? Will the students be distracted? I particularly liked the comments at the end of the article. It was quite interesting to learn how many people were fore the concept of implementing Social Networking into the curriculum. I'm still sitting on the fence with this topic. More research for me.

"An effective school pedagogical framework accommodates the ways in which today's young people interact, learn and develop identity, and responds to society's demands on education."- Education Queensland - Pedagogical Framework

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A friend of mine shared this app so I had a play around with it. This app is so much fun where you can share animated messages and send them via Facebook, email or messaging. You can add your voice or type a message which then creates a character voice. I'm going to try it with the students at my school. I also created one for my blog just for a bit of fun. When you first watch the animated clip the buffering is quite bad but it seems to go away when played the second time.