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Contents contributed and discussions participated by Michelle Krill

Michelle Krill

Strengthening Student Resilience to Online Risks | PBS - 0 views

  • put the relative threat of online predators in perspective, while at the same time noting that schools and parents must to more to give students the media literacy skills required to use the Internet responsibly.
  • On the other side of this digital divide, there are countless young people who feel like they are masters of digital technology, despite the fact they often use these tools naively or recklessly because of a lack media literacy and critical thinking skills.
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      Crossing the street analogy is perfect!
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    Love the crossing the street analogy! Perfect!
Michelle Krill

FBI Publications - A Parent's Guide to Internet Safety - 0 views

  • parents should consider monitoring the amount of time spent on-line.
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      duh!
  • phone calls from men
  • Some computer-sex offenders have even obtained toll-free 800 numbers, so that their potential victims can call them without their parents finding out.
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  • Consider talking openly with your child about your suspicions.
    • Michelle Krill
       
      Consider talking to them? How about - talk to them - immediately. Come on, I know this is a government site, but are they nervous to say what parents MUST do?
Michelle Krill

One Laptop One Child - 0 views

  • If used correctly, computers in more hands can help speed schools along the path to 21st-century learning, Walery says.
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      My comment
  • The district’s policy didn’t allow for students to bring in their own computers and connect to the school’s network,
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    How about having kids bring their own?
Michelle Krill

http://www.ucps.k12.nc.us/communications/jump_pages/JumpBentonHeights_NASA.php - 0 views

  • “It didn’t cost a cent to do this,” he said.
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      I wouldn't say it didn't cost ANYTHING:) But, it is true that a trip to be this meaningful would have cost tons more than it actually did.
Michelle Krill

eLearn: Case Studies - Building Better Virtual Teams - 0 views

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    This is a case study on why virtual teams enhance online education and I offer ten suggestions on how to succeed using such teams.
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    These ideas could carry over to many courses, not just marketing courses. Students need to learn to lead and follow in life!
Michelle Krill

YouTube - Web 2.0 ... The Machine is Us/ing Us - 0 views

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    Crafty video about digital media and its implications.
Michelle Krill

YouTube - Introducing the book - 0 views

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    Video about the introduction of books.
Michelle Krill

If You Can't Beat 'Em, Join 'Em : August 2007 : THE Journal - 0 views

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    A sentence like this makes me long to return to the classroom.
Michelle Krill

The Chronicle: 10/6/2006: E-Mail is for Old People - 0 views

  • "The key is, you can't do just one thing," he says.
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    College officials around the country find that a growing number of students are missing important messages about deadlines, class cancellations, and events sent to them by e-mail because, well, the messages are sent to them by e-mail.
Michelle Krill

Identity Production in a Networked Culture: Why Youth Heart MySpace - 0 views

  • identity production and socialization in contemporary American society.
  • youth - ages 14-24.
  • Moral panics are a common reaction to teenagers when they engage in practices not understood by adult culture.
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  • the benefits for socialization outweigh the potential harm
  • Unlike adults, youth are not invested in email; their primary peer-to-peer communication occurs synchronously over IM. Their use of MySpace is complementing that practice.
  • liminal
  • Regardless of what will come, youth are doing what they've always done - repurposing new mediums in order to learn about social culture.
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    I want to talk with you today about how teenagers are using a website called MySpace.com. I will briefly describe the site and then discuss how youth use it for identity production and socialization in contemporary American society.
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    Parents and teachers should all read this one!
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