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looked deeper into our policies, we realized that we didn't need anything policy-wise. Why create something that might handcuff the ability of teachers to do their job effectively? We had Standards of Professional Conduct. We had policies on student communication and communication using school-owned devices. We saw these and decided what we needed were some simple best practices. These included things like: Protecting your own privacy Being honest Respecting copyright laws Disclaimers Thinking about consequences

"The whole 'stranger danger' thing was very much driven by parental alarm,"

The challenge, she and others say, is teaching kids that what they say and do online can have immediate, profound consequences — and that an offhand cruelty or indiscretion can last forever.

With the huge potential that Information and communication technology has to offer for teaching and learning also comes a matching potential for distraction, illicit and inappropriate activity, and poor judgement.

The teacher holds a cornerstone role in the development of understanding, the appreciation of culture and diversity, and the formation of the moral and ethical basis that, like the cornerstone of a building, provides a strong and stable foundation for life in both the real and virtual world they co-inhabit.

The most salient lessons are not learned by avoidance but by facing you action, its impact, and the consequences.

Given the potentially negative consequences of intervening in a bullying scenario, should we be telling witnesses not to intervene?

ninth-grade English Literature class bent over their cell phones, furiously texting. They are engaged and on task, and she will soon have their thoughts on the possible consequences of Friar Lawrence marrying two star-crossed lovers in sixteenth-century Verona.

lessons around the capabilities of the dumbest phone

For such quick assessments, many teachers use the free Web tool www.polleverywhere.com to get instant feedback

Web 2.0 and/as The Apocalypse: What The Terminator Has to Teach Us About Our Future

only mean to highlight the disruptive and destructive consequences that have been set in motion by the shift from a life mediated by paper to a life mediated by the screen.

educators occupy the position now that astronomers held during the 16th century. For astronomers, the choice between models for the universe was neither trivial nor inconsequential; it was definitive.

As web companies strive to tailor their services (including news and search results) to our personal tastes, there's a dangerous unintended consequence: We get trapped in a "filter bubble" and don't get exposed to information that could challenge or broaden our worldview.

Assessment involves timely, detailed  feedback based around clearly defined learning outcomes.  Evaluation is “giving a grade”

the collation marks too often includes work which was done before students had mastered the material

pursuit of ‘marks’ often distracts students’ focus from the work at hand