SJR Teacher/Learners

The Technology Integration Answer...Well Almost

"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.

law to protect children from online predators, but privacy advocates and opposition MPs say it's far too broad. Among other provisions, it would allow authorities access to Internet subscriber information — including name, address, telephone number and email address — without first getting a court's go-ahead

as teachers, we learn to do the expected.  Students are supposed to behave within the norms and rules of school.  Teachers enforce those norms and rules.  When students break those norms and rules, teachers discipline the students.  But, maybe, just maybe, the student had a “good” reason for doing so and maybe, just maybe, teachers should do the unexpected rather than enforce.  Maybe, they should “do” caring instead.

How do we prepare students for a future that we can't predict even a couple of years out?