SJR Teacher/Learners

Sexting is just the silent canary in the coal mine. It's the sign, not the cause, of the dangerously cavalier attitudes toward sex and sexuality that have been building up in teen culture for years now. The only surefire cure is a full-blown evacuation -- a complete retreat from the mainstream movies, videos, video games and songs of the day that sexualize kids before they've even reached puberty (or, in some cases, potty training).

think they are sending an image or a message to one person, but it can quickly get passed on. In other words, it can "go viral."

I believe that IWB’s are an asset to the classroom. They can seamlessly use web 2.0 applications to engage students in creative and constructive lessons for learning. The important element in this however is the training of the teacher using the IWB. Without training the user, the IWB becomes an expensive video projector or an expensive PowerPoint presentation tool or a very expensive hat rack.

with a pilot who had a 747 placed in his driveway as an incentive to fly a bigger plane without training?

Kids understand IWB’s and want to use them. It’s the adults who need to be brought along. Creativity should be the focus and remembering should be the support.

For starters, Web publication gives students a real audience to write to and, when optimized, a collaborative environment where they can give and receive feedback, mirroring the way professional writers use a workshop environment to hone their craft

"If you limit students' power by wrestling over permission to publish, then they'll ignore technology use in school."

The graphic organizers on our site were selected for their value and broad appeal to many different educational situations.

from one of retroactive bleating about privacy to one of proactive filtering of what we choose to share in the first place.

if the purpose is to provide information and resources without student interaction – then a blog is best,

When selecting a wiki or blog, two factors separate them.

recommendations for language teachers that we covered in the workshop

he greatest changes to the parts of the brain that are responsible for impulse-control, judgement, decision-making, planning, organization and involved in other functions like emotion, occur in adolescence. This area of the brain (prefrontal cortex) does not reach full maturity until around age 25!

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