This is a cute video but it has a pretty serious message. Does the internet bring with it a new kind of citizenship? How is it different from citizenship of the past?
Loved this video Sarah...esp since it started out with Google Maps locating Saskatoon, Sask, Canada! Saskatoon is about 2 1/2 hours north from my hometown of Regina, Sask. (I might be a bit intimidated by the student in the video though...holy cow!! ..."That's your job" !!!!)
Thanks Sharon, I thought that it was a great video too, and I liked the kids eyes and faces he made! haha I didn't even know he was pointing to a place in Canada, good job picking up on that !
Are we prepared to teach the "Digital Natives"? This is such a cute video I couldn't help but share. The young boy asks a very important question- are we preparing our students to enter the digital world?
I saw a teacher use images of butterflies from this website for a first grade lesson on symmetry; they were printed in black and white and the students were asked to color them in using symmetrical colors--they were beautiful!!
This is such a great point, we have these strict safety guidelines in the schools, yet some students may be sharing every detail about their life on Facebook, Twitter or another social media.
But the outcry against intrusions on privacy takes place against a backdrop where it's normal to share a steady stream of details about your life. My concern is that, if we make our schools into places where "normal" means having your browsing history tracked daily, people will take that level of supervision for granted.
try to make some sense about what learning can be within a context where there is a growing tension between constructive guidance and overbearing observation