Thursday, June 25, 2009
The 23 things have sure been interesting so far, hasn't it? One frustrating thing though, is that many of these web sites are filtered or blocked in the district in the interest of increasing time on task and the like. I came across an interesting article, called "Teachers to Tech Support: We are not the Enemy", an educator who has been both in the tech department and a teacher feels that we are being blocked from a lot of the Web 2.0 tools for little justification. Thoughts?
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I have a friend that works for Derby Tech and they have been trying to get the district to use their system for web searching. Most of the other districts in the area use it. My understanding is that it will allow many other sites to be used because they use a different method to filter web sites.
ReplyDeleteI read the article, "Teacher to Tech Support: We are not the Enemy". It points out that kids are already using Web 2.0 applications at home and that there is a disconnect for students when those opportunities are forbidden at school. The article points out that educators need to embrace these opportunities even though there are concerns about security. These concerns can be addresses by educating teacher and students about what is appropriate use.
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