“Should Schools Regulate Offsite Online Behavior?”
By: Nancy E. Willard and Lynn Wietecha
This article discusses both sides of the question “Should Schools Regulate Offsite Online Behavior?” Nancy E. Willard thinks that schools should regulate online behavior. She rephrased the question to say “Should, or can, school officials respond to harmful student off-campus Internet postings?” She says that sometimes online postings are not harmful and parents and kids should resolve the situation, but sometimes it is a lot worse. Nancy says that their have been incidences where a girl in Japan killed a fellow student because she was angry about what had been posted. There have also been incidences where students have committed suicide because of cyber bullying. Her opinion on this subject is that schools are involved with this and should take action because it affects the school environment and the learning environment. She states ways to help fix this problem. Lynn Wietecha says that schools shouldn’t regulate this behavior. She says that schools should teach students about safety, but it isn’t reasonable to take this outside of the classroom. She feels that this issue is hard to regulate and would cause the teachers to have more responsibility then is reasonable. She uses the following example to show her reasoning. “However, although a teacher can stress the importance of looking both ways before crossing a street, it is not reasonable to expect that teacher to walk everywhere with each student and assist at all street crossings.” Both serve valid points.
Q: Which side do you agree with?
A: I agree with Lynn’s side. I think that it would be impossible to regulate every student’s online behavior. It is important to teach kids safety about this issue in school but it would be unreasonable to watch all outside activities.
Q: Is there any other way to regulate this?
A: I think that parents should be more informed of what is going on. There could be more information provided for parents so they can regulate this.
Wednesday, April 25, 2007
Monday, April 23, 2007
Journal #6
“Social Justice: Choice or Necessity”
By: Colleen Swain and David Edyburn
This article discusses the social implications of teachers choosing to use technology in the classroom or choosing not to use it. This article will show teachers the effects of their decisions to use technology in the classroom. The author states that “Access to instructional technology is not enough for today’s students. Students must be technologically fluent and able to use technology to solve problems with various sources of information, create new representations of their knowledge, and enhance their learning through the diverse strategies afforded by technology. Students without these skills are at a decided disadvantage in terms of future educational and employment opportunities in our global, technological, and information-based society.” This article goes on to discuss to jobs that students will obtain and how they will do so. The opportunities are endless and technology has increased those opportunities. More and more people are going to college, but if they aren’t familiar with technology they will be at a disadvantage. Locating powerful resources, making a framework for technology and understanding the framework will make this an easier process.
Q: How does technology affect college students?
A: Technology is a huge part of college courses. I would have a really hard time taking courses if I wasn’t familiar with technology. It is so important to know the basic and maybe a lot more depending on the class.
Q: What does Social Justice mean?
A: According to author David Miller, describes this be saying “Very crudely, I think, we are discussing how the good and bad things in life should be distributed among the members of a human society.”
By: Colleen Swain and David Edyburn
This article discusses the social implications of teachers choosing to use technology in the classroom or choosing not to use it. This article will show teachers the effects of their decisions to use technology in the classroom. The author states that “Access to instructional technology is not enough for today’s students. Students must be technologically fluent and able to use technology to solve problems with various sources of information, create new representations of their knowledge, and enhance their learning through the diverse strategies afforded by technology. Students without these skills are at a decided disadvantage in terms of future educational and employment opportunities in our global, technological, and information-based society.” This article goes on to discuss to jobs that students will obtain and how they will do so. The opportunities are endless and technology has increased those opportunities. More and more people are going to college, but if they aren’t familiar with technology they will be at a disadvantage. Locating powerful resources, making a framework for technology and understanding the framework will make this an easier process.
Q: How does technology affect college students?
A: Technology is a huge part of college courses. I would have a really hard time taking courses if I wasn’t familiar with technology. It is so important to know the basic and maybe a lot more depending on the class.
Q: What does Social Justice mean?
A: According to author David Miller, describes this be saying “Very crudely, I think, we are discussing how the good and bad things in life should be distributed among the members of a human society.”
Journal #8
“Virtual Schooling”
By: Niki Davis and Dale S. Niederhauser
This article discussed learning through technology. The Virtual Schooling involves grades K-12, and learning is almost done entirely with digital communication technologies. This has been done across the United States. More and more students are participating in web-based classes and distance education courses. Distance learning is defined as “a broad category that includes all forms of delivering education to students who are not physically “on site” to receive their education.” Another definition is Virtual classroom which “refers to the learning context that is established in online learning environments.” This article show different statistics of schools and students that are involved in Virtual Schooling and it discusses different States and how they are involved. This article also has a section that discusses virtual schooling systems and how to use them in classrooms. They provide a visual chart that shows the interaction between students and teachers and the class and school. This is a helpful way to completely understand an effective process. This article mentions WebCT as a online learning tool. There are so many great resources for education on the web.
Q: What does Virtual Schooling mean?
A: The definition is “all of the elements associated with learning in an online environment. The virtual classroom provides the context for learning, and online teachers and students act as participants.”
Q: Is this an effective learning tool?
A: I think it is. The web is so helpful and I think it is a great resource for learning. There are so many great sites for education.
By: Niki Davis and Dale S. Niederhauser
This article discussed learning through technology. The Virtual Schooling involves grades K-12, and learning is almost done entirely with digital communication technologies. This has been done across the United States. More and more students are participating in web-based classes and distance education courses. Distance learning is defined as “a broad category that includes all forms of delivering education to students who are not physically “on site” to receive their education.” Another definition is Virtual classroom which “refers to the learning context that is established in online learning environments.” This article show different statistics of schools and students that are involved in Virtual Schooling and it discusses different States and how they are involved. This article also has a section that discusses virtual schooling systems and how to use them in classrooms. They provide a visual chart that shows the interaction between students and teachers and the class and school. This is a helpful way to completely understand an effective process. This article mentions WebCT as a online learning tool. There are so many great resources for education on the web.
Q: What does Virtual Schooling mean?
A: The definition is “all of the elements associated with learning in an online environment. The virtual classroom provides the context for learning, and online teachers and students act as participants.”
Q: Is this an effective learning tool?
A: I think it is. The web is so helpful and I think it is a great resource for learning. There are so many great sites for education.
Journal #9
“Four Steps to Standard Integration.”
By: Vanessa Domine
This article discusses four steps to integrating technology into the classroom. The author writes about how important this is and tries to make an easier way to put technology in the classrooms. Here are the four steps and the subject each one deals with. The first says to take inventory. She says for teachers to look at the resources available at their school that involve technology such as media programs, computers, etc. She also says that “Equally valuable [are] instructional technologies [such as] manipulative, books, TVs, VCRs, overhead projectors, microphones, cameras, and audio recorders.” Once the available resources have been found the teacher can focus on the curriculum content. The teacher may need to learn how to use some of the technology, but he or she should focus on the content for step 2. This next step states to establish a curriculum goal. A goal statement will help to simplify this process. Some examples of a goal for curriculum content would be to “enhance students reading skills, develop students’ understanding of physics.” The next step is to identify teaching strategies. Some examples would be “lecture, demonstration, large/small group discussion, collaboration, team-teaching, tutoring, hands-on practice, individual study, listening, brainstorming, question-and-answer, research, or media production.” This helps to get one organized and prepared to teach. The last step is to solve equation(s). The author uses this last step to finish the process. She says that you should lay out the three previous steps and develop a Technology Integration Matrix, which is explained in the table provided in the article. This is a great way to integrate diversity with technology in the classroom.
Q: How does this relate to diversity?
A: This is a way to make the learning environment and curriculum diverse. It can also help to teach all kids this topic.
Q: Which step seems to be the most important?
A: Step 4 seems to be the most important because this helps to bring all the steps together.
By: Vanessa Domine
This article discusses four steps to integrating technology into the classroom. The author writes about how important this is and tries to make an easier way to put technology in the classrooms. Here are the four steps and the subject each one deals with. The first says to take inventory. She says for teachers to look at the resources available at their school that involve technology such as media programs, computers, etc. She also says that “Equally valuable [are] instructional technologies [such as] manipulative, books, TVs, VCRs, overhead projectors, microphones, cameras, and audio recorders.” Once the available resources have been found the teacher can focus on the curriculum content. The teacher may need to learn how to use some of the technology, but he or she should focus on the content for step 2. This next step states to establish a curriculum goal. A goal statement will help to simplify this process. Some examples of a goal for curriculum content would be to “enhance students reading skills, develop students’ understanding of physics.” The next step is to identify teaching strategies. Some examples would be “lecture, demonstration, large/small group discussion, collaboration, team-teaching, tutoring, hands-on practice, individual study, listening, brainstorming, question-and-answer, research, or media production.” This helps to get one organized and prepared to teach. The last step is to solve equation(s). The author uses this last step to finish the process. She says that you should lay out the three previous steps and develop a Technology Integration Matrix, which is explained in the table provided in the article. This is a great way to integrate diversity with technology in the classroom.
Q: How does this relate to diversity?
A: This is a way to make the learning environment and curriculum diverse. It can also help to teach all kids this topic.
Q: Which step seems to be the most important?
A: Step 4 seems to be the most important because this helps to bring all the steps together.
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