Learning 2.0 03/28/2011 (p.m.)
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Learning to Play ‘Angry Birds’ Before You Can Tie Your Shoes – Digits – WSJ
“In a recent survey, 14% of kids age 4 or 5 could tie their shoes, while 21% could play or operate at least one smartphone app. “
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Cool Cat Teacher Blog: Facebook Friending 101 for Schools
“Facebook has added an incredible complexity to our lives and relationships for one simple reason: it is in writing. The courts have always put things “in writing” in higher esteem above word of mouth. Now that we are inundated with video, text, and photographs and a set of complex relationships – we end up with things “in writing” that are distributed far beyond our true “friends” into places that get us in trouble.”
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Schools taking responsibility for digital citizenship « HeyJude
“But the question is – what does it take to create a whole-school response to Digital Citizenship? What it takes is a Principal with vision, and determination to break through traditional structures to get where we need to go.”
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Cool Cat Teacher Blog: The Case for Digital Citizenship in Schools
I think that banning cell phones and removing them from schools is NOT the right answer. You might as well dam the Mississippi in a few weeks during flood season. See if that will hold!It would be like banning cars because too many kids die in traffic accidents. Not realistic. We have to co-exist with cars because they are part of our society and the way we get around.
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Digiteen Project: Global Digital Citizenship Collaboration and Education – Home
