Most schools are blocking access to Facebook, MySpace, and YouTube. In fact, the NEA even recommends that teachers refrain from using Facebook and MySpace entirely. While there may be some merit to such a decision, I think there are some possible educational uses for these nearly ubiquitous sites.
Here's a link to the presentation:
http://docs.google.com/Presentation?docid=dggv4595_7dj8vg2cw&hl=en
Sheldon,
ReplyDeleteI agree. Yet I would also say that almost ANYTHING has educational value. What would be an appropriate way to determine the extent resources like these are used in school?
Thanks,
Neil
When I think about it, I can't help but remember that Facebook was founded as a way for a Harvard student to collect notes he had missed from class. Now, of course, it has morphed into something much larger, much more time consuming, and of much more dubious educational value.
ReplyDeleteThat said, I think teachers should have unrestricted Internet access. Teachers are "allegedly" adults with the higher order thinking skills required to know what parts of the internet they should be visiting with school computers, on company time. Students should have restricted access, but it should be up the the teacher to allow access to certain sites.
Will there be screwups? Inevitably. People (even teachers) make stupid decisions everyday. When they do, they should face some consequences. But to have large swaths of the internet blocked to protect me from the dumb choices of a few teachers just rubs me the wrong way. Teachers simply should be intelligent enough to know what constitutes "good internet behavior", and then be allowed to use the tool to its fullest educational extent. In my opinion, those who can't handle that level of responsibility simply have no business educating children.
It would be safe to say that I resent "nanny-state" hand-holding. Good thing I don't live in England!
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