May 18, 2007
Wow! We're off and running on the summer semester. The movie set the tone (and the pace, it seems) for the semester. I liked the movie very much, though if one thinks about it, it's a little scary. The world is changing so rapidly due to the Internet, and web 2 makes it change even faster. Information is exchanged, modified, dispersed, and modified again so rapidly. Should there be controls? I don't know how I feel about that yet. I'm still trying to digest it all. Yet, it seems to me that it requires an incredible amount of trust in others (strangers) to edit incorrect information and not to put out false information or even propaganda. How do we know what to believe? What credentials should we look for to feel confident that what we read is verifiable?
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- Sam
- I've been teaching high school science for 27 years, 26 of those at Courtland High School. I am a "founding cougar" which means I have been at Courtland since it opened its doors. I'm married and have three beautiful and intelligent daughters. I love the outdoors, especially the mountains, they nourish my soul.
4 comments:
You bring up some very good points! I am especially interested in the idea of control, ownership, validity, and the concept of 'expertise'.
I think that the nature of information is changing dramatically and Web 2.0 tools are facilitating it. If you think about the first 2 semesters, where we really looked hard at students becoming users and managers of information, it's going to be very important to us.
Negotiating meaning. Will someone tell us what something means or will everyone together come to a consensus on what something means? Stay tuned, it's going to be interesting!
That is also an issue of mine, the changing world around us and how trusting we should all be. I have only been out of the graduate program for three years and then, blogs, wikis, and digital media were not as popular as they are now. It just makes me wonder how much is still out there that I am not aware of.?
I agree Sam! It really makes me nervous to have my third graders surfing the net. The only comfort I can find is in the fact that we take large amounts of time teaching our students how to evaluate websites. We can only hope they are using these skills when they are surfing alone.
You brought up some very interesting points. I think are students are very trusting. They are much less timid when they are out there on the web.
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