Tuesday, April 5, 2011

Kids "Leading the Charge"!

In many schools, students have picked up Share and run with it. How do we control how Share is used or misused at the school level?
  • What are potential problems that could take place via Share?
    • cyber-bullying
    • malicious e-mails
    • video chat negative interactions
  • Is Share still safer than alternatives?
These are some problems that Share, if misused, can enable. However, it is ultimately far safer than the alternatives that students can access freely on their own.

This is a tool of communication and collaboration that has many benefits that significantly outweigh the costs. Share is a medium of communication among many options to any student. If students choose to behave poorly within Share, this is a behaviour issue as opposed to a "Share" or technology issue. It is in fact, a safer medium of communication than alternatives that can not be monitored and are widely available.

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4 comments:

  1. UnknownApril 5, 2011 at 1:40 PM

    Could you change the privacy settings on the presentation as I am unable to view it.

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  2. Jason LeboeufApril 5, 2011 at 1:40 PM

    Please activate the link for the Presentation. I would like to read more.

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  3. DWKleineApril 5, 2011 at 1:49 PM

    Done. It's just the text in presentation format.

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  4. CopersApril 5, 2011 at 1:55 PM

    I think that one of the issues that arises from this is that kids' knowledge may far outstrip that of their teacher. The teacher may not have the digital readiness to pass on to the kids. This is problematic - how do we ensure a basic readiness of ALL teachers. This really filters down to our school digital citizenship. We may have a plan as to what skills we want at each grade level, but who is it we need to teach those skills to - the teachers of the kids ;)

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