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Last night I spoke to a parents' group about Social Networking and balancing the opportunities and dangers on the Internet for kids of varying ages. By the end, we started to get to the fact that we really are at the very beginning of all of this when we look at things like Club Penguin or MySpace. Today, I came across this slide show from Cory Ondrejka . Mr. Continue reading...

A few weeks ago, I put in a proposal for our state conference called "How Do We Know?" My intent was to focus on how we glean truth from the information we find online. This is a burning issue for teachers as they plan research assignments in this age of Wikipedia.

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Just finished reading an interesting blog post from Wes Fryer of Oklahoma entitled Blogs, Wikis, District Polices, Walled Gardens and the Open Web. Continue reading...

I'm starting to really think about my conference presentation for this year's Delaware Instructional Technology Conference. My topic and blurb as submitted.

How Do We Know?

When we were in school, the question was "What do you know?" Now, for most of us, the question is "How can I know this?" and "how do I know it's true? " This presentation will go beyond searching to discuss some real-world dilemmas in Knowing in the 21st Century.

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Our Teaching with Technolo

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For the past several days I've been sick in bed, which gave me plenty of time to catch up on my Netflix queue! I watched Easy Rider and a documentary called Berkeley in the Sixties. This brought back all of the turmoil of those late 60's/early 70's. Continue reading...

Continuing on my quest to learn more about Twitter, I've been checking regularly. Yesterday, I was home sick so I had my laptop close by all day and checked in between naps. At one point, I saw a tweet from Steve Dembo announcing an online evening session from Discovery Educator featuring Vicki Davis. I signed up and attended last night -- yes, all from my laptop and my sickbed! And all because of twitter.

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One question that comes up often is just what cyberbullying is and how it can be addressed. This month's issue (Nov-Dec 2007) of bNetSavvy is all about cyberbullying. What made this issue especially useful for me was that it had articles from four perspectives: a therapist, a teacher, a parent and a child. The articles not only define the problem and provide examples, but there are some great lists of what you really can do to recognize and address this growing issue.

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Recently, I've presented several sessions where I've used a Google Jockey and employed Live Blogging, as I learned from Karl Fisch and Anne Smith. The results have been mixed, but then again, these are educators in very large groups who are just getting their heads around the idea by the time the whole thing is over. I'm quite sure that a second day of this would yield better results.

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The month of June brought two stories that are hard to hold in your head at the same time.

Schools banning iPods to beat cheaters
From eSchool News staff and wire service reports
June 1, 2007—

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