Comments on: Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Web? http://ghsprincipal.edublogs.org/2007/10/03/whos-afraid-of-the-big-bad-web/ Superintendent of Schools writes about learning and school management in rural Western New York. Formerly G-Town Talks/Randolph Writes. Thu, 05 Nov 2009 12:51:03 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 By: Bryan McDonald http://ghsprincipal.edublogs.org/2007/10/03/whos-afraid-of-the-big-bad-web/comment-page-1/#comment-5099 Bryan McDonald Sat, 16 Feb 2008 21:57:50 +0000 http://ghsprincipal.edublogs.org/2007/10/03/whos-afraid-of-the-big-bad-web/#comment-5099 AMEN, and again I say AMEN!!!! Far too many district level technology coordinators take the blanket block approach. Schools are not doing their job in teaching good digital citizenship (neither are the parents for that matter). Why not have a required 1 semester class in the 7th grade class on the topic of online safety and digital citizenship? Btw: I don't think the website should come at a surprise either...surfed myspace or facebook lately? AMEN, and again I say AMEN!!!! Far too many district level technology coordinators take the blanket block approach. Schools are not doing their job in teaching good digital citizenship (neither are the parents for that matter). Why not have a required 1 semester class in the 7th grade class on the topic of online safety and digital citizenship?

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I don’t think the website should come at a surprise either…surfed myspace or facebook lately?

]]> By: Amy http://ghsprincipal.edublogs.org/2007/10/03/whos-afraid-of-the-big-bad-web/comment-page-1/#comment-5022 Amy Fri, 05 Oct 2007 03:34:48 +0000 http://ghsprincipal.edublogs.org/2007/10/03/whos-afraid-of-the-big-bad-web/#comment-5022 “We made a terrible mistake when (with the best of intentions) we separated children from adults and learning from the rest of life, and one of our most urgent tasks is to take down the barriers we have put between them and let them come back together...” John Holt wrote that in the early 60’s. The student’s website is not a surprise. Perhaps, although difficult to comprehend, it’s the direction the world is taking. Tell the parent and talk to the student, that’s all you can do. There is a wide variety of people that exist in this giant world. “We made a terrible mistake when (with the best of intentions) we separated children from adults and learning from the rest of life, and one of our most urgent tasks is to take down the barriers we have put between them and let them come back together…” John Holt wrote that in the early 60’s.

The student’s website is not a surprise. Perhaps, although difficult to comprehend, it’s the direction the world is taking. Tell the parent and talk to the student, that’s all you can do. There is a wide variety of people that exist in this giant world.

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