I took a look at the last 5 posts on this blog to see what current trends she is talking about. She discusses the importance of ensuring our schools are preparing students to succeed in the 21st century by teaching them digital literacy on the web as well as modeling that behavior. I thought some of the points she made were really quite fascinating. For example, she feels that teachers have an obligation to be a facebook role model, in other words teachers should be using facebook and that they should model responsible behavior on facebook but using common sense and not posting inappropriate information about themselves. This idea really caught my attention because I've never heard this approach before. I can't decide if I agree with it or not. I agree with part of it and that is that you should never put information on the web that you would not be comfortable showing the world, including future employers, family members, etc. As far as teachers having a responsiblity to be a "facebook role model" I don't think that is necessary.
Lisa also makes a point about not being able to navigate yourself through the digital world, such as not being able to interact with others online, is being seen more and more as a weakness. I agree. I think being digitally illiterate is becoming more and more of a handicap to a person and will continue to get worse. I would dare say it's as bad as not being able to read. Technology is a huge influence in our lives and will continue to become more so. People have got to adapt to survive! (a little biology thrown in there...)
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I like the biology analogy, it will be survival and it seems to be coming at us faster and faster. You will never be caught up, in my opinion but just swimming in the pool is enough, I think sharing with each other will help us survive. I do have a Facebook and recently found out how to make a private profile. I do think modeling and sharing finds, and getting info from students is not a bad idea.
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