This weekend we got an article called “Footprints in the Digital Age” by Will Richardson. This article is mostly about the World Wide Web, and how it can have positive and negative effects. It talks how most of the stuff on the web is out of our control and some of it can be bad. It also says how the web can be a positive thing for learning. The web has a large audience so kids need to watch what they post on the web; there are limits. The article gives a story of how a girl named Laura used the web to help.
The internet is a very big and a controversial thing. When kids are on it they can do so much. Kids need to have limits on the internet because there are things out there that can scare them and get them in trouble. If anyone puts something on the internet; it will never come off. Even though you can “delete” stuff it never actually leaves. So kids (and adults) need to watch what they put on the internet. One websites such as Facebook or MySpace make people feel safe when they are on their, but they are not safe at all. There are bad people out there in the web that can do really bad things. There was a study that showed 70 percent of kids that are online talk about educational-related topics. Somehow I doubt that. I’m a teenager, and when I’m online I rarely talk about school or education. “Younger students need to see their teachers engaging experts in synchronous or asynchronous online conversations about content, and they need to begin to practice intelligently and appropriately sharing work with global audiences.” This quote reminds me of the PLN’s we do in classes. We are learning how to share our knowledge with the world. This also reminds me how teachers are trying to get younger kids ready for the future and all the jobs that don’t exist. The internet is a very complex thing, and needs to be used right and resourcefully.
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