& TEXT Teaching and Learning with Technology

“Growing Up Online–’Private Worlds Outside Parents Reach’”

Watch Part 5 of Growing Up Online and post your comments to the following question: 

  1. What are some consequences of reaching out to other parents to share concerns?

“Growing Up Online–’Private Worlds Outside Parents’ Reach’”

Watch Part 5 of Growing Up Online and post your comments to the following question:

  1. What elements of this segment might increase parents’ fears?  What elements of the segment might be reassuring?

 

“Growing Up Online–’Private Worlds Outside Parents’ Reach’”

Watch Part 5 of Growing Up Online and post your comments to the following question:

  1. What factors play a role in whether or not a parent will be involved in monitoring students’ online media use?  What forms of involvements are most useful?  Least useful?

“Growing Up Online–’Self Expression, Trying on New Identities’”

Watch Part 4 of Growing Up Online and post your comments to the following question: 

  1. Before the Internet, in order to be seen by the world, you had to be portrayed in some form of mass media.  Now anyone can be seen online by anyone else in the world.  What are the positive and negative consequences of this

“Growing Up Online–’Self Expression, Trying on New Identities’”

Watch Part 4 of Growing Up Online and post your comments to the following question: 

  1. When students are positing information about themselves in a profile online, who is the main audience they are communicating to?  Who are other potential audiences that might be viewing, but that they might not think of?

“Growing Up Online–’Self Expression, Trying on New Identities’”

Watch Part 4 of Growing Up Online and post your comments to the following question:

  1. Do you think it is easier to stereotype people online than in real life?  Why? Why Not?

Watch Part 2 of Growing Up Online and post your comment to the following question: 

  1. One teacher in the segment says, “We almost have to be entertainers.”  What are the positive and negative consequences of expecting teachers to be entertainers?

“Growing Up Online–’A Revolution in Classrooms and Social Life’”

Watch Part 2 of Growing Up Online and post your comment to the following question: 

  1. Students more and more use summaries and annotated notes for websites.  How do you feel about this?

“Growing Up Online–’A Revolution in Classrooms and Social Life’”

Watch Part 2 of Growing Up Online and post your comment to the following question: 

  1. In terms of student writing, what are some different types of “cheating”?  What are the elements you would include in your definition of “cheating”?

“Growing Up Online–’Living Their Lives Essentially Online’”

Watch Part 1 of “Growing Up Online and post your comment to the following question: 

A survey by the Pew Institute found that in 2004, 67% of parents said the Internet had been good for their children. However, this number decreased to 59% in 2006. Why do you think the number has decreased?