Saturday, September 11, 2010

A Cautionary Thought

"And herein lies the dilemma for educators. What happens when a free-flowing medium such as blogging interacts with the more restrictive domains of the educational system? What happens when the necessary rules and boundaries of the system are imposed on students who are writing blogs, when grades are assigned in order to get students to write at all, and when posts are monitored to ensure that they don’t say the wrong things?" Stephen Downes
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1 comment:

  1. Faithfully YoursSeptember 21, 2010 at 8:22 AM

    A little bit tedious, lot of thought and planning but yes it can be done. I think by integrating it gradually, the process will be less intrusive. Children use technology at a younger age and would be willing participants. The problem is security and monitoring. I sure someone is working on this as we speak.

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