Jeff Utecht – Educator, Consultant, Author
Posts tagged social networks
Confusing Parents
May 1st
I’m sure you’ve heard by now the Principal in NJ that is asking parents to ban all Social-Networking sites from students. You can find his full e-mail to parents at the link or watch this interview below:
So basically I take two things away from this video:
1. Parents are the problem and need to be told by the school how to raise their children.2. That because “2% of kids are going to say something” we want you to ban all social-networking sites.
That’s funny because I’m sure that:
2% of kids have bullied on the playground yet we’ve never banned recess.2% of kids More >
Connecting People or Connecting Content
Mar 25th
aaahhhhh……I sit here in the open air lounge of the Magellan Resort, a soft breeze is blowing off the ocean as I over look the pool below and out across the bay to three islands. It’s gonna be a wonderful sunset tonight. I’m telling you overseas conferences are really hard….I mean it.
I’m continuing to think about the Web and how we use it to connect. Maybe this is all for nothing…but I can’t stop thinking about it.
When it comes to building social networks or online communities I think it’s clear to understand what you are and who you are More >
Web 2.0 Participation
May 8th
I found this image at Personalize media. It is part of a post that is worth a read as well. Click on the image to enlarge and take some time to think about what they are talking about here.
How does this apply to learning? Or does it?
Where are our students?
How do we get students to move through this continuum?
Where should we be spending the majority of our time?
Where should our students?
