Periodically throughout this semester I will update my students as to what I am doing in college. They are genuinely interested, especially when it comes to technology. They want to know what I am finding out about that they might not be aware of. Making a website was unthinkable to them. Apparently they are comfortable using, but not creating; although this may be because the process has been simplified with programs for more novice users. When it comes to Twitter the students had no clue what it was. So we took five minutes to define it and explain the good and bad aspects.
When my 10th grade speech class had an opportunity to choose the topic for the formal debate they chose, “What is too much on social networking sites?” The sides were completely divided between kids can handle the responsibility, to neutral, to needing more controls over the youth that use social networking. It is interesting to see how divided they can be. I will post next week as to how the debate turned out. Also an update from a prior blog, I now have all of my worksheets online and it has been quite successful for parents and students alike.
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I really look forward to hearing about the results of the debate given my interest in the topic and the potential for a spectrum of responses to the question.
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