Comments on: Students vs. Filters http://www.teach42.com/2006/05/15/students-vs-filters/ Education and Technology by Steve Dembo Thu, 18 Mar 2010 18:12:42 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Dfacc http://www.teach42.com/2006/05/15/students-vs-filters/comment-page-1/#comment-43575 Dfacc Thu, 08 Jun 2006 16:24:15 +0000 http://www.teach42.com/2006/05/15/students-vs-filters/#comment-43575 Ok so we have something that kids are dying to use, that supports authentic writing, 21 century comminication and future job skills and so much more. And the answer is to block it from the students. Instead of teachers being police, how about teaching kids ethics of using sites like myspace and the ramifications of such incredible access to personal information. Ok so we have something that kids are dying to use, that supports authentic writing, 21 century comminication and future job skills and so much more. And the answer is to block it from the students. Instead of teachers being police, how about teaching kids ethics of using sites like myspace and the ramifications of such incredible access to personal information.

]]> By: Tegan http://www.teach42.com/2006/05/15/students-vs-filters/comment-page-1/#comment-42077 Tegan Sun, 21 May 2006 07:20:59 +0000 http://www.teach42.com/2006/05/15/students-vs-filters/#comment-42077 Hi there, I found your blog today and I was suprised to see that teachers are so much into web technology (especially the Web 2.0 technologies). I think it's great that you and your colleagues make use of it. I remember my school days and we actually had a teacher back then who said (quote): "The Internet will go as fast as it came". Well, I'd love to see that teacher again sometime... Anyway, since you guys are familiar with web technologies I was wondering if you might be interested in Pageflakes. It's a personalized start page (yes, I know, there are quite a few out there). However, it's not just a start page for a single user but also for teams and groups. I thought it might be an interesting tool for you and your colleagues to create shared pages where you add note modules, tasks and todo lists, shared contacts, schedules and news feeds. It's quite simple - just go to www.pageflakes.com, get a free account and then setup your own, personalized page. You can then either leave it in "private" mode, or change it to "shared" (invited teacher colleagues can use and edit it) or "publish" (everyone can see it, but only you can edit it). Please feel free to contact me if you have any suggestions or questions. With best wishes Tegan Harris Hi there,

I found your blog today and I was suprised to see that teachers are so much into web technology (especially the Web 2.0 technologies). I think it’s great that you and your colleagues make use of it. I remember my school days and we actually had a teacher back then who said (quote): “The Internet will go as fast as it came”. Well, I’d love to see that teacher again sometime…

Anyway, since you guys are familiar with web technologies I was wondering if you might be interested in Pageflakes. It’s a personalized start page (yes, I know, there are quite a few out there). However, it’s not just a start page for a single user but also for teams and groups. I thought it might be an interesting tool for you and your colleagues to create shared pages where you add note modules, tasks and todo lists, shared contacts, schedules and news feeds. It’s quite simple – just go to http://www.pageflakes.com, get a free account and then setup your own, personalized page. You can then either leave it in “private” mode, or change it to “shared” (invited teacher colleagues can use and edit it) or “publish” (everyone can see it, but only you can edit it).

Please feel free to contact me if you have any suggestions or questions.

With best wishes
Tegan Harris

]]> By: colin http://www.teach42.com/2006/05/15/students-vs-filters/comment-page-1/#comment-41785 colin Tue, 16 May 2006 03:09:05 +0000 http://www.teach42.com/2006/05/15/students-vs-filters/#comment-41785 Sometimes I fire from the hip. What I mean is my kids can find half naked women when searching for honey bees and I can't log into my dot mac account. Filters can help, but are hurtful as well. Sometimes I fire from the hip. What I mean is my kids can find half naked women when searching for honey bees and I can’t log into my dot mac account. Filters can help, but are hurtful as well.

]]> By: colin http://www.teach42.com/2006/05/15/students-vs-filters/comment-page-1/#comment-41778 colin Mon, 15 May 2006 17:54:16 +0000 http://www.teach42.com/2006/05/15/students-vs-filters/#comment-41778 WOW! That is a tool I can use as a teacher! They filter out sites that I could really use and now I will have access to them again! I agree that people put up a filter thinking it will solve all the issues without thinking what they will hamper. WOW! That is a tool I can use as a teacher! They filter out sites that I could really use and now I will have access to them again! I agree that people put up a filter thinking it will solve all the issues without thinking what they will hamper.

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