I consider myself a resident of the internet. I have my own professional website, linkedin account, and social media pages. I engage with fellow educators and strangers with similar interests. I try to stay visible on twitter by posting my thoughts, things I find interesting, and share some of my work. I will continue to share my work for others to use. I believe the internet is a social space to share educational material. I get ideas from other people's work and I share my own for others to use. I am somewhat concerned about privacy but I only post things that I am comfortable sharing. I share things about myself but only things I consider appropriate. My goals is to filter through a lot of the noise on the internet to try to learn and share with other residents of the internet.
From KNOWLEDGEABLE to knowledge-Able
The speaker in this video says that educators need to teach students to be able to find, sort, analyze, criticize and even create new knowledge on the internet. Its not easy to do this; it takes practice. We want students to use technology but we don't want to overwhelm them. There is just too much stuff out there and they don't need everything. We do need to teach our students about reputable sources. I don't discourage my students from using Wikipedia but I tell them to fact check anything they read there. I think when it comes to technology we just have to keep it simple. I like what Google had done for education. So much of the tools students need in education are already free through Google apps. For example, I prefer Slides over other types of presentation software. There are lots of places you can store documents, articles, or other information but they just need one. When it comes to technology, simple is better. They don't need a Swiss army knife when all they need is the spoon.
¨Meaning is not something you find but something you create.¨
¨Meaning is not something you find but something you create.¨