Comments on: Socially Networked – it’s not ALL bad… http://danthetechguy.net/2008/09/23/socially-networked-its-not-all-bad/ Moodle Using, Blogging, Tweet-a-holic Sun, 08 Aug 2010 22:20:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Ana B. http://danthetechguy.net/2008/09/23/socially-networked-its-not-all-bad/comment-page-1/#comment-6 Ana B. Tue, 23 Sep 2008 21:44:01 +0000 http://danthetechguy.net/?p=114#comment-6 I completely agree. Many educators and school systems in general are just plain afraid of social networking. This closed-mindedness is causing them to fail to utilize a golden opportunity to get kids networked and talking about learning. My 4th and 5th graders were excited at the mere possibility of having an "e-pal"; imagine their reaction to their very own social network? They just like being in front of computers...they wouldn't back away from this just because it's academic--in fact, I believe they would jump at the chance to be able to have an academic discussion with new people that aren't in their homeroom. Our county has blocked the use of any social networking sites, as have many others. I wonder what it would take to get them to take a second look at this... I completely agree. Many educators and school systems in general are just plain afraid of social networking. This closed-mindedness is causing them to fail to utilize a golden opportunity to get kids networked and talking about learning. My 4th and 5th graders were excited at the mere possibility of having an “e-pal”; imagine their reaction to their very own social network? They just like being in front of computers…they wouldn’t back away from this just because it’s academic–in fact, I believe they would jump at the chance to be able to have an academic discussion with new people that aren’t in their homeroom.

Our county has blocked the use of any social networking sites, as have many others. I wonder what it would take to get them to take a second look at this…

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