Meeting February 23, 2009

Tonight's class covered alot of different topics. I found it to be extremly informative and I learned alot. Digital literacy to me means more then simply reading and writing. It means that students must be able to look at information on the internet and be able to determine the validity of what it is that they are meaning and be able to synthesize the information. Comprehnesion is simply not enough in today's technological age, students must be able to apply the information to solve problems. Digital Citizenship covers a wide range of informtaion. One particular part that interested me was the net ettiqute. We need to teacher our students that just because they are on the internet the normal rules of society still apply. Also, we need to educate our students to be safe on the internet. The internet is a great tool, but unfortunately some people use it for the wrong reasons.

Dr. S's ppt on web 2.0 was very interesting. Web 2.0 allows all of us to work collabratively together. Everyone can publish items on the internet on subject, there is no one authority giving information. Multiple people can give information on any subject. Also, you can set up many different types of social networks to interact with people. Also, I liked the fact that she mentions that we need to move away from the industrial age, style of thinking. Assembly line and finished product. We need to engage students and challenge them to find answers on their own. The reason we need to do this is to prepare them for the types of jobs that they will have in the future.

Group 1's powerpoint was very well done. The only negative I saw, was that the resources were not done in APA style. However, what I did like learning about was th netnany. It reminds me of the chaperone mode on a cell phone, with this you can tract your child and where they are at. With netnanny you can see what your children are doing on the internet.