BLOG POST #3 – Week 6
Reaction to Chapters 6: “The Social Web: Learning
Together” (Twitter and Social Bookmarking).
It is pretty amazing when you think about how much the world has
changed in just a few short years.
People are able to converse, communicate, and collaborate in ways that
were unimaginable 20 years ago.
Todays students can use “The Social Web” to collaborate using
tools like Twitter with computers and handheld devices as well. It is pretty crazy when you think about how
fast this communication takes place.
Whether it is for personal or professional use, no one can argue that it
can be a very valuable tool.
Unfortunately, there are always going to be some negative
aspects with emerging technology. I have
been witness to many students who have chosen to use many of these social
medial tools to demean and demoralize others, for whatever reason. The unfortunate thing is that many high
school aged students don’t understand that once something has been posted,
there is no taking it back. There are
too many ways to save that information.
As a result, cyber-bullying is becoming more and more of a problem in
the school setting. If I were to pinpoint
one possible issue that I have with using twitter in school, this would be
it. Regrettable, there is little we can
do about the things students post outside of school, but I do think that we
need to tread lightly with this technology until we can find a way to figure
this issue out.
Nonetheless, I think Richardson said it best in his closing for
this chapter when he stated, “…Regardless of how you do it, the idea that we
can now use social networks to tap into the work of others to support our own
learning is an important concept to understand.
It’s another example of how the collective contributions created by the
Read/Write Web are changing the way we work and learn” (2010).
Reference:
Richardson, W. (2010). Blogs,
Wikis, Podcasts, and Other Powerful Web Tools for Classrooms. Thousand
Oaks, California: Corwin.
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