Content-type: text/html Downes.ca ~ Stephen's Web ~ UK and Irish Schools Need to Educate, Not Ban, Now

Stephen Downes

Knowledge, Learning, Community
Given the importance of social networking (and similar technologies) in schools (read more) it seems odd that a school ministry would ban them. But this is just the case in school boards now as administrators think that the students are up to no good. And they may be. But banning, rather than teaching, is rather like, well, this scene from Harry Potter. See also Ewan McIntosh's remarkable three part series on adopting social networking in schools (part one, two, three).

Today: 1 Total: 18 [Direct link] [Share]

Image from the website


Stephen Downes Stephen Downes, Casselman, Canada
stephen@downes.ca

Copyright 2024
Last Updated: Dec 25, 2024 7:56 p.m.

Canadian Flag Creative Commons License.

Force:yes