The Two Top Areas for Keeping Today's Students Top Notch

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Vicki Davis — Thu, 06 May 2010 19:15:55 GMT

@Fred - Certainly - if not eliminate the walls, I would say certainly REDEFINE the walls. I do think that students need private places where they are held accountable and allowed to "mess up" before they go out "in public." And whether the walls are on-line spaces or local - it serves them well to have them. Certainly they will be redefined.

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Fred Deutsch — Thu, 06 May 2010 11:37:19 GMT

Thanks for your thoughtful commentary. It seems to me that technologies will not only "move into the walls that surround us," but also push the walls outward, and eventually eliminate them. In my mind I see these as the classroom walls, and eventually the entire schoolhouse building.

Fred Deutsch

Watertown, SD

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Vicki Davis — Thu, 06 May 2010 01:05:33 GMT

@MissCheska- May I send a "well said" right back to you!! We cannot get too upset because change IS an emotional thing and many people do not like it. I just want to instill a willingness to change in my students and a desire for excellence as well. It is tough (particularly this time of year in the US) to keep positive but I appreciate your thoughts!

@Jennifer - We do all have a responsibility to educate our students, but it is like drivers education. Just because they go to driver's ed doesn't mean they will always be safe - but they will be SAFER. It doesn't mean that they'll be accident free but hopefully that less will have accidents. Digital Citizenship is tough because there are so many ways and so many factors but we all must educate ourselves to be safer and wiser!

Thank you both for commenting. It was an honor to be included here.

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Jennifer — Wed, 05 May 2010 15:22:03 GMT

Great ideas. I recently attended a workshop for women in education, and the keynote speaker was discussin the importance of responsible digital citizenship. She talked to faculty and leaders in the room about the responsibility schools have to educate their studenst about digital citizenship, and the necessity to utilize social media in education.

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MissCheska — Wed, 05 May 2010 15:00:28 GMT

Well said! I especially loved the parent recommendations, and will be passing it on to friends and family. Just over the weekend, I was told by a teacher friend that he sees no educational value in social networking and that personal handhelds and devices have no place in class. Comments like that made me realize just how far we have to go with educational technology in the 21C, but the best way is to keep edifying parents, students, and colleagues and not get too upset!