MEDagogy
My take on the strategies, techniques, and approaches used to engage learners in the 21st Century.
The Flat World
Check out
Mar
06
The learning curve – Why are people surprised?
March 1, 2007
“After Years of Telling All, 20-Somethings Start to Clam Up ” – - ABC News
My first thoughts on this
1) Why does this make news?
2) Why are we so surprised? This news means young people are LEARNING. This medium brings with it incredible opportunities but also massive responsibilities. This shift to web awareness comes off the back of the countless number of people who have been burned by inappropriatly posted picture or comment that got into the wrong hands.
Students as well as professionals are now just as responsible for their reputation online as they are for it off it.
Who is teaching them these skills and responsibilities ?
Is it built into the curriculum?
If it is a big enough story to capture the attention of ABC News, should it not be?
2 Responses to “The learning curve – Why are people surprised?”
Leave a Reply
Where to find me online.
Edu-blogger Directory
March 7th, 2007 at 9:58 am
Just read an article in the Washington Post that speaks to this…sadly for some this learning is coming too late and for others, this learning still hasn’t happened.
The article is about graduates of law school not getting call backs for jobs based on what they believe is slanderous discussion happening in public forums (most to all of it untrue). I am writing about it on my blog.
If it wasn’t clear enough for people before, this should do the trick. Kids NEED to learn about safe, responsible use of this participatory environment. If they don’t it is their future and their friends which will suffer. And that responsibility is ours, as their teachers.
Certainly if the impact on their futures is so great, learning to be smart, responsible “world (electronic and non-electronic) participants” has to be AS important as, if not MORE important than whether a child learns how to graph a parabola or cite a source, or write a 5 paragraph essay.