Comments on: Imagination used for good and evil http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2007/02/20/imagination-used-for-good-and-evil/ Sat, 22 Nov 2008 17:31:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Shonu http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2007/02/20/imagination-used-for-good-and-evil/#comment-31389 Shonu Wed, 28 Feb 2007 22:44:21 +0000 http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2007/02/20/imagination-used-for-good-and-evil/#comment-31389 Perhaps one of the things that we need to help our students understand is that they matter. Our students are important. They have the power to use technology to produce incredible results. When they use technology positively the results are far more fulfilling than when they use technology for negative purposes. If we don’t let our students use technology they won’t be able to learn that they can do incrediblly positive things with it. Perhaps one of the things that we need to help our students understand is that they matter. Our students are important. They have the power to use technology to produce incredible results. When they use technology positively the results are far more fulfilling than when they use technology for negative purposes. If we don’t let our students use technology they won’t be able to learn that they can do incrediblly positive things with it.

]]> By: Andrew Pass http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2007/02/20/imagination-used-for-good-and-evil/#comment-31119 Andrew Pass Thu, 22 Feb 2007 03:19:17 +0000 http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2007/02/20/imagination-used-for-good-and-evil/#comment-31119 So, here's a question: How do we teach ethical decision making skills? If we let our students use any and all technology how do we teach them to use it well? Perhaps one of the things that we need to help our students understand is that they matter. Our students are important. They have the power to use technology to produce incredible results. When they use technology positively the results are far more fulfilling than when they use technology for negative purposes. If we don't let our students use technology they won't be able to learn that they can do incrediblly positive things with it. Andrew Pass http://www.pass-ed.com/Living-Textbook.html So, here’s a question: How do we teach ethical decision making skills? If we let our students use any and all technology how do we teach them to use it well?

Perhaps one of the things that we need to help our students understand is that they matter. Our students are important. They have the power to use technology to produce incredible results. When they use technology positively the results are far more fulfilling than when they use technology for negative purposes. If we don’t let our students use technology they won’t be able to learn that they can do incrediblly positive things with it.

Andrew Pass
http://www.pass-ed.com/Living-Textbook.html

]]> By: ahf http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2007/02/20/imagination-used-for-good-and-evil/#comment-31096 ahf Tue, 20 Feb 2007 22:59:42 +0000 http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2007/02/20/imagination-used-for-good-and-evil/#comment-31096 Cyberbullying may have a cousin, "flaming" or “online disinhibition effect.” See the NY Times article: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/20/health/psychology/20essa.html?_r=2&adxnnl=1&oref=slogin&ref=technology&adxnnlx=1172011851-9aamHEE5T09KZeNGIeopeA HT to Kim Komando. Cyberbullying may have a cousin, “flaming” or “online disinhibition effect.”

See the NY Times article:
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/20/health/psychology/20essa.html?_r=2&adxnnl=1&oref=slogin&ref=technology&adxnnlx=1172011851-9aamHEE5T09KZeNGIeopeA

HT to Kim Komando.

]]> By: Wesley Fryer http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2007/02/20/imagination-used-for-good-and-evil/#comment-31093 Wesley Fryer Tue, 20 Feb 2007 18:27:02 +0000 http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2007/02/20/imagination-used-for-good-and-evil/#comment-31093 Good list of resources Don, thanks! Good list of resources Don, thanks!

]]> By: Don Wood http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2007/02/20/imagination-used-for-good-and-evil/#comment-31092 Don Wood Tue, 20 Feb 2007 17:34:22 +0000 http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2007/02/20/imagination-used-for-good-and-evil/#comment-31092 Resources on child safety on the Internet, including cyberbullying, can be found here: <a href="http://donwood.alablog.org/blog/_archives/2007/2/10/2723251.html " rel="nofollow">Child Safety on Web 2.0: Who Should Protect Our Kids?</a>, <a href="http://donwood.alablog.org/blog/_archives/2007/2/8/2717354.html " rel="nofollow">Cyberbullying and Free Speech</a>, <a href="http://www.ala.org/ala/oif/foryoungpeople/hotissues/hotissues.htm#bullies " rel="nofollow">Bullies and Bullying</a>, <a href="http://www.ala.org/ala/oif/foryoungpeople/hotissues/hotissues.htm#bullies2 " rel="nofollow">Additional Resources on Bullies and Bullying</a>, <a href="http://www.ala.org/ala/oif/foryoungpeople/youngpeopleparents/especiallyyoungpeople.htm " rel="nofollow">Especially for Young People and Their Parents</a>. Resources on child safety on the Internet, including cyberbullying, can be found here: Child Safety on Web 2.0: Who Should Protect Our Kids?, Cyberbullying and Free Speech, Bullies and Bullying, Additional Resources on Bullies and Bullying, Especially for Young People and Their Parents.

]]> By: Wesley Fryer http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2007/02/20/imagination-used-for-good-and-evil/#comment-31085 Wesley Fryer Tue, 20 Feb 2007 15:15:46 +0000 http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2007/02/20/imagination-used-for-good-and-evil/#comment-31085 :-( Unfortunately I've noticed that some schools here in Oklahoma are not only blocking all blogs, but also all wikis on wikispaces.com. Miguel Guhlin's post from last summer, <a href="http://www.edsupport.cc/mguhlin/blog/archives/2006/06/entry_1718.htm" rel="nofollow">"Imprisoning Lightning: The Challenge of Social Networking in K-16 Education"</a> is thought provoking in this regard. Sorry you can't pull that up from school! :-( :-(

Unfortunately I’ve noticed that some schools here in Oklahoma are not only blocking all blogs, but also all wikis on wikispaces.com.

Miguel Guhlin’s post from last summer, “Imprisoning Lightning: The Challenge of Social Networking in K-16 Education” is thought provoking in this regard. Sorry you can’t pull that up from school! :-(

]]> By: Andrew Boatman http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2007/02/20/imagination-used-for-good-and-evil/#comment-31084 Andrew Boatman Tue, 20 Feb 2007 14:56:19 +0000 http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2007/02/20/imagination-used-for-good-and-evil/#comment-31084 The link to digital dialog at wikispaces is blocked via our filtering program at school. The link to digital dialog at wikispaces is blocked via our filtering program at school.

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