Comments on: Need for digital discipline in SL and RL http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2007/04/22/need-for-digital-discipline-in-sl-and-rl/ Weblog of Wesley Fryer Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:55:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: vejraska http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2007/04/22/need-for-digital-discipline-in-sl-and-rl/comment-page-1/#comment-34590 vejraska Tue, 24 Apr 2007 00:57:31 +0000 http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2007/04/22/need-for-digital-discipline-in-sl-and-rl/#comment-34590 I do agree with the idea of digital discipline, and perhaps that should be a built-in conversation or lesson that will happen in my classroom at some point during our year together. I will have to give that some thought. I have been thinking about SL quite a bit lately, trying to exercise digital discipline myself, and realizing that my students are already venturing to places like clubpenguin and webkins on their own time. They will eventually graduate to some cool place like SL, or some not so appropriate virtual world. I have had conversations with several students about the safety issue that always comes to my mind even as my seven year old sleds down the hill with "rachel65" (under my watchful eye of course). I think it would be totally awesome to make a school with a dream library, a lunchroom with a live band where kids could sit where they wanted and buy whatever they wanted, create their own virtual learning space, have book conversations, get extra recess for doing good deeds like helping someone or picking up litter or inventing some cool thing to add to the school like a pancake powered floor waxer....but it would have to be a limited or closed system to make it safe right? Something on my school server? I know some stuff about using technology to teach, but I really know very little about how you would ever do something like this. So many people have spent countless hours making scary virtual places that I hope none of my students ever go to...can't someone make a great place? I do agree with the idea of digital discipline, and perhaps that should be a built-in conversation or lesson that will happen in my classroom at some point during our year together. I will have to give that some thought.

I have been thinking about SL quite a bit lately, trying to exercise digital discipline myself, and realizing that my students are already venturing to places like clubpenguin and webkins on their own time. They will eventually graduate to some cool place like SL, or some not so appropriate virtual world. I have had conversations with several students about the safety issue that always comes to my mind even as my seven year old sleds down the hill with “rachel65″ (under my watchful eye of course).

I think it would be totally awesome to make a school with a dream library, a lunchroom with a live band where kids could sit where they wanted and buy whatever they wanted, create their own virtual learning space, have book conversations, get extra recess for doing good deeds like helping someone or picking up litter or inventing some cool thing to add to the school like a pancake powered floor waxer….but it would have to be a limited or closed system to make it safe right? Something on my school server? I know some stuff about using technology to teach, but I really know very little about how you would ever do something like this. So many people have spent countless hours making scary virtual places that I hope none of my students ever go to…can’t someone make a great place?

]]> By: Laura B. Fogle http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2007/04/22/need-for-digital-discipline-in-sl-and-rl/comment-page-1/#comment-34475 Laura B. Fogle Mon, 23 Apr 2007 20:01:46 +0000 http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2007/04/22/need-for-digital-discipline-in-sl-and-rl/#comment-34475 I wholeheartedly agree that we need to be thinking about digital discipline. According to the Kaiser Family Foundation report, most parents of children ages 8 - 18 are not setting boundaries for technology use. This could contribute to our epidemic of obesity and have other psychological and physical health consequences for a whole generation if we do not practice moderation. I wholeheartedly agree that we need to be thinking about digital discipline. According to the Kaiser Family Foundation report, most parents of children ages 8 – 18 are not setting boundaries for technology use. This could contribute to our epidemic of obesity and have other psychological and physical health consequences for a whole generation if we do not practice moderation.

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