Comments on: Student Blogging and Digital Footprints http://techne.edublogs.org/2008/09/05/student-blogging-and-digital-footprints/ just another blog about technology, the web and learning Thu, 30 Oct 2008 16:20:14 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 By: mrscunningham http://techne.edublogs.org/2008/09/05/student-blogging-and-digital-footprints/comment-page-1/#comment-63 mrscunningham Thu, 30 Oct 2008 16:20:14 +0000 http://techne.edublogs.org/?p=38#comment-63 Hi there, I am a primary school teacher in England and reading your post made me reflect on my class of 6 year olds. They have an online and a paper journal and each week they have the choice to record in one or the other. I find that more frequently they choose to use paper sit in groups with their friends and discuss what they will write. Only a couple choose the computer. Maybe being a digital native is not such a big issue for your learners like mine.....because they are born into it they have a laizze faire attitude. Computers are certainly not the BIG DEAL with this generation of children ...unlike 10 years ago. Technology has to enhance the learning or what the hell is it for...........technolohy for the sake of technology makes no sense to me...... .....and what is it 6 year olds write .... http://class2writers.wikispaces.com/ Hi there,
I am a primary school teacher in England and reading your post made me reflect on my class of 6 year olds. They have an online and a paper journal and each week they have the choice to record in one or the other. I find that more frequently they choose to use paper sit in groups with their friends and discuss what they will write. Only a couple choose the computer. Maybe being a digital native is not such a big issue for your learners like mine…..because they are born into it they have a laizze faire attitude. Computers are certainly not the BIG DEAL with this generation of children …unlike 10 years ago.
Technology has to enhance the learning or what the hell is it for………..technolohy for the sake of technology makes no sense to me……

…..and what is it 6 year olds write ….
http://class2writers.wikispaces.com/

]]> By: Ruth Westervelt http://techne.edublogs.org/2008/09/05/student-blogging-and-digital-footprints/comment-page-1/#comment-57 Ruth Westervelt Fri, 19 Sep 2008 20:48:38 +0000 http://techne.edublogs.org/?p=38#comment-57 Perhaps there is a neurological explanation for the reason my seniors take a more critical view of the web. After all, they are getting close to that magical age of twenty-four when insurance rates reduce and odds that they'll commit a crime go down. Perhaps there is a neurological explanation for the reason my seniors take a more critical view of the web. After all, they are getting close to that magical age of twenty-four when insurance rates reduce and odds that they’ll commit a crime go down.

]]> By: Jeff Nugent http://techne.edublogs.org/2008/09/05/student-blogging-and-digital-footprints/comment-page-1/#comment-56 Jeff Nugent Wed, 10 Sep 2008 12:12:49 +0000 http://techne.edublogs.org/?p=38#comment-56 Michael, I really like the view you have of your own personal blogging...as a "record of the times, my times" that a distant relative might serendipitously discover. There are times I think it would have been wonderful to have insight into the times and lives of my great and great-great grandparents. Thanks again for your thoughts here...positive energy. Michael,

I really like the view you have of your own personal blogging…as a “record of the times, my times” that a distant relative might serendipitously discover. There are times I think it would have been wonderful to have insight into the times and lives of my great and great-great grandparents.

Thanks again for your thoughts here…positive energy.

]]> By: Jeff Nugent http://techne.edublogs.org/2008/09/05/student-blogging-and-digital-footprints/comment-page-1/#comment-55 Jeff Nugent Wed, 10 Sep 2008 12:09:27 +0000 http://techne.edublogs.org/?p=38#comment-55 Britt & Ruth, Thanks for your comments. I'm wondering if by engaging students in the conscious creation of a digital persona in positive directions (with a critical eye toward web-media) as Britt suggests...may indeed result in what Ruth has observed...a skepticism as they mature as creators of content on the web. Britt & Ruth,

Thanks for your comments. I’m wondering if by engaging students in the conscious creation of a digital persona in positive directions (with a critical eye toward web-media) as Britt suggests…may indeed result in what Ruth has observed…a skepticism as they mature as creators of content on the web.

]]> By: Michael http://techne.edublogs.org/2008/09/05/student-blogging-and-digital-footprints/comment-page-1/#comment-54 Michael Sun, 07 Sep 2008 20:11:59 +0000 http://techne.edublogs.org/?p=38#comment-54 What often motivates me to blog is the thought of creating a connection between me and my posterity through my digital footprint. I know my blog has a very limited readership, and that more than once have I engaged in "silly navel gazing." However, it seems that the real significance of anything I push up on to the Web is as a record of the times, my times, my perspectives, even if only for the sake of a lone great-great-great-great grand-niece who happens to discover my digital footprint. Like Britt, I have no problem with encouraging/requiring students to blog, and I'd like to include connecting with posterity as one of the (many) positive/conscious directions he mentions. What often motivates me to blog is the thought of creating a connection between me and my posterity through my digital footprint. I know my blog has a very limited readership, and that more than once have I engaged in “silly navel gazing.” However, it seems that the real significance of anything I push up on to the Web is as a record of the times, my times, my perspectives, even if only for the sake of a lone great-great-great-great grand-niece who happens to discover my digital footprint.

Like Britt, I have no problem with encouraging/requiring students to blog, and I’d like to include connecting with posterity as one of the (many) positive/conscious directions he mentions.

]]> By: Ruth Westervelt http://techne.edublogs.org/2008/09/05/student-blogging-and-digital-footprints/comment-page-1/#comment-53 Ruth Westervelt Sat, 06 Sep 2008 15:47:32 +0000 http://techne.edublogs.org/?p=38#comment-53 If the creation of a blog is for the Learning with Digital Media class you wrote about earlier, then the requirement may be implicit in the name and description of the course, or at least outlined in the syllabus before add/drop is over. I'm surprised students brought up any worries at all since I've observed many of mine throw caution to the wind when it comes to digital material, especially inflammatory screensaver slide shows for all to see. However, based on discussions with my Seniors, the older the student becomes, the more critical they are about the web and the media in general. If the creation of a blog is for the Learning with Digital Media class you wrote about earlier, then the requirement may be implicit in the name and description of the course, or at least outlined in the syllabus before add/drop is over.

I’m surprised students brought up any worries at all since I’ve observed many of mine throw caution to the wind when it comes to digital material, especially inflammatory screensaver slide shows for all to see.

However, based on discussions with my Seniors, the older the student becomes, the more critical they are about the web and the media in general.

]]> By: Britt http://techne.edublogs.org/2008/09/05/student-blogging-and-digital-footprints/comment-page-1/#comment-52 Britt Sat, 06 Sep 2008 11:10:55 +0000 http://techne.edublogs.org/?p=38#comment-52 Interesting reflections, Jeff. While I appreciate the concern about impacting the students' digital footprint, the fact remains that each student already has a digital footprint. If our job in part is to prepare students for the real world, it seems appropriate that we help them confront their own digital personality and drive that footprint in positive directions (or at least in conscious directions). Interesting reflections, Jeff. While I appreciate the concern about impacting the students’ digital footprint, the fact remains that each student already has a digital footprint. If our job in part is to prepare students for the real world, it seems appropriate that we help them confront their own digital personality and drive that footprint in positive directions (or at least in conscious directions).

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