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Comment on Student Blogging and Digital Footprints by mrscunningham

mrscunningham — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 16:20:14 +0000

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/

Comment on Thinking about RSS, Aggregation and Credibility by Jeff Nugent

Jeff Nugent — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 13:40:26 +0000

Shafqat, thanks for your interest in the post. My students remain interested in exploring NewsCred and have some questions for you as well. They have expressed interest in perhaps having you participate in a Skype call during one of our class sessions. Let us know if this is something you’d be interested in.

Comment on Thinking about RSS, Aggregation and Credibility by Jeff Nugent

Jeff Nugent — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 13:40:13 +0000

Shafqat, thanks for your interest in the post. My students remain interested in exploring NewsCred and have some questions for you as well. They ahve expressed interest in perhaps having you participate in a Skype call during one of our class sessions. Let us know if this is something you’d be interested in.

Comment on Thinking about RSS, Aggregation and Credibility by Jeff Nugent

Jeff Nugent — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 13:38:26 +0000

Terry, many thanks for your thoughtful and encouraging comment. Sometimes we jump out of the plane and hope that the chute not only opens, but we find a fairly decent place to land…often guided only by hope and a bit of intuition. It is confirming to hear your support and interest…and you know I’m always ready to share the success and failures. Thanks for reading!

Comment on Thinking about RSS, Aggregation and Credibility by Shafqat

Shafqat — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 07:33:40 +0000

Hi Jeff – this is a fascinating post, and we loved reading about your social experiment. Moreover, I’m thrilled that NewsCred was viewed favorably by your students – we have a lot of challenges ahead, but I think your student’s thinking reflects the compelling demand for a credibility filtered news source.

Would love to touch base and see if we can tap into your students for a bit more detailed surveying about their perceptions on news credibility and NewsCred as a product. I’ll get in touch!

Best,
Shafqat
CEO NewsCred

Comment on Thinking about RSS, Aggregation and Credibility by Terry Carter

Terry Carter — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 22:22:42 +0000

Hi, Jeff,
This is a most interesting post and makes me realize that I wish I had time to be a student in your class this semester … when word gets out on campus, you’ll have a pretty popular course offering. I have yet to go into great detail about RSS feeds with our Adult Learning students, mostly because the comfort level in blog writing is still emerging and evolving. Those further along are interested in RSS (and I have resources posted) but those struggling to figure out why we’re doing this are not quite ready for “yet another” web tool to master:-) Thanks for providing your insights (and your class’s) on these four aggregators. When the time is right, I’d like to follow your lead on introducing this to our learners, as well. Very sound pedagogy. Terry

Comment on Student Blogging and Digital Footprints by Ruth Westervelt

Ruth Westervelt — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 20:48:38 +0000

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.

Comment on Student Blogging and Digital Footprints by Jeff Nugent

Jeff Nugent — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 12:12:49 +0000

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.

Comment on Student Blogging and Digital Footprints by Jeff Nugent

Jeff Nugent — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 12:09:27 +0000

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.

Comment on Student Blogging and Digital Footprints by Michael

Michael — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 20:11:59 +0000

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.