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Open Space1 - N-Conference House Dogwood [Type notes and links for session here.] Do kids view real life and online life differently? Would appear so.. What are the skill sets needed in rapidly changing tech world? What values? Social? Privacy? What respect means? Responsibility? Getting recognition important for teens-intensified on the internet? When important people use Facebook/Twitter does it validate use for kids? What are kids not doing if they spend free time on social apps? NPR=reading used to be looked at the way adults regard social networking.. Book: "Solitary Vice: Against Reading" Does internet take away from 'reflection'?

Uses of Twitter in schools: -Journalism -

A great resource to assist with embracing these new technologies in school: [|Blogging About The Web 2.0 Connected Classroom]

Initial question: is what we say on-line really worth posting (without editing, reflection)? Our old view was “work hard, do good deeds and you’ll get noticed/recognition” but now it’s “put yourself out there” (see “college boy self-tasering” video: @http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=irODiWiywKY)

Why should we care? It’s about how we talk to students/our children about these topics. We don’t want to hold them back, but what about humility? respect? self-esteem? How does the raw publicness of this type of expression get balanced? Who’s watching/noticing? Why?

//**What is the right thing to do**//?
Students don’t see the on-line world the way we do (see danah boyd's keynote at AASL)


 * “stranger danger” is less important than cyberbullying
 * their tech savviness is great, but we need to prepare them for the real world
 * what are the school’s liabilities when they do/post things on-line?
 * to what extent is the “practical” toolset important? will it be there as they get older or will things have radically changed?
 * as we teach, who is our audience and what is their mindset?

There’s a tension between our values (“analog”) and theirs (“digital”) - our concepts of and concerns about privacy are not theirs; there’s an increased blurring of our professional and personal lives (can you imagine Don Draper in the age of Twitter/You Tube?) What about the use of screen names/aliases? When/how/why do you compartmentalize?

What about respect? How do you address teachers in e-mail, Twitter, etc.?
 * where are their parents and guidance counselors? What is their role in all this? Why are we so much in loco parentis?
 * YOU need to take responsibility for your words, on and off-line. (People have been fired for their tweets - on the other hand, it can be a good way to showcase your writing, creativity!)

We also need to think about time off/time unplugged. What aren’t we doing when we’re “on” (reading? talking to friends?)?

Right now, this communication is one-way (no way to see/hear verbal and visual social cues): this can lead to misunderstandings (eg, using ALL CAPS incorrectly, or needing to say LOL ;) )
 * need to think about permanence of “misposts”

Has our behaviour really changed as a result of all this, or is it just more publically accessible? Does this lead to more (or less) one-upmanship, provocative posting, following-the-leader(s), etc.?

Q: Will we age out of this behaviour, or will we become more comfortable with all this (as a society? as individuals?)

Q: is some of the exhibitionism a result of not understanding - at a profound level - what the technology does?

@http://www.nerve.com/screeningroom/books/interview_mikitabrottman/
 * Book recommendation**: The Solitary Vice: Against Reading by Mikita Brottman - @http://www.kqed.org/arts/literature/article.jsp?essid=22473 and

Where is time for reflection when we respond so quickly (IM, Twitter, e-mail, blogging)? The expediency heightens expectations - ditto multi-tasking.

What are we doing in our schools? (A: not much, although there’s some interest) Private conversations can be difficult, both on- and off-line.
 * What’s so bad about texting, e-mailing students?


 * Blog recommendation**: Blogging About the Web 2.0 Connected Classroom @http://web20classroom.blogspot.com/