This post answers the questions that followed our Educational Technology Philosophy.
I think that we have met the potential for the educational blogging, it seems to me that blogging is a great way to see thinking of other people and to build networks of educators. It removes the isolation that Mr. November warned of.
The key idea that stood out in Novemeber's article to me had to be the fact that students accept the Internet as an authority without verifying the truth of the article or the source of the information. In school, I remember being taught how to evaluate a good source and a bad source. We were taught to look for the right kind of information, the latest edition of some resources, and the oldest and most truthful source for translation or historical study.
This idea seemed to be rote for judging the Internet. I never assumed the Internet was reliable, because I had been trained to question my sources. Now, children have the cart before the horse, and they have access to all the sources, but they have no value system or tools for judging the information.
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