Why are we so concerned about teaching use of the new technologies. Who taught us? I suspect no one did! We are all self taught. No one taught us how to blog or use wikis or flickr. If you're my age (50) you probably are self taught how to use a computer.
We seem to be concerned about teaching when we should just worry about learning. Our students are learners. They use bebo and myspace and txt with out being taught. Has anyone taught them what 'lol' means when they text? Or how to put video in their web page.
David Warlick has a great blog on this. His next blog suggests what we should be teaching. The ethics of of information use. While we continue to teach kids things they will learn anyway we miss out on teaching how to use the information ethically. Then we have to put blocks and safety mechanisms and anti cyber bully programmes because we were remiss in leaving out the important stuff.
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