Sean Sharp’s ITRT Blog

apophenia

I find myself increasingly uncomfortable with conversations about cyberbullying. I fear that by emphasizing cyber the term clouds whats really going on. Dont get me wrong – the internet, like all technologies before it, has altered the dynamics of bullying, but why didnt my generation of telebullying? Three-way calling allowed people to bully from home with others virtually present for the attacks. Of course, i know the answer to that… bullying over the internet is not just a technological advance of bullying, but an advance that makes the attacks visible to adults.

This is where our energies should really be going–not on Dateline sexual predator issues. Cyberbullying is a larger problem but the emphasis seems to be on how “bad” the Internet is for teens.

Stop Cyberbullying

This is a new social networking site from ning. This Friday is going to be a “stop cyberbullying” day, which is a decent thing. Check out the site!

Cut-and-Paste Is a Skill, Too – washingtonpost.com

i just read this article today and it makes some very good points. how many high school teachers are using a ‘research’ paper for an assignment? is this true in rural as well as urban or suburban schools? good questions.

CJR January/February 2007 – McCollam

From the Columbia Journalism Review–a very good article on the whole “Dateline” phenomenon when it comes to catching “Internet Predators.” There’s a lot here about entrapment and entertainment and shame. Good article and a must read, once again!

BlogSafety Community: Predators & cyberbullies: Reality …

Good article here and a must read for educators involved in the Internet Safety arena.

NPR : National Public Radio : News, Arts, World, US.

Today I’m working on helping a teacher get set up for using the online movie creation site called, “primary access.” Basically you can set up online movies through the interface of this site and then students can go in and actually create their movies which are then viewed through a web browser, online. It’s a pretty cool idea, but the interface needs some work as it isn’t very intuitive. Nonetheless, we’re going for it! Enjoy

today is full of working with teachers after a brief meeting with my supervisor. we’re off on a webquest that is looking up information on plate tectonics!

This is the first post of my new Instructional Technology Resource Teacher edublog blog! Here we go–