tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9052335608137625664.post2278993992838407324..comments2024-01-04T09:45:52.185-05:00Comments on Blogging About The Web 2.0 Connected Classroom: Social Media Causes Social Deficits?? What?Steven W. Andersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15094504771347267059noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9052335608137625664.post-38623737753315601632009-11-13T10:33:01.766-05:002009-11-13T10:33:01.766-05:00Not only do I completely agree with your statement...Not only do I completely agree with your statement about how we need to change our ideas of collaboration and interaction (really I agree with your entire post whole-heartedly), but I think it's also important to note that social media isn't going anywhere anytime soon. It's just spreading. So yes, I think that teacher is stuck in old times, and yes, I think we should EMBRACE social media because kids are going to use it anyway - might as well integrate it into education.<br /><br />Thanks for a great post,<br />Elizabeth @SimpleK12Elizabeth @SimpleK12http://www.simplek12.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9052335608137625664.post-83075085961141938242009-11-12T09:46:30.594-05:002009-11-12T09:46:30.594-05:00This is definitely a great area for on-going conve...This is definitely a great area for on-going conversation. I feel that social media allows more students to engage in conversation and collaboration than at any time in history. It allows the reluctant student to gain confidence in a manner that may be a little less intimidating than the traditional model where students had to give input verbally in front of peers. This is not an either or proposition. Web 2.0 will allow students to collaborate and communicate more often, but we should also make sure there are opportunities to communicate in front of peers in a classroom setting.<br /><br />In regards to our students growth in this area being retarded by social media, I have to agree that this is a poor presumption. <br /><br />I have also heard staff say that students do not write as well as they have in the past because of all of the informal writing that takes place on blogs, facebook, twitter, etc. But a five-year study at Stanford has blow this hypothesis out of the water as well. According to the study which is referenced in the following blog post http://burlingtonhigh.blogspot.com/2009/09/literacy-revolution-who-knew.html, we are in a literacy revolution where students are writing more than at any time in history. Because of this increased amount of writing, students are writing better.<br /><br />The fact that new technology will allow us to get more students communicating and collaborating is a great thing! Embrace the opportunities that are out there and enjoy the fact that we can have 100-percent engagement in a class of students with some of the tools now available. How many times has that happened in our classrooms?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08760505689988295836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9052335608137625664.post-44680919912452421442009-11-12T08:51:25.608-05:002009-11-12T08:51:25.608-05:00A corollary situation exists with writing. Clearly...A corollary situation exists with writing. Clearly, Web 2.0 has significantly increased the amount of writing. More people are writing about more things in more ways than at any time in history—witness what we are doing even now on this blog—yet too many writing teachers refuse to regard texting, chatting, twittering, even blogging as real writing, and they censure it.<br /><br />Fortunately, the kids are ignoring this and flowing on without the nay-sayers.keith.hamonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08404376705918243534noreply@blogger.com