place, but I'm vaguely aware of considerable variance in student
technological savvy and usage, especially but not confined to the Web 2.0
competencies that are presumed to be universal among our kids.
I'm wondering if anyone has undertaken any kind of very current baseline
survey to gather information on what kids actually do know and what kids
actually do use (and use regularly and well) from among the juicy menu of
2.0 products and services available. I guess I would be interested in
recent results as well as in particular instruments; we use SurveyMonkey
all the time here, which would obviously be the way to go in conducting a
survey (among kids who check school email and are inclined to do online
surveys, anyhow).
I would be especially interested in any ideas about how to learn about
principled outliers--the families who don't permit, the kids who won't IM,
people who are privately boycotting Google or Microsoft--and how those
folks have been brought into 1:1 programs or even "discovered" as teachers
require more and more work to be done using the tools of the New
Technology.
In a nutshell, what I want to find out reality as to whether "all" the
kids are truly doing and able to do all the things that they are all
purported to be doing.
Any guidance would be appreciated.
Cheers--Peter Gow
Peter Gow, Director of College Counseling and Special Programs
Beaver Country Day School
791 Hammond Street
Chestnut Hill, MA 02467
www.bcdschool.org
Tel. 617-738-2755
FAX 617-738-2701
Skype: petergow3
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