Cheers,
Bill
----- Original Message ----
From: Lucy Gray <elemenous@gmail.com>
To: ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Sent: Wed, December 16, 2009 8:22:35 AM
Subject: Re: ISED/Internet Safety Speaker
Joe -
Don Buckley is their tech director and I've found him to be very generous
with his time and knowledge. He knows I've been singing his praises here:
dbuckley@theschool.columbia.edu.
Lucy
On Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 10:14 AM, Joe Frost
<Joe.Frost@phoenixchristian.org>wrote:
> Lucy,
>
> Do you - or anyone for that matter - have a contact at Columbia.
>
> Your brief description of their "initiatives" also defines what I've
> been working on for the past few years and I may be able to contribute /
> learn something.
>
> Thanks,
> Joe
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Lucy Gray [mailto:elemenous@gmail.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, December 16, 2009 8:59 AM
> To: ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
> Subject: Re: ISED/Internet Safety Speaker
>
> I agree with a great deal of what you all are offering, and particularly
> Joe's comments... Internet safety is definitely not a one shot deal. I
> think schools need to look closely at the digital literacies/ values
> they want to develop in their school communities and map out when and
> where these literacies should be addressed in terms of time commitments
> and developmental appropriateness. Let's look at this stuff from a long
> range perspective and plan for it; let's also teach things in context.
> This is why I'm such a fan of the School at Columbia's social networking
> initiatives.
> They are digging in with the kids and teaching them how to use digital
> tools appropriately within an academic context.
>
> On a related note, last summer I started working on a project with a few
> others to encourage educators to think about student personal learning
> networks. We strongly felt that there were certain elements that should
> be introduced to students at various points in their academic careers.
> We haven't done much since with this space, but you may find some
> material in here that's helpful: http://studentpln.ning.com/. Hopefully,
> we'll grow it when we find more time.
>
> Also, this is a book that I used when I was in the classroom. I thought
> it was very useful, but I think it's a bit out of date. It might make a
> good resource is anyone is thinking about how to incorporate internet
> safety into their school's curricula:
> http://www.amazon.com/Internet-Computer-Ethics-Kids-Teachers/dp/09628700
> 56/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1260978372&sr=8-6
>
>
> Lucy Gray
>
>
> On Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 9:30 AM, Joe Frost
> <Joe.Frost@phoenixchristian.org>wrote:
>
> > Okay, so you've done the presentation and everyone has heard the
> > Internet Safety pitch.
> >
> > What then?
> >
> > I'm always amazed that when it comes to Internet Safety many simply
> > want to Lecture on the topic and think the issue is addressed.
> >
> > Please, if we wouldn't teach science without the lab, or literature
> > without the novel, why are we attempting to "teach" Internet Safety
> > without the Internet?
> >
> > If we really want to address the issue, I am an award winning teacher
> > and fortune 500 tech and can show you a resource I built that you can
> > use not only to teach Internet Safety, but do it using 21st Century
> > Skills so it impacts educational technology across the curriculum,
> > across the grade levels.
> >
> > We need to teach K-8 Students Internet Safety in a safe & private
> > environment, so in High School we can provide more, age appropriate,
> > public resources.
> >
> > Regards,
> > *******
> >
> > Joe Frost
> > Director of Technology
> > Department Chair Technology
> > Phoenix Christian Unified Schools
> > 1751 W. Indian School Road
> > 602-265-4707 ext. 273
> >
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