So far, I've mostly been reading Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts, and Other Powerful Web Tools for Classrooms. Although I have played around with blogs before, I never created my own. How fun! I definitely see myself spending way too much time on this! :)
I like Richardson's suggestion of posting to links to other cool sites on your own blog. There are so many good sites out there for teachers, and I know that there must be several I don't know about. So, I look forward to sharing my finds, and I hope to see some of the treasures you've uncovered.
I certainly am concerned about the equity issues we've discussed thus far. I know that several of my students' parents did not have access to a computer, and I do feel that sometimes I neglected them when I was sending emails to parents. They simply weren't getting the information. I tried to remember to call or send snail mail, but as we all know, sometimes we forget and sometimes we don't find the time. I definitely think we should keep thinking about equity and ethical issues when it comes to how we use technology in the classroom.
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I agree whole-heartedly about the equity issues. As our critical literacy class emphasized, technology is NOT a great leveler in American society--quite the opposite.
Is technology not the great equalizer b/c something new is always on the horizon ... once someone got an indoor toilet, everyone got an indoor toilet; once someone got a phone, everyone got a phone; once someone opted for electric lights instead of gas, everyone thought they should have electricity, too?
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