The class has been fun! Learning how to use the software programs, discovery how we can put most of the programs together to create or learn. Once students learn this stuff they can work on the computer from anywhere in the world. The way I look at it, this knowledge makes the whole world smaller but still expands it through the internet.
Another issue that I would have liked to get into would have been with the personal and professional issues that arise when you are confronted with a major change in the instructional environment in which you teach especially on how to deal with students on what limits we should place on them, or respecting other students rights on the use of computers. We also have to let the students know how thier postings might affect the villages in where they live. Anyway I really enjoyed the class and look forward to reading others blogs and watching those pictures.
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You raise some very important points in this post. A lot of things are changing with regard to schools, both in urban and rural areas. Students are coming to school already knowing a lot about technology, but not necessarily how to use it appropriately or effectively. They are probably not aware of issues like personal privacy and respecting others' privacy if they have been living on Facebook or MySpace for a while. Teachers are typically not very well prepared to teach in this kind of environment, either. I hope we can use these blogs to gather some ideas on how to deal with these issues in rural Alaska.
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