I have spent a good portion of my Saturday afternoon playing around with Flickr and Dumpr. I have added a bunch of family pictures to Flickr and organized them into sets. I made those private. There are pictures of little kids in them and although I know people post their children's pictures on Facebook and other sites, it makes me a little nervous.
I wish these sites were available to students during school (provided I could limit their access to what they viewed). All of my students have to prepare a power point as part of a common assessment for English. Think of the possibilities they would have with adding and customizing pictures. Because many of my students don't have computers at home, this would be something that could only be done in the public library.
Sometimes I wish I was doing this "class" in the summer where I have more time to explore. As it is now, I have kind of ignored my dusty house today.
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I'd like to comment on the "Because many of my students don't have computers at home,..." I agree, yet we just assume that because we do, all students must have a pc at home and that they all know how to use them way better than we do. I'm glad someone else pointed it out that not everyone is fortunate enough to have a computer at home.
ReplyDeleteYou're right, the digital divide still exists. But I don't think it's unreasonable for parents to take their children to the library to use the computers there. After all, before computers, we had to use books to do our school reports, and the only place to get those was at the library. I grew up in Cleveland, and I was fortunate to be within walking distance of a local branch because we didn't own a car until I was in the 6th grade. So while I am sympathetic with students who don't have a computer, I'm less sympathetic to parents who won't do whatever they can to help their children succeed in school.
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