Last week, Educating Modern Learners published a piece I wrote about some of my worries about online communities and students. The piece is called What We Don’t Talk about When We Talk about Connectedness. Here’s an excerpt:
I say often that the Internet isn’t good or bad. It’s a mirror of our best and worst selves. And we can be pretty wonderful sometimes.
Other times, we can be downright terrible.
When do we stand with our students and model how to resist bullies? And how do we reconcile our desire to connect students to a world that is sometimes sick, twisted, and just plain mean?
How do we encourage educators and students to be brave and compassionate and firm with each other and strangers both online and off, and how do we support each other along the way?
I have no idea. But I have three daughters. And only so much time before they are potential contributors to online discourse.
Or only so much time before they are targets.
You can read the rest over at EML if you create an account. You should. They’re up to some good stuff.
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