Comments on: DOPA Strategies http://weblogg-ed.com/2006/dopa-strategies/ Learning with the Read/Write Web Tue, 19 Jul 2011 20:36:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: What is a weblog? / DOPA Strategies http://weblogg-ed.com/2006/dopa-strategies/comment-page-1/#comment-4904 What is a weblog? / DOPA Strategies Sun, 06 Aug 2006 04:43:34 +0000 http://weblogg-ed.com/2006/dopa-strategies/#comment-4904 [...] Original post by Will Richardson and software by Elliott Back [...] [...] Original post by Will Richardson and software by Elliott Back [...]

]]> By: Vicki Davis http://weblogg-ed.com/2006/dopa-strategies/comment-page-1/#comment-4832 Vicki Davis Wed, 02 Aug 2006 17:18:14 +0000 http://weblogg-ed.com/2006/dopa-strategies/#comment-4832 We must find useful, salient tools for all Americans that involve blogs and wikis. When we do and the adults say "Oh, that is useful" is when we will get more adults saying "Oh, we need to use that in the classroom." When the Internet first came out it was evil. In 1993 I was asked how I could be a Christian and teach classes on the Internet. People tend to criticize things they don't understand especially when it is something that will require them to change. We need to write useful books and create useful ways for adults to use social networking that extend outside the best bars and meeting your perfect match. When everyday folks make money, collaborate, and save time on the new Internet, they will be more open to the arguments we are making about their use in the classroom. Yes, silicon valley needs to wake up! We must find useful, salient tools for all Americans that involve blogs and wikis. When we do and the adults say “Oh, that is useful” is when we will get more adults saying “Oh, we need to use that in the classroom.”

When the Internet first came out it was evil. In 1993 I was asked how I could be a Christian and teach classes on the Internet.

People tend to criticize things they don’t understand especially when it is something that will require them to change. We need to write useful books and create useful ways for adults to use social networking that extend outside the best bars and meeting your perfect match. When everyday folks make money, collaborate, and save time on the new Internet, they will be more open to the arguments we are making about their use in the classroom.

Yes, silicon valley needs to wake up!

]]> By: Kevin J. Gray http://weblogg-ed.com/2006/dopa-strategies/comment-page-1/#comment-4792 Kevin J. Gray Mon, 31 Jul 2006 20:10:22 +0000 http://weblogg-ed.com/2006/dopa-strategies/#comment-4792 link didn't come through: http://www.wired.com/news/columns/0,71482-0.html?tw=wn_index_19 link didn’t come through:
http://www.wired.com/news/columns/0,71482-0.html?tw=wn_index_19

]]> By: Kevin J. Gray http://weblogg-ed.com/2006/dopa-strategies/comment-page-1/#comment-4791 Kevin J. Gray Mon, 31 Jul 2006 20:09:33 +0000 http://weblogg-ed.com/2006/dopa-strategies/#comment-4791 Great article in Wired last week about educating parents about MySpace (and does a good job debunking the "internet equals sexual predator" myth"): <a href='http://www.wired.com/news/columns/0,71482-0.html?tw=wn_index_19' rel="nofollow"> Great article in Wired last week about educating parents about MySpace (and does a good job debunking the “internet equals sexual predator” myth”):

]]> By: Miguel Guhlin http://weblogg-ed.com/2006/dopa-strategies/comment-page-1/#comment-4766 Miguel Guhlin Sun, 30 Jul 2006 15:00:32 +0000 http://weblogg-ed.com/2006/dopa-strategies/#comment-4766 What’s so powerful about DOPA-supporters point of view is that they don’t involve much education…just point and fire type arguments. However, i find myself agreeing with Flickr-banning. I do agree it is irresponsible for K-12 advocates to encourage Flickr use in K-12–whether they are digital storytelling facilitators, librarians, whomever. The path through the fear and values-argument is education. However, that is less an option in a presidential administration that is committed to merging religion and state to garner votes. DOPA’s significance is nothing next to that bigger issue. It’s like complaining about being in the frying pan when the fire is burning even hotter. In the meantime, check out Brian Grenier's work and add the button to your web site: http://www.mguhlin.net/blog/archives/2006/07/entry_1866.htm Thank you, Miguel http://www.mguhlin.net/blog What’s so powerful about DOPA-supporters point of view is that they don’t involve much education…just point and fire type arguments. However, i find myself agreeing with Flickr-banning. I do agree it is irresponsible for K-12 advocates to encourage Flickr use in K-12–whether they are digital storytelling facilitators, librarians, whomever.

The path through the fear and values-argument is education. However, that is less an option in a presidential administration that is committed to merging religion and state to garner votes. DOPA’s significance is nothing next to that bigger issue. It’s like complaining about being in the frying pan when the fire is burning even hotter.

In the meantime, check out Brian Grenier’s work
and add the button to your web site:
http://www.mguhlin.net/blog/archives/2006/07/entry_1866.htm

Thank you,
Miguel
http://www.mguhlin.net/blog

]]> By: The 463: Inside Tech Policy http://weblogg-ed.com/2006/dopa-strategies/comment-page-1/#comment-4755 The 463: Inside Tech Policy Sun, 30 Jul 2006 04:52:21 +0000 http://weblogg-ed.com/2006/dopa-strategies/#comment-4755 <strong>DC to 2.0: Wake Up! (DOPA)...</strong> The writing on the wall Silicon Valley woke up this morning, rubbed it's collective eyes and looked at a pretty big number. It wasn't YouTube's valuation or the number of parties that Valleywag attended the previous night; it was this:... DC to 2.0: Wake Up! (DOPA)…

The writing on the wall Silicon Valley woke up this morning, rubbed it’s collective eyes and looked at a pretty big number. It wasn’t YouTube’s valuation or the number of parties that Valleywag attended the previous night; it was this:…

]]> By: Rob Wahl http://weblogg-ed.com/2006/dopa-strategies/comment-page-1/#comment-4753 Rob Wahl Sun, 30 Jul 2006 01:11:22 +0000 http://weblogg-ed.com/2006/dopa-strategies/#comment-4753 That sucks my friend. So far we haven't seen that in Canada. Any chance of a court challenge? Often times the nature of a law like that is in the enforcement. Such laws often prove unenforceable. I know first hand that to block chat is going to require some mighty long lists. I took a quck look at the the Bill and didn't find a definition of "supervison". In part to avoid issues like theses, my technician and I just put together a blog environment on a District Server that could grow into a social networking environment for our kids. We think it's quite healthy for kids to network socially. It's open to kids from anywhere. Because we can scan and will scan the images and log files the whole server is a "supervised" environment. It would be interesting if our web site was then blocked in the US. That would indeed prove an interesting turn of events. Kids from Russia and China would be allowed on but not kids from the US. Great workshop by the way. I've been blogging ever since-- a full two weeks. I'll be interested to how dramatic the effects will be. Wonder how will your workshop be different next year as a result? That sucks my friend. So far we haven’t seen that in Canada. Any chance of a court challenge? Often times the nature of a law like that is in the enforcement. Such laws often prove unenforceable. I know first hand that to block chat is going to require some mighty long lists.

I took a quck look at the the Bill and didn’t find a definition of “supervison”. In part to avoid issues like theses, my technician and I just put together a blog environment on a District Server that could grow into a social networking environment for our kids. We think it’s quite healthy for kids to network socially. It’s open to kids from anywhere. Because we can scan and will scan the images and log files the whole server is a “supervised” environment.

It would be interesting if our web site was then blocked in the US. That would indeed prove an interesting turn of events. Kids from Russia and China would be allowed on but not kids from the US.

Great workshop by the way. I’ve been blogging ever since– a full two weeks. I’ll be interested to how dramatic the effects will be. Wonder how will your workshop be different next year as a result?

]]> By: Harold Jarche http://weblogg-ed.com/2006/dopa-strategies/comment-page-1/#comment-4751 Harold Jarche Sun, 30 Jul 2006 01:07:57 +0000 http://weblogg-ed.com/2006/dopa-strategies/#comment-4751 I think you have an open HTML tag on this post ;-) Done this many times myself. I think you have an open HTML tag on this post ;-)

Done this many times myself.

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