Comments on: Smart Mobs Student Edition http://weblogg-ed.com/2006/smart-mobs-student-edition/ Learning with the Read/Write Web Tue, 19 Jul 2011 20:36:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: David Warlick http://weblogg-ed.com/2006/smart-mobs-student-edition/comment-page-1/#comment-2310 David Warlick Mon, 03 Apr 2006 18:09:40 +0000 http://weblogg-ed.com/2006/smart-mobs-student-edition/#comment-2310 <a></a>Will, I thuroughly enjoyed this post and tracking through the links. I do agree with your last statement, that "We might want... to put their engagement ... to these communitys to positive use..." Yet, I think that our classrooms need to be more relevant and meaningful to our students world before we can reach any potential in harnessing this network. My fear is that our students will realize the power that social networking offers them, and they will use it to rebel. They are kids, and its happened before! Will, I thuroughly enjoyed this post and tracking through the links. I do agree with your last statement, that “We might want… to put their engagement … to these communitys to positive use…”

Yet, I think that our classrooms need to be more relevant and meaningful to our students world before we can reach any potential in harnessing this network.

My fear is that our students will realize the power that social networking offers them, and they will use it to rebel. They are kids, and its happened before!

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