Comments on: Social networking – a power for good or for evil? http://nexted.edublogs.org/2007/09/29/social-networking-a-power-for-good-or-for-evil/ connected learning in a web 2.0 world Wed, 29 Jul 2009 21:52:25 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 By: Greg Elliott http://nexted.edublogs.org/2007/09/29/social-networking-a-power-for-good-or-for-evil/comment-page-1/#comment-24 Greg Elliott Tue, 02 Oct 2007 12:10:18 +0000 http://nexted.edublogs.org/2007/09/29/social-networking-a-power-for-good-or-for-evil/#comment-24 One of my favourite films is the Matrix. Education is now at the point of <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGQF8LAmiaE" target="blank" rel="nofollow">choosing between the blue pill and the red pill</a>: the red pill allows us to continue with the status quo, oblivious to the possibilities of a new reality. The blue pill would see us to leave behind that version of the world which no longer relevant or meaningful. Sadly, so many of the teachers I work with don't even realise there is a choice to be made. For them, our students are fading into a world they don't recongise or want to engage with. One of my favourite films is the Matrix. Education is now at the point of choosing between the blue pill and the red pill: the red pill allows us to continue with the status quo, oblivious to the possibilities of a new reality. The blue pill would see us to leave behind that version of the world which no longer relevant or meaningful. Sadly, so many of the teachers I work with don’t even realise there is a choice to be made. For them, our students are fading into a world they don’t recongise or want to engage with.

]]> By: Greg Elliott http://nexted.edublogs.org/2007/09/29/social-networking-a-power-for-good-or-for-evil/comment-page-1/#comment-23 Greg Elliott Sun, 30 Sep 2007 22:50:15 +0000 http://nexted.edublogs.org/2007/09/29/social-networking-a-power-for-good-or-for-evil/#comment-23 They said the same thing about the horseless carriage! The important thing is that educators respond to the challenge by explicitly teaching the skills and values that can make social networking be a force for good, not evil. Will you be going Facebook, Adrian? They said the same thing about the horseless carriage! The important thing is that educators respond to the challenge by explicitly teaching the skills and values that can make social networking be a force for good, not evil.

Will you be going Facebook, Adrian?

]]> By: Adrian http://nexted.edublogs.org/2007/09/29/social-networking-a-power-for-good-or-for-evil/comment-page-1/#comment-22 Adrian Sun, 30 Sep 2007 06:55:33 +0000 http://nexted.edublogs.org/2007/09/29/social-networking-a-power-for-good-or-for-evil/#comment-22 Philippa Brook, head of marketing and communications at Sydney's Macquarie University, says that with more than 70 % of 15 to 34 year olds utilising social networks, they can't be ignored. Over the years, every new form of communications technology has been touted as the next evil : film, radio T.V. computer games and now social networking utilities. No one has ended up with square eyes from watching T.V. yet ! (Melinda Ayre, Sunday Telegraph September 30). Philippa Brook, head of marketing and communications at Sydney’s Macquarie University, says that with more than 70 % of 15 to 34 year olds utilising social networks, they can’t be ignored. Over the years, every new form of communications technology has been touted as the next evil : film, radio T.V. computer games and now social networking utilities. No one has ended up with square eyes from watching T.V. yet ! (Melinda Ayre, Sunday Telegraph September 30).

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