Bringing Digital Media into the Classroom

November 2010 Blog Posts (2)

Everything in Moderation?

Who ever thought computers would be vilified in the same sentence that television is praised?

"The researchers looked at how the use of these media affected the boys’ brainwave patterns while sleeping and their ability to remember their homework in the subsequent days. They found that playing video games led to markedly lower…

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Added by Laura Bradley on November 21, 2010 at 10:00am — No Comments

Facebooking First Graders

The other day my principal called my classroom and asked me to send a few of my students (8th graders) down to her office. She said someone had created a fake Facebook page for one of our campus supervisors, and three of my students appeared to be involved. They had copied a picture of the victim from his own Facebook page, and then gave him a name that was a slight variation of his own. Then they filled the page with all kinds of hateful profanity.

These kids are so clueless about…

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Added by Laura Bradley on November 10, 2010 at 12:30pm — No Comments