"One technological determinist view represents contemporary children as increasingly 'active' and 'worldly' because there are now technologies that enable and encourage this."
-- This quote resonated with me because I find it true that chilren in today's world are much more informed and knowledgeable about things going on in the world and have their own opinions. They can even locate places online to voice these opinions and make a stand for what they believe in. I don't know if it is completely a good thing that children can see what is happening in the world because there are so many awful things that are posted on media forums. --
"The enormous variety of blogs- sometimes referred to as the 'blogosphere'- includes serious and trivial material and is a largely unregulared clamour of indiviual and group voices. Depending on one's point of view, this can be seen as a fascinating diversity of human expression or a confusion of unfiltered information and opinion."
-- This stuck out to me because are blogging every week for this class and has brought me into to the 'blogosphere'. Reading my peers blogs has been very informative and I have started looking at blogs to get opinons on things in everyday life. I think students can benefit from learning how to blog and how to research blogs of others. It can be informative as well has helpful in many situations.
"When part of the reality of a situation is virtual, and the actors and researchers are both physically embodied and actualized in the virtual world as avatars, the research context can be conceived as a number of layered realities."
-- Having students participate in virtual world learning could be a postive in the educational setting. Although there are still questions about grading and observing, it is a good theory to help some students learn different ways of understanding things in other ways besides a classroom setting.
I'm glad you find blogging and reading your peers blogs a positive learning experience. I really think it promotes social and collaborative learning! I've found students really do learn valuable information from their peers. In fact I've learned a lot from my students experience in teaching and learning from reading their bloggs!
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