Comments for Teachers(Summary for Post 1 & 2 )

January And My Month Of Free Learning- I myself find it quite amazing at the amount of free resources available to educators and students at the webstitutes. Also i’m quite impressed with the bold concept by which some teachers relate to their students. The virtual meeting places provide a wealth of information and knowledge for those who wish to participate. EC Ning is kinda like american soap opras. No matter how long you are away, it only takes a few minutes to feel like you were never away. Does The Suite Make The Teacher- I think they have it right over in the Netherlands. It seems like everything you do in the US, is because thats what society says you should do. Putting on a suit or a Business dress, doesn’t turn you into superman or superwomen. What it does is say i’m better than you. This is how i would think students would view it. Thats the wrong message you would want to send. How about dressing down. I would would think that would send the message of, hey guys and girls, i’m no better than you, in fact, i’m just like everybody else in the room.
I think that would make you a little more approachable from the students’ point of view.
Now about that facebook thing. I… don’t know. There are some cases where some teachers have abused it. This could go either way. What i do think is that someone needs to come up with a way to police the system better, instead of rejecting it. School systems need to invest in ways of figuring out a solution, rather than being closed minded. Maybe they can set up something where facebook is piped through the school systems’ website, with a series of filters that would have to be navigated, before the connection is actually made. It needs to be looked at anyway. Based on how fast technology is moving, someone has already figure it out, they’re just trying to get the highest fee before they release it.