Class Four

Filtering the Internet In High Schools... are students learning what is news and what isn't?

Years ago, I started working for a school district on the same day their internet hookup was first turned on.  I watched the staff there move to accept the internet, then embrace it and now it is an integral part of the education process.

I have always advocated for less Internet filtering.  For example, I argued that students should be able to use facebook in school so they can properly learn how to use it.  I've argued that how can we teach kids about the Internet if we don't let them see it all.   Along the way this opinion has cost me a job, but I firmly believe that students need to see the Internet for what it is so they can learn.  Of course some filtering is needed (pornography is one good example).

So now the main stream media is reporting that students are having a hard time determining what online new is fake and what is real.  Here is on story on it:

Students Have 'Dismaying' Inability To Tell Fake News From Real, Study Finds

I would love to see curriculum written that teaches students what to look for when reading online content.  Instead of shying away from some Internet content, we should use it as an example.  Stop filtering out fake news.

But things change slowly.  We will see.

Kim Cronin

Class Three

Class Three

Introduction to Blogging - Class two

Notes from Class Two

Introduction to Blogging - Class One -

The Semester's Blogging class has started.

Class Schedule

Class 1 - The Basics - Planning and Getting the blog Started

Class 2- Creating Posts, Blog rules - Content, tags, images

Class 3 - Generating traffic - Getting advertisements, making money

Class 4 - Taking it to the next level, Hosting your own blog, customizing

Your Homework for the first class is to go to Amazon and read a book on How to blog... the link is below in the lecture notes.

 Here are the lecture notes from the first class: