The Media Spot

Our favorite technology-in-education blogger, Andy Carvin, has written a few more excellent media education articles recently.

The pick of the bunch from our perspective is his July 20th post, Do Internet Filters Undermine the Teaching of 21st Century Citizenship? , which tackles the tricky issue of blocking certain Internet resources in the classroom, and more generally, the idea of sheltering students from Internet-based technology.

At play are important concerns of access, empowerment, media education, and cultural/political participation on the one hand, and privacy, safety, and teacher/school liability on the other. This is a crucial conversation that we find ourselves having often in the classroom. (See the Access Denied video on this site to get class 3-307's perspective from PS 124 in Brooklyn.)

Also see Carvin's write-up of the term "Web 2.0" and its relevance to educators.