[Moodle] Moodle at home

[Roland Gesthuizen]

Thanks Laurie :-)

myspace, facebook and bebo are known also as online social networks.

Some background information
     http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_networking#Internet_social_networks
And a comprehensive list
     http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites

Students often fill out profiles that may include photographs, videos and
other personal information. There are some interesting applications but as
you can imagine, there are some important Internet safety issues to consider
but perhaps not given due justice by parents and schools. Whilst schools
block many of these sites, there is a huge online battle going on outside to
win the hearts and minds of teenagers.

Certainly worth discussing with your students.

Regards Roland

On 22/04/06, sav at pvgc.vic.edu.au <sav at pvgc.vic.edu.au> wrote:
>
> OK, I'll bite! What are myspace, facebook and bebo?
>
> Laurie
>
> "Roland Gesthuizen" <rgesthuizen at gmail.com> on Sat, 22 Apr 2006 15:57:49
> +1000 wrote:
> > Good report from a post to the Moodle K12 discussion list about Moodle
> > and Pupil's use of IT at home in the UK. (PDF version attached)
> > http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=44129
> >
> > "The communication and collaboration tools that Moodle provides would
> > be one way of taking some aspects of the leisure use of computing at
> > home and re-purposing it to more educational ends ... if a school can
> > provide this sort of functionality, then myspace, facebook and bebo
> > perhaps become less appealing."
> >
> > Regards Roland
> >
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Roland Gesthuizen - ICT Coordinator - Westall Secondary College
http://www.westallsc.vic.edu.au

"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change
the world; indeed it is the only thing that ever has." --Margaret Mead
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