Penny Christensen
Educator since 1998, eLearning Specialist since 2009.
The Internet is not your Enemy
Neither Al Gore nor the US Military invented The Internet to make a teacher’s job harder. Nor is The Internet part of a conspiracy to dumb our students down.
Sometimes we as educators opt to eliminate technology instead of modeling selection processes for or with our students. And that isn’t helping the teachers or the students.
Repeat after me: The Internet is not my enemy.
What behaviors do you want to avoid?
Cheating is the typical fear educators express about introducing The Internet into their classroom. Worries might include:
- Plagiarism
- Answer Sharing
- Chatting online
Repeat after me: The Internet can help me.
