Brenda Dyck Discussion:

My favorite point during the discussion centers around teaching students to be “digital citizens”. Students need to have appropriate skills and an understanding on how to communicate using technology. Where are students to gain such skills? We want our students to be life long leaders and learners. As educators we need to pass on some basic skills. It doesn’t have to be something that is a specific lesson but can rather be something we apply to an array of applications. Plus there are also many limitations. This might be a copyright issue or access to a program or the internet. I have personally gotten plenty of support from the students and their parents. Some may have been apprehensive but when they realize the benefits, they get onboard. I think that as education and technology continue to intergreate we need to press this issue and continue to help sutdents investigate with technology properly. Let students have freedome and simply teach them the skills so they can handle the risk of the unknown.