Podcast Reflection #3: Facebook Talk from Driving Questions in Education (Kevin Honeycutt)

In this podcast, Kevin Honeycutt discusses how Facebook is affecting the educational world. His website where he lists all his podcast is here.

Bullying is one of the main issues in this podcast. One thing they discussed in the podcast is how lasting the effects of bullying is on Facebook. I would have to agree. They said how someone could post something mean on Facebook, and feel bad about it later. However, that doesn't really make a difference, because so many people have already seen the mean post. A lot of people could have liked it, or gotten tagged in a mean picture, and next thing you know, the whole school has seen the post. So even if you feel bad about it later, it has already been out there for the whole Facebook community to see.

Facebook has gotten so large that people don't just stop using Facebook. It is very hard to stop students from using a social networking site that they can access from their phones, their iTouch, or their home computers.

I access Facebook multiple times a day. It is my go-to website when I am bored.

They talk about how hard it is to get a page down on Facebook immediately. If a student is getting bullied, and a parent wants to get a mean page down FAST, they just can't. After you report an "imposter" page or profile, you can't just make something go away.

This is so sad, but I don't see a way to control Facebook in school. Bullying is bad, and we need to find a way to stop it with this new world of technology. The entire internet, including Facebook, can ruin someones life or reputation. Not just a students, but also a teachers. A teacher's job could be in jeopardy because of a Facebook post or a Facebook picture. I think people need to just learn how to be responsible when using online technology, but this is no easy feat when you are talking about teenagers. It would be best if the school had some kind of rules or regulations against Facebook bullying.

Reflection 2: CDK Education Technology Place

I discovered at this website that Professor Danner-Kuhn is very passionate about teaching in Kansas and just improving the educational field in general. I think that is very cool. It all seems very inspirational, and helps me feel inspired about teaching.

The website is very helpful on showing course content and even presentation information she has done. You could learn a lot just by spending half an hour at the website.

I like that the website also has fun information. The “Gotta Keep Reading” flash mob video was fun to watch. Overall, the website just has a lot of useful and cool information. I think it has helped me learn more about what kind of teacher and person Professor Danner-Kuhn is. 

Professor Danner-Kuhn's website is listed below:

http://www.cyndidannerkuhn.info/CDK/Home.html 

Reflection1: Technology Bits, Bytes & Nibbles

Professor Danner-Kuhn’s blog has a lot of very useful information. The tip on using Keychain Access was very interesting. I don’t have my own Mac, but it would be very helpful if I ever do, or while using one as a teacher. I wish my own laptop had this feature.

I was really surprised to read about Kindergartener’s using laptops, even though I probably shouldn’t be. My boyfriend’s nieces already want their own laptops, and the oldest one is only nine. This just reinforces the idea that when I am a teacher technology will have a huge impact on how I teach. It also reinforces that technology is very important, so I should try to learn as much about it as possible.

Learning about the Bubble Ball application was really interesting. I do not have my own iPhone, and don’t usually spend my money on apps. I just think it is amazing a 14 year old made this. 

Professor Danner-Kuhn's blog is: http://www.technologybitsbytesnibbles.info/