Important article to read about children of all ages creating profiles. I believe this supports our driving need to incorporate instruction and discussion on this topic in schools.
Office gossip (this study on an elementary school and their gossip against a principal) hurts EVERYONE including your school and in this case, test scores declined. Remember that when you gossip, you also hurt yourself and if you didn't already know this, take a read here about office gossip and how to intervene and stop it.
I'd like to say something about the topic of gossip. I'm a Dave Ramsey listener and he is a great opponent of gossip. In fact, he considers it a fireable offense in his business.
I find that gossip hurts morale, destroys the team atmosphere, and causes a general air of negativity around you.
I thought you might be interested in our new report. EWG just released a report about the air pollution created by common household and school cleaners. We have a bunch of downloadable tools to help parents and schools work together to green their cleaning. And a 1-page tip sheet for safer home cleaning. You can view the report here: www.ewg.org/schoolcleaningsupplies.
I enjoyed reading the social networking article from CNN.com. As a teacher and a mother – I often wonder how young is too young for computer use, social networking, ect… But as Clark said “The reality is that we’re a technology driven generation”.
The associated press stated, “Textbooks? That’s so old school”. Children will be introduced to computers on their first day of school. Hopefully technology will be a part of their every day routine. Hopefully teachers are using technology to truly do different things (Thornburg, 2008). As a parent, why not help them get a head start?
I do believe that all children need to be monitored while on the computer/internet (at school and at home). As the article mentioned, there are predators on the net. A nine year old shouldn’t be allowed to use the internet alone, just as he shouldn’t be allowed to go to the mall alone.
I hope that I make the right choices, as a parent. I hope that, as a teacher, I prepare my students for the technology generation!
Megan
Thornburg, D. (2008), {DVD}, Understanding the Impact and Expectations of Technology on Education, Work, and Society, The Emergence of Educational Technology, Laureate Education Inc
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I'd like to say something about the topic of gossip. I'm a Dave Ramsey listener and he is a great opponent of gossip. In fact, he considers it a fireable offense in his business.
I find that gossip hurts morale, destroys the team atmosphere, and causes a general air of negativity around you.
Robert
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