Comments on: Backchannels and Mythbusting: DN at Berkman@10 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/digitalnatives/2008/05/29/backchannels-and-mythbusting-dn-at-berkman10/ Berkman investigators, fellows, research assistants and interns sound off about all things Digital Natives Tue, 24 Nov 2009 08:55:09 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: links for 2008-06-10 « The View From My Window http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/digitalnatives/2008/05/29/backchannels-and-mythbusting-dn-at-berkman10/comment-page-1/#comment-659 links for 2008-06-10 « The View From My Window Tue, 10 Jun 2008 06:32:53 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/digitalnatives/2008/05/29/backchannels-and-mythbusting-d#comment-659 [...] Digital Natives » Backchannels and Mythbusting: DN at Berkman@10 (tags: backchannel) [...] [...] Digital Natives » Backchannels and Mythbusting: DN at Berkman@10 (tags: backchannel) [...]

]]> By: Shannon Hauser http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/digitalnatives/2008/05/29/backchannels-and-mythbusting-dn-at-berkman10/comment-page-1/#comment-617 Shannon Hauser Thu, 29 May 2008 17:50:38 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/digitalnatives/2008/05/29/backchannels-and-mythbusting-d#comment-617 As an undergrad student who often brings her laptop to class I agree very much that classrooms should be wired for internet access. I will say this though, most students don't see laptops/internet as a learning tool, but more of an entertainment device. So some students will not surf the web and not pay attention. But it isn't fair to say all students will not pay attention, for on numerous occasions in the classroom I have use google and wikipedia to provide much need context for the classroom discussion. I also use bookmarking apps like del.icio.us to tag pages that I find that might be useful in my understanding of the material. Students need to come to a place where they see this technology as means of learning and accessing the minds of others around them rather than just an expensive game system. This issue of course has nothing to do with technology, but students understanding of the true value of real learning and education. As an undergrad student who often brings her laptop to class I agree very much that classrooms should be wired for internet access.
I will say this though, most students don’t see laptops/internet as a learning tool, but more of an entertainment device. So some students will not surf the web and not pay attention.
But it isn’t fair to say all students will not pay attention, for on numerous occasions in the classroom I have use google and wikipedia to provide much need context for the classroom discussion. I also use bookmarking apps like del.icio.us to tag pages that I find that might be useful in my understanding of the material.
Students need to come to a place where they see this technology as means of learning and accessing the minds of others around them rather than just an expensive game system. This issue of course has nothing to do with technology, but students understanding of the true value of real learning and education.

]]> By: John Eckman http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/digitalnatives/2008/05/29/backchannels-and-mythbusting-dn-at-berkman10/comment-page-1/#comment-615 John Eckman Thu, 29 May 2008 15:00:28 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/digitalnatives/2008/05/29/backchannels-and-mythbusting-d#comment-615 What's interesting is that I wasn't even in that session - I was in another room in a session on transparency, democracy, and government - but IRC let me follow several discussions at once. (I'm the jeckman who kicks off the conversation above). Someone had asked, before that comment, whether classrooms should or should not be wired during class time - I wasn't just making that comment at random. ;) What’s interesting is that I wasn’t even in that session – I was in another room in a session on transparency, democracy, and government – but IRC let me follow several discussions at once. (I’m the jeckman who kicks off the conversation above).

Someone had asked, before that comment, whether classrooms should or should not be wired during class time – I wasn’t just making that comment at random. ;)

]]> By: Pedablogy: Musings on the Art & Craft of Teaching » Blog Archive » Backchannels and Class Participation http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/digitalnatives/2008/05/29/backchannels-and-mythbusting-dn-at-berkman10/comment-page-1/#comment-614 Pedablogy: Musings on the Art & Craft of Teaching » Blog Archive » Backchannels and Class Participation Thu, 29 May 2008 12:48:48 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/digitalnatives/2008/05/29/backchannels-and-mythbusting-d#comment-614 [...] Interesting post on the Digital Natives blog about backchannels and class participation. [...] [...] Interesting post on the Digital Natives blog about backchannels and class participation. [...]

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