Comments on: No Internet, No Problem… Well, Maybe Not For You http://gwegner.edublogs.org/2008/11/08/no-internet-no-problem-well-maybe-not-for-you/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 11:39:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Dr. Davis http://gwegner.edublogs.org/2008/11/08/no-internet-no-problem-well-maybe-not-for-you/comment-page-1/#comment-13962 Dr. Davis Wed, 19 Nov 2008 20:31:56 +0000 http://gwegner.edublogs.org/?p=640#comment-13962 Having no internet or electricity is a big deal when the class is planned using technology as an integral part of the activities. We had a hurricane (Ike) and while school was out for two weeks, some of us didn't get electricity back for six weeks. But at least I wasn't trying to teach someone new things. Having no internet or electricity is a big deal when the class is planned using technology as an integral part of the activities. We had a hurricane (Ike) and while school was out for two weeks, some of us didn’t get electricity back for six weeks.

But at least I wasn’t trying to teach someone new things.

]]> By: Chris Harvey http://gwegner.edublogs.org/2008/11/08/no-internet-no-problem-well-maybe-not-for-you/comment-page-1/#comment-13953 Chris Harvey Sun, 09 Nov 2008 14:08:15 +0000 http://gwegner.edublogs.org/?p=640#comment-13953 Web based services like the ones you use online. e.g Social bookmarking, blogs, wikis, microblogging, video and image sharing... The internet may make your work available to a lot more people but at least they would learn about the tools within their local community/school and perhaps they could publish some of their work on the internet as well. Web based services like the ones you use online.

e.g Social bookmarking, blogs, wikis, microblogging, video and image sharing…

The internet may make your work available to a lot more people but at least they would learn about the tools within their local community/school and perhaps they could publish some of their work on the internet as well.

]]> By: Graham Wegner http://gwegner.edublogs.org/2008/11/08/no-internet-no-problem-well-maybe-not-for-you/comment-page-1/#comment-13952 Graham Wegner Sun, 09 Nov 2008 11:06:33 +0000 http://gwegner.edublogs.org/?p=640#comment-13952 Hmmmm... that'd work if we had an intranet. Seriously, which services do you think would go there? Hmmmm… that’d work if we had an intranet. Seriously, which services do you think would go there?

]]> By: Chris Harvey http://gwegner.edublogs.org/2008/11/08/no-internet-no-problem-well-maybe-not-for-you/comment-page-1/#comment-13951 Chris Harvey Sun, 09 Nov 2008 07:47:45 +0000 http://gwegner.edublogs.org/?p=640#comment-13951 You could always just host those services on the school intranet so the students would learn about them and your local staff would be in control of administration/filters etc. You could always just host those services on the school intranet so the students would learn about them and your local staff would be in control of administration/filters etc.

]]> By: Graham Wegner http://gwegner.edublogs.org/2008/11/08/no-internet-no-problem-well-maybe-not-for-you/comment-page-1/#comment-13950 Graham Wegner Sat, 08 Nov 2008 10:35:47 +0000 http://gwegner.edublogs.org/?p=640#comment-13950 Yes, Darcy, you have pointed out something that I overlooked in my post - the impact of filtering in the use of the internet in classrooms. This millstone means that all educators have a crippled tool to use - but still one I am not prepared to do without. I should actually log how many times I bump up against the filter in my day to day teaching program. As for the iPhone - its pricing is still out of my price range - but I think that it is a very legitimate tax deduction. Yes, Darcy, you have pointed out something that I overlooked in my post – the impact of filtering in the use of the internet in classrooms. This millstone means that all educators have a crippled tool to use – but still one I am not prepared to do without. I should actually log how many times I bump up against the filter in my day to day teaching program. As for the iPhone – its pricing is still out of my price range – but I think that it is a very legitimate tax deduction.

]]> By: Darcy Moore http://gwegner.edublogs.org/2008/11/08/no-internet-no-problem-well-maybe-not-for-you/comment-page-1/#comment-13949 Darcy Moore Sat, 08 Nov 2008 10:09:41 +0000 http://gwegner.edublogs.org/?p=640#comment-13949 Graham, with 'the filter' and our internet connection at school down so often - and everything has moved online - I am thinking my iPhone can be a tax deduction as a neccessary tool of my trade ;O) Graham, with ‘the filter’ and our internet connection at school down so often – and everything has moved online – I am thinking my iPhone can be a tax deduction as a neccessary tool of my trade ;O)

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