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Teachers want ban on cyber-bully pupils
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Well yes I'm not surprised though again it's not really the technology that's at fault, but the behaviour of the pupils. Whilst internet use at school might be carefully filtered and sanitised if this leads to a lack of engagement with pupils around these topics how can we complain when they go home and use the technology in this behaviour?
There needs to be far more engagement with the pupils and that means that teachers need to understand how pupils use technology - and it's totally different to the way adults work. For children and teens technology is all about communication (eg IM and Chat) and social networking (Bebo, Myspace, Piczo) two areas most often filtered in school. If teachers don't understand how pupils interact with technology, then how can they hope to provide good advice, role models and teach what not to do and why not.
'YouTube has examples from several countries of teachers being held up to ridicule. A male teacher was shown with his trousers down. In a recent case in north-east England, a pupil posted a picture of a woman teacher transposed on to pornographic material.'
One has to ask how the former was filmed and why the latter wasn't blocked by filters, but obviously anyone can create publish anything on the internet. We need to ensure that such incidents are tackled with pre-emptive education and proactive action, such as asking pupils to sign clearly worded acceptable use policies. Filtering it wont make it go away - it just hides it under the carpet.
Pied Piper Publishing @ www.ezboard.com
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Necromancer Games: 3rd Edition Rules, 1st Edition Feel
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Jack
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We have just acquired a 14 month old Dutch Shepherd dog to keep our 6.5 y.o. German Shepherd company. His name is Jack and he is a rescue from the Rosedene Rescue Centre:
Rosedene Rescue Centre
For more about Dutch Shepherds:
THE DUTCH SHEPHERD DOG
Jack is painfully thin at the moment and desperately needed a home. Apparently, although he arrived at the centre in a good state of health he suffered from stress in the kennels and the weight just dropped off him. We hope that once he is settled into his new home he will begin to thrive. Sabre is still a little unsure about the new arrival, however he has taken to Jack really well and apart from a few niggles about who's in charge he has been wonderfully well behaved.
New PC iPod On Horizon? :: iPod Hacks :: The Latest and Greatest for Your iPod
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New PC iPod On Horizon? :: iPod Hacks :: The Latest and Greatest for Your iPod