Fall 2002

Week 9- Oct 30

Issues Related to Internet Use in the Classroom

Textbook Readings:

Jossey-Bass Reader on Technology and Learning (2000):

Watch IT (2000):

  • Misinformation, Malinformation, Messed-Up Information, adn Mostly Useless Information: Is Censorship the Best Response?, pp. 95-120
  • Surveillance and Privacy: Can Technology Protest What Technology Takes Away?, pp. 121-136
  • Information For Sale: Commercialization and the Educational Potential of the Internet, pp. 137-152
  • What Kind of Community Can the Internet Be?, pp. 153-179

Internet resources:

Sample Website for Class Discussion:

Questions for Discussion:

  1. What Access Issues are Apparent?
  2. What is the Purpose of the Website and How is the Related to Some Audience?
  3. What is Implied about the Purposes for Teaching?
  4. What Assumptions are Implied about Learning?
  5. What Sponsorship is Evident and How Does Sponsorship Affect Assumptions About the Content?
  6. Beyond the Content of Linked Sites, What Kinds of Relationships are Implied by the Links Themselves? (Examine a Few from this Perspective)?
  7. What is Missing from the Site in Relation to the Implied Purpose?

Jump to other sections of this course:

Course Schedule

Syllabus Week 1

Sept 4

 Week 2

Sept 11

 Week 3

Sept 18

 Week 4

Sept 25
Week 5

Oct 2

 Week 6

Oct 9

 Week 7

Oct 16

 Week 8

Oct 23

 Week 9

Oct 30
Week 10

Nov 6

 Week 11

Nov 13

 Week 12

Nov 20

 Week 13

Dec 4

 Week 14

Dec 11
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