week 3 discussion

James Ibarra
EDED 4310 Tues
9-9-09

Here is my response to the discussion for this week.

1. Is this woman crazy? Her plan is definitely not a good one. First, students need to be supervised in the computer lab at all times. Being able to trust them is fine if you need to step out in the hallway or something to speak with another teacher, but going back to the room and leaving them in there unattended is out of the question. I wouldn’t worry about my students leaving the lab without permission. I would be more worried about them getting off task and going to inappropriate sites. Kids will be kids.

2. This email thing is also not a good idea. Neither the students nor the teacher know who these experts are. They only know of them. Students should never give out their names to anybody they don’t know. I’m shocked to see that they are giving them personal information such as their address and personal emails and obviously I don’t agree with it.

3. I understand that the teacher wants them to use technology so maybe she could still have them contact the person by web mail but through a secure site. Then, rather than give personal information to a stranger, the students could have the experts respond to them by sending a letter of the description to the school address. This is something that I would try.