Emily (and others considering blogging) - I hadn't responded because I wasn't sure *how* to respond. Writing and having one's writing read by a large audience are 2 distinctly different things... So I have been tossing this one around, and in the end you have to decide whether you wish to write on the internet or not.
Critics abound on the internet. Some end up being cheerleaders, some are quite critical. And depending on what you write, they two may switch. That's a fact of writing - and especially of blogging. An author can count how many copies of a book are sold... on the internet, we count page visits and how many people have reacted positively or negatively. You'll never get 100% agreement from everyone. But is that the goal? If you don't write about 'Learning about the Digital Divide in the Classroom', that's fine - but I wish someone *would* write about these things more. I have never had to teach about the Digital Divide - my former students were already painfully aware of the situation. But understanding how the Digital Divide is communicated to people outside would be just as important to them as it is for people being taught to understand the Digital Divide itself - this information is a bridge across the divide, and a good way to open discussion. That discussion is a sharing of information. That sharing of information helps decrease the divide, and also helps create the right conditions for people to assert themselves at the 'wrong side' of the divide. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >This is my first post to the list and I decided to respond to this message. > >I did not realize my entry would get picked up by a search engine. That entry >was about an idea I had to start a new community on the website. It was not >that great of an entry, I just wanted some advice if I should start it. Since >it made it in a google alert, I decided to go ahead and start the community. I >deleted that entry and wrote another one (which I was planning on doing anyway >when I started the community). I realized the google news was what was >showing up on the alerts. I searched the news and my new entry showed. Well, >I decided I do not feel comfortable yet with my messages being in the top >news. I ended up deleting that one too. I am really sorry that I had to do >that. It's really important to know that blog entries and profiles on the >digital divide network can be picked up on the web (and the news too). > >Here is the message I wrote after I created the community- > >I just started a new community called "Learning about the Digital Divide in >the Classroom". >This community is mainly for students and college graduates who have studied >(or are studying) topics relating to the Digital Divide in their classes. As a >recent college graduate who learned about some of these topics in my college >courses, I wanted to start this community. >I know there are students who have signed up on here and it would allow them >to get involved more with the site. > >I am thinking this would have class assignments/papers listed under articles >and links to course webpages and schools who offer these courses in web >resources. I think this could lead to students/college grads blogging about >their related courses. > >I also want this community to include instructors who teach courses related to >the digital divide topics. Anyone else interested in learning how students are >learning about digital divide topics in classes can join too. > > >Emily Weinberg >United States >http://eweinb04.blogspot.com > > > >--------------------------------- >Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Search presents - Jib Jab's 'Second Term' >_______________________________________________ >DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list >[email protected] >http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide >To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE >in the body of the message. > > > -- Taran Rampersad [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxgazette.com http://www.a42.com http://www.worldchanging.com http://www.knowprose.com http://www.easylum.net "Criticize by creating." — Michelangelo _______________________________________________ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
