I blocked students from the chat only because I know teachers will come to me to whine about it rather than enforcing it themselves, just like they do when kids are surfing inappropriate places or playing games. So it's a pre-emptive strike.
Mike On Aug 31, 2010, at 2:43 PM, Michael Bendorf wrote: > Does anyone allow students to use the chat feature? > If a student uploads a pic to their chat profile, can anyone outside of the > domain see that picture? > > I want to let me students chat, as it is really no different then allowing > them to email eachother, other than being faster/easier/more like what they > are used to. It should be the teacher's responsibility to keep their > attention, but really - it is the same as an email... > > --Michael T. Bendorf-- > Technology Administrator > A-C Central C.U.S.D. #262 > 217.476.3312 ext. 2019 > DID #: 217.476.6019 > Cellular: 217.306.6824 > > "I'm trying to teach myself to ask the same questions that you do during your > lectures so that I do not need you any more." > > A good teacher is like a candle - it consumes itself to light the way for > others. > > "The computer revolution hasn't started yet. Don't be misled by the enormous > flow of money into bad defacto standards for unsophisticated buyers using > poor adaptations of incomplete ideas." > > - Alan Kay > > | Subscription info at http://www.tech-geeks.org | | Subscription info at http://www.tech-geeks.org |
