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By Cheryl Vitali September 21, 2009 -- 06:17 PM
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Barbara,
Some profound ideas you shared I just felt I needed to log into this conversation a little. You are so right about the random acts of kindness and how much people can connect in doing things in an online community.
It is also very easy to be misunderstood or accidentally offend someone online as it does not have the same authenticity of direct conversation. Add in cultural differences and it takes care in being aware of how you come across in varied medium.
The Internet has changed so much since the early pioneering days when few teachers actually used the Web and now it is an expected part of curriculum. Even so netiquette, etiquette is still something that needs teaching all the time and with the academic rigors we are currently having how much that is addressed may be minimal to be quite honest. The conversations we have had have changed over the years.
Also our society is becoming somewhat egocentric at times with polar opinions about many issues. It is rather sad to be quite honest.
My eCoach is a great community where people can venture to share ideas and develop resources. Right now all I put online for my district over the past how many years, I'm not sure it even exists in cyberspace anymore. That is the nature of the game these days. I was not able to find a resource I created that I had a need for and I know I did not remove it. That said, if I can find the time to put it on My eCoach, I know it will be there. At least I know I have a great deal of it saved on some CDs and so on. Such is life.
Thanks Barbara!
Cheryl Vitali Resource Specialist Silas Bartsch School
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