From Derek's Blog - "Seems in the UK they’re taking the challenge of linking ICT to the curriculum very seriously, to the extent that their draft plans will require children to master Twitter and Wikipedia . . . Included in the proposal is the requirement for those leaving primary school to be familiar with blogging, podcasts, Wikipedia and Twitter as sources of information and forms of communication."
It’s odd if only because kids are usually early adopters of technology. It’s like a school system declaring that there will be mandatory computer game classes. “Thank you for meeting with me, Mr. and Mrs. Johnson. As Billy’s teacher, I’m worried that he is falling behind in ‘World of Warcraft’. For instance, yesterday during open kill time I caught him reading.”
I may have snickersnorted upon reading this...
Posted by: Anon. | March 26, 2009 at 12:16 AM
@ Anon -- Thanks. And is it just me or does snickersnorted sound like a new candy bar from Hershey? "Snickersnorted: Now with nuts!"
Posted by: Cris Cohen | March 26, 2009 at 09:05 AM
I don't find anything bad in adding Twitter in the curriculum but it doesn't have to be a treated as a major subject. It can be added as part of computer class but nothing more than that. It's a good thing to educate students as well about the sources of information that they can use.
Posted by: wowgold | July 03, 2009 at 11:57 AM
@wowgold - True. My point, though, is that with things like Twitter, there is a good chance that the kids know more about it than the teachers.
Posted by: Cris | July 12, 2009 at 03:56 PM