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Comment on The One Thing I forgot To Talk About At EduBloggerCon East by Larry Ferlazzo

Larry Ferlazzo — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 02:58:30 +0000

Lisa,

First, thanks for including me in your blogroll.

Second, you propose an excellent question.

Since the focus of my blog is resource sharing and ESL/EFL, I primarily include blogs that relate to one or the other (or to both) in my blogroll. I figure that’s what people who read my blog are most interested in.

Larry

Comment on Stranger Danger by Anne

Anne — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 19:34:23 +0000

I truly think we are born with the “gut” but are not taught to use/listen to it. I think it certainly develops as we develop, but we need to teach our children to listen to it. Yes, I changed the language in which I used to teach my son not to “talk to strangers.” When he was little and “caught” me talking to someone, he would say, “Do you know that person (no) - then they are a stranger.” Too astute! I will explain to the kids now that I felt comfortable and safe enough to talk to that person. I hope they will learn the same.

Comment on Stranger Danger by lthumann

lthumann — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 19:30:08 +0000

@Anne - Are we born with that “gut” or do we develop it over time? I think it’s a combination of both and we need to help our children develop a sense of security. I’m glad my daughter said that to me because I’ve since changed what I say to them to be more middle-of-the-road.

Comment on Stranger Danger by Anne

Anne — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 19:04:48 +0000

Great post - I am not a SL yet, but am working on it. You asked, “I talk to strangers all the time in my first life and my four-year-old frequently scolds me as she doesn’t understand boundaries and social graces yet. How do we teach our students and children to be polite…”
I taught my son “not to talk to strangers” - he is an adult now and in his job (much like mine) we talk to “strangers” every day. I recently learned of teaching our children to not talk to people who cause them to feel discomfort. Teach them to “listen” to their own feelings about others - of course, they are never to go off with anyone, but smiling and saying hello is not harmful at all if they wish to. By instilling fear of “strangers” in our children we may set them up for a life of fear (as my mother did with me - she is a very fear based person). It is essential as well that they learn not to be taken by others for “goods” or to “find a lost puppy”, etc. but if we teach them to listen to their ‘gut’ they will be far better off that being confused over who is a “stranger” and who is not.

Comment on Stranger Danger by Justin Reeve

Justin Reeve — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 19:00:30 +0000

Only problem with that statement, Vampire, is that in this case Second Life is being used for work-related purposes, to educate students and engage them in learning. And of course, you’re just automatically assuming that she’s using Second Life when the kids aren’t at school, outside playing, down for a nap, at their friend’s house, in bed for the night, or any other time when such activity doesn’t interfere with parent-child time. There’s no reason to cast judgment without knowing all the facts.

I’d be much more concerned about parents who are addicted to games like World of Warcraft (just an example) and neglect their families because of it. Happens all the time, unfortunately. (Just see the “Widows of Warcraft” newsgroup for an example).

Comment on Stranger Danger by PurpleCar

PurpleCar — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 18:49:30 +0000

Vampire must not have kids.

Comment on Stranger Danger by lthumann

lthumann — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 18:42:23 +0000

Well Vampire - Thank you for carefully taking the time to read my post about how I was using Second Life for work. I appreciate your comment. Come back again and next time please read carefully before you judge me.

Comment on The One Thing I forgot To Talk About At EduBloggerCon East by Cathy Nelson

Cathy Nelson — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 13:14:04 +0000

Lisa thanks for commenting on my post about missing BLC. I have thought a lot about why I have blogs listed in my blogroll. As a newbie almost 2 years ago, I listed every blog from my reader, but then my reader greww to too many to list. Then I whittled it back to just the ones that impacted my learning. But then that got very long too. So now it is a list of blogs I think beginners would enjoy. That’s crazy right? But when you do PD, and you are evangelizing the power of reading blogs in a reader, it’s nice to point newbies to my blogroll, and say “start there.”

I also have categories–yes–it does sound like overkill. But I’ve categorized some for “Teacher Librarians” and others for “Just SC folks.” I am forever trying to lift up the colleagues in my own state, and that is one way to do it. (of course it also gives them a technorati boost too, though I’ve recently decided I do not trust technorati.)

You girls (you and Liz) have definitely taken a leadership role at the EdubloggerCon East, and Im just glad I was able to be a virtual participant. Remember in Philly at our late night dinner when Joyce V said “you girls are the next keynoters?” Well i do believe you and Liz made a definite step in that direction! I’m still a wannabe. I can visualize both of you now keynoting at EduCon 2.1…maybe I’ll email Chris Lehmann and make that recommendation today.

Comment on The One Thing I forgot To Talk About At EduBloggerCon East by Lisa Parisi

Lisa Parisi — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 13:12:02 +0000

Beth, I love the idea of adding an update date to my calendar. I actually have not updated my blogroll in ages. Thank you Lisa for reminding me to check it out. Where is the list of your blogs with the reasons you follow? I was interested in seeing that.

Comment on The One Thing I forgot To Talk About At EduBloggerCon East by Richard Kassissieh

Richard Kassissieh — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 12:42:19 +0000

Mine is very simple. I include all the blogs I read for professional purposes. My main reason is to provide links for people seeing more sources to read
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Richard