Journal #4 NETS 1-5

# Schaffhauser, . (2010, December 01). It's time to trust teachers with the internet: a conversation with meg ormiston. Retrieved from http://thejournal.com/Articles/2010/12/01/Its-Time-To-Trust-Teachers-with-the-Internet-A-Conversation-with-Meg-Ormiston.aspx?sc_lang=en&Page=1


Journal #4 required me to read the web based article “It's Time To Trust Teachers with the Internet: A Conversation with Meg Ormiston”. In the article they talk about how many social networking and other educational websites are being blocked by the filters or by other means at the school. Therefore, teachers are not able to teach their students through technology. It can be maddening for some teachers to have to deal with such a problem on school campuses. If a teacher’s teaching style does include web based technology and then it is blocked the whole lesson plan is wasted because the filter blocks the certain sites from the classroom. Although, it is understandable that administrators have to do things, like putting filters on social networking sites, to “protect” the kids from potential harmful material. Why would they want to restrict a responsible adult from teaching their students. I do agree with the article that if there is a responsible adult in the classroom to help guide the students into the technology lead education then I do not see why there needs to be restrictions on what the students can and can not do to learn, technologically speaking.