Source: http://disturbedstranger.files.wordpress.com/2008/04/dungeon-2.jpg

Michael Staton suggests the following:

Administrators fear what they can’t control. Everyone worries about the consequences of students participating in the open internet in ways that may make them vulnerable.

This is going to be a public opinion battle that we will be in for the decade to come. Please discuss how the debate is transpiring within your school.

…and invites us to participate in a conversation. Many labor in darkness, ignorant of the powerful learning opportunities that technology avails them and those they hope to serve. Could the best metaphor for a classroom be a dungeon, where teachers practice the art of student torture with 20th century learning implements?

How can we shine some light on the situation, give hope to those who have felt abandoned?

Brian Solis (PR 2.0) shares this interesting representation, which he entitles The Conversation Prism (definitely worth viewing on Flickr). It’s a bit overwhelming, a thought that occurred to me during the Classroom 2.0 conversation today. Why would anyone want to jump in and learn so many of these applications? What benefit is derived from learning these applications, except as a way to pass the time?

While I find use in these apps, I wonder if it isn’t a stretch to expect even half of these to be used in K-12 classrooms. If ignorance is darkness, and light is preferable to that, I’m doubtful that splitting the light into components is helpful for those who labor in ignorance. It is useful only for those who dwell in the light.

Note: I had too much fun with the darkness, dungeons bit. Sigh.

via Wes Fryer (SpeedofCreativity.org)

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