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This is Just The First Wave Of Change

Gena Haskett — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 10:19:41 -0600

But There is a little more to it than that. In this bridge time parents are going to share their culture, belief systems and their educational input. And they should. They must. Please talk to your kids.

It is just that the little darlings are going to be able to find original source material or intentional dis-information and presented to you as contradiction to what you told them.

How will you explain the contradictions, nuance, generational differences in thought or the evolution of ideas over time? It isn't just the tools - it is and will be a change in how we present information and education.

Are 20th Century parents prepared for 21st century teens? This is gonna be fascinating to watch.

Gena - Out On The Stoop

I am shocked at all the changes!

ThePrudentPatron — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 09:23:22 -0600

I am shocked how much technology in the classroom has changed in just the last two years. My 4th grade daughter needed a flash drive as one of her school supplies this year! She does not bring home any textbooks anymore. If she needs one for an assignment, she acesses it on-line! The biggest change of all: All parent- teacher, parent-coach, parent-school communication is done through email and school or team websites! I feel fortunate that I have a decent undersanding of technology so that I at least know what it going on in my daughter's academic life. I have so many friends who have been lost in the shuffle. It is no longer a choice anymore whether or not you have a personal computer or email if your children attend public school. You both will be missing out if you don't.

Brittany at theprudentpatron.blogspot.com

Technology is here and a

vodkamom — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 07:37:46 -0600

Technology is here and a deep part of all our lives. We all need to learn how to use it properly and effectively.......

Because I used to work at Planned Parenthood

Devra Renner — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 17:12:07 -0600

I really want to put a condom on that thing.

But in all seriousness, I agree with you, that having the technology is not the same thing as understanding it and the circumstances and context of its use. And they need the humans in their lives to help them learn that stuff.

Devra Renner, MSW Contributing Editor Family Connections

www.parentopia.com/blog

Because I used to work at Planned Parenthood

Devra Renner — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 17:12:05 -0600

I really want to put a condom on that thing.

Devra Renner, MSW Contributing Editor Family Connections

www.parentopia.com/blog

Natives? Maybe-but they still need to learn to speak the lang.

TW — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 17:02:18 -0600

Don't mistake the fact that our children may be digital natives-but just like natives in Japan learn Japanese and natives in France learn French-through years of modeling, parenting, teaching and experiencing the language-our children need that education too. I think a lot of parents just presume their kids know these things because they aren't afraid to use them.

The tech in the classroom-well the only tech issue I have in the class room is that the middle school students have a digital projection unit in each classroom which is...phallic, especially when you spend the day swimming through the hormone thick air of middle school. Note the bad...sorry about that, photos are NOT my tech skill, photo below. The side view...even more so.

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Technology in the classroom

Vered — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 19:32:01 -0600

How can anyone object to it? Technology is not just the present, it's also the future. I wish they had more technology when I was a kid. I was bored to death at school 80% of the time and I'm sure technology would have helped.

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Update

Leslie Madsen Brooks — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:51:22 -0600

Since I wrote this post, the Center for American Progress has released a report on the leaky pipeline for women in science.

Leslie

BlogHer Contributing Editor, Research and Academia
My blogs: The Clutter Museum, Museum Blogging, and The Multicultural Toybox

I think the lack of

Placings — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 00:45:38 -0600

I think the lack of effective communication skills is not just in our scientists but our graduates in general :) I was traveling through Europe last year for over 3 months (via Eurail pass) and I asked a professor sitting next to me why the quality of graduates in Europe seem to be so high and their research and rapid advancement so prominent and he replied by telling me Americans are still winning Nobel Prizes, lol.

Go figure.

Women and the Great Depression

dkdanielson — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 10:15:38 -0600

Hi Suzanne - Thanks for including us in this. Glad to see people discussing the topic and not assuming it has "gone away." Your comments made me think back to some of my historical research about women in the Great Depression. Here's actually a good summary of how the women's movement stalled during the Great Depression, yet there are some parallels to what is going on now. http://www.novelguide.com/a/discover/egd_02/egd_02_00550.html.

P.S. I'm with you on the more male caregivers being a big deal. It's an interesting twist. Especially because more people miss work for elder care than child care and it's going to be am even bigger issue. I'm thinking that maybe it's son's out of work? having to move back home? or Single/Divorced? Also, I note that my brother will have the responsibility because he lives near my parents. So, it may be a geographic thing.

Diane K. Danielson ceo, DowntownWomensClub.com

Women and the Great Depression

dkdanielson — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 09:46:13 -0600

Diane K. Danielson ceo, DowntownWomensClub.com

Wonderful!

Britt Bravo — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 13:30:25 -0500

Thanks so much for sharing your post, Anna (:

Posted!

PositivelyAnna — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 21:16:06 -0500

I enjoyed writing that! Thanks for the suggestion.

Anna B

http://positivelyanna.blogspot.com/

The Golden Rule is missing

Beverly Flaxington — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 15:18:09 -0500

I don't claim to have answers to school violence, but I do notice a disturbing trend generally among children. The "Golden Rule" seems to have all but disappeared from the lexicon. Instead of treating others as you'd like to be treated, it seems most kids are ready to "put 'em up" everytime someone else upsets them. This goes on even with the so-called "good kids" who may have a stay-at-home mom, or a working mom but be generally financially healthy. I hear it in the teen gossip and read it on the Facebook pages of my own kids and their friends. I don't know if it is lack of spiritual direction, or lack of being in touch with something Greater than they are, but generally both the boys and girls seem ready with a chip on their shoulders looking for a fight. The Counselor at the grammar school says she has to start now with the Kindergarten kids when it used to be the 5th grade where it began. Maybe in each of our homes if we could watch our language and try to be a bit "kinder" toward others, kids would hear that message. Even in "good homes" we're often so harried and stressed, some days it is hard to be nice. It's possible that our kids feel this stress and don't know what to do with it, so just act it out in many different negative ways. I also think we don't teach kids, at least in public school, good coping skills -- how to communicate effectively, how to deal with emotion, or how to deal with stress and as such, it all builds up and for some kids, they don't know what to do except explode. Getting away from standardized testing and putting an emphasis on life skills might be one good place to start.

Beverly Flaxington

Blog: Dealing with Difficult People

Book: Understanding Other People: The Five Secrets

Abby, Thanks for your

Leslie Madsen Brooks — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 13:07:58 -0500

Abby, Thanks for your comment. I didn't say it's only the poor kids beating up on people--see all the cases I cited, as well as my comments about cliques, bullying, and suburban ennui.

There's more than one kind of poverty. If parents are working so hard to pay the bills that they can't spend time with their children, that strikes me as a particular form of poverty as well, a living-on-the-edge sort of poverty where the choice is between working/paying bills and spending time with the kids.

Leslie

BlogHer Contributing Editor, Research and Academia
My blogs: The Clutter Museum, Museum Blogging, and The Multicultural Toybox