[elearning] oldies but goodies

[Brentnall, Trudy J]

Ros, what a fantastic insight into the use of technology and the family. I
would love to quote you (minus names of course) if you don¹t mind.
It provides examples of why connectedness is so positive and natural and not
demonic as the media likes to convey at times.
Cheers,
Trudy

Trudy Brentnall| Ultranet Coach
Eastern Metropolitan Region| DEECD
MAROONDAH NETWORK 
0401 447 405| skype: yvelc_trudy | twitter: trudy3113
brentnall.trudy.j at edumail.vic.gov.au





On 17/02/10 10:56 AM, "Ros Meadows" <ros.meadows at gmail.com> wrote:

> Roland - I think technology has changed family relationships for the better...
>     * I now no longer have to scream and yell to the other end of the house to
> get my family out of their bedrooms and up to the dinner table - one simple
> sms does the trick!
>     * I can follow my children's antics/photos etc on facebook, plus
> comment!!! This has brought me much closer to them and many of their friends -
> many of whom have also added me as a friend :-)
>     *When my daughter has not arrived home at 4am and her phone is not
> answering (flat battery??) I just post to her facebook "Where's Monica" and
> usually one of her friends will answer it with something like "We are in the
> city waiting for a taxi" (they all have facebook and internet access on their
> phones!! It's just the batteries that are the problem!!)
>     *As a family we can share our photos via the web or MMS
>     *Putting my mother (who lives in the country) on my mobile plan (something
> I did about 6 years ago) now means I talk to her at least once a week (but
> usually 3 or 4 times) for as long as we like instead of the hurried calls we
> used to have because of the cost of STD calls and her reluctance to use her
> phone or allow me to use mine for long distance ("We better hang up darling
> this is costing money")
>     *Both of my children will (strangely) talk much more openly to me via
> facebook or MSN chat than what they would face to face - even though they may
> just be down the hallway in their bedrooms!!!!
>     *We can all keep in touch much better (via phone, SMS, MMS and chat) when
> travel and holidays keep us physically apart.
> 
> Although I must admit I think the basis of good family relationships goes back
> to my first point - dinner together as a family at the table every night with
> the TV and all computers and phones OFF!!! Unfortunately nobody told the
> telemarketers about this so now we even take the home phone off the hook!!
> 
> Cheers
> Ros M
> BSC
> 0412 614 062
> 
> 
> On Sun, Nov 22, 2009 at 7:36 PM, Roland Gesthuizen <rgesthuizen at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>> Interesting article in The Age that languished as a draft for too long on my
>> PC. An oldie but still worth passing on. Not such much about computer geeks
>> but it does give a clue into the mind of what now might motivate our
>> students.
>> 
>> "Young people live life faster," says Lyn Goodall, president of the Melbourne
>> PC User Group. "They don't have a need or a wish to know what is going on
>> under the bonnet of their computer." The modern young geek seems content to
>> socialise online, rather than seek physical company of fellow geeks.
>> http://www.theage.com.au/news/technology/a-bunch-of-old-mugs/2007/04/09/11759
>> 71018533.html?page=fullpage
>> <http://www.theage.com.au/news/technology/a-bunch-of-old-mugs/2007/04/09/1175
>> 971018533.html?page=fullpage>
>> 
>> And this article that considers how Technology has changed the family
>> relationships at home, sometimes for the worse.
>> 
>> http://www.theage.com.au/news/technology/tech-threatens-family-bonding-study/
>> 2007/04/11/1175971146577.html
>>  
>> <http://www.theage.com.au/news/technology/tech-threatens-family-bonding-study
>> /2007/04/11/1175971146577.html>
>> Regards Roland


Important - This email and any attachments may be confidential. If received in error, please contact us and delete all copies. Before opening or using attachments check them for viruses and defects. Regardless of any loss, damage or consequence, whether caused by the negligence of the sender or not, resulting directly or indirectly from the use of any attached files our liability is limited to resupplying any affected attachments. Any representations or opinions expressed are those of the individual sender, and not necessarily those of the Department of Education and Early Childhood Development.
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://www.edulists.com.au/pipermail/elearning/attachments/20100217/a2bc619f/attachment.html