[elearning] oldies but goodies

Wed Feb 17 12:42:10 EST 2010

Love it Ros... and reflects what is starting to happen in our house too
- my guys are a little younger, but it is really nice to know what is
going on in their heads... without having to ask... because if you ask
the answer is often "meh", but then you see the comment about
"something" on facebook or twitter, and it can bring you closer...

And totally agree... we always try to have dinner as a family with no TV
etc... I guess whatever form it takes, digital or vocal, it's all
communication...

Suzanne Arnott

eLearning Leader

Sandringham College

Holloway Rd

Sandringham

'A computer terminal is not some clunky old television with a typewriter
in front of it. It is an interface where the mind and body can connect
with the universe and move bits of it about.'- Douglas Adams 

From: elearning-bounces at edulists.com.au
[mailto:elearning-bounces at edulists.com.au] On Behalf Of Brentnall, Trudy
J
Sent: Wednesday, 17 February 2010 11:53 AM
To: elearning Teachers' Mailing List; Ros Meadows
Subject: Re: [elearning] oldies but goodies

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 don't 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/
1175971018533.html?page=fullpage
<http://www.theage.com.au/news/technology/a-bunch-of-old-mugs/2007/04/09
/1175971018533.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-s
tudy/2007/04/11/1175971146577.html

<http://www.theage.com.au/news/technology/tech-threatens-family-bonding-
study/2007/04/11/1175971146577.html> 
Regards Roland

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