Sheehy English 11 » Extra http://sheehy.edublogs.org Who knows more than 11th graders? Read them here. Mon, 24 Nov 2008 16:33:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 en hourly 1 Weekly Gab: What gets you? http://sheehy.edublogs.org/2007/11/30/weekly-gab-what-gets-you/ http://sheehy.edublogs.org/2007/11/30/weekly-gab-what-gets-you/#comments Fri, 30 Nov 2007 20:35:46 +0000 Mr. Sheehy http://sheehy.edublogs.org/2007/11/30/weekly-gab-what-gets-you/ I’ve begun a weekly podcast just to touch base with all my students. You don’t have to listen to these, but I thought it would be nice to share some of the thinking I have while working with you through the week, as well as give you the chance to respond. If you feel like commenting, comment here or write on your own blog and link back to this one.

Weekly Gab: What gets you?

This week’s audio quality is a bit low, but it keeps the file size small. I’ll make it a bit better next week.

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Attribution:

Music: Kcentric’s Roaches (Keep It Down) By: Abhi S.V.
Retrieved from: http://ccmixter.org/media/files/abhisv/12675 on November 30, 2007

Original image: ‘Fragile‘ By: Patrícia Soransso Retrieved from: ww.flickr.com/photos/40088472@N00/415094676 on November 30, 2007

]]> http://sheehy.edublogs.org/2007/11/30/weekly-gab-what-gets-you/feed/ 2 Is this right or does it miss the mark? http://sheehy.edublogs.org/2007/05/17/is-this-right-or-does-it-miss-the-mark/ http://sheehy.edublogs.org/2007/05/17/is-this-right-or-does-it-miss-the-mark/#comments Thu, 17 May 2007 18:09:50 +0000 Mr. Sheehy http://sheehy.edublogs.org/2007/05/17/is-this-right-or-does-it-miss-the-mark/ I bumbled across this video recently and I wonder about it. It’s created by the Ad Council, which means there’s money behind it – it’s not some concoction of a random teacher or student at some school somewhere. They’re responding to what has become a top fear for parents – the online life of their children. I have seen many incidents where students are not being careful enough about how they portray themselves online. A few cases do involve young folks putting up inappropriate pictures, but usually it’s a matter of bullying, inciting others to anger, or boasting inappropriate behavior (which is sometimes illegal activity and other times as simple as a picture of themselves flipping the bird).

That is to say, I think the message this video wants to portray is important, but I think this particular video misfires in important ways. But I’m not going to tell you what those ways are – I’m more interested in seeing if you agree with me and if your observations are similar to mine.

(Don’t forget to link back to this article so I and others can find you! – and yes, I’ll throw some extra credit your way if you write this.)

Download:Posted by E=2>edtecher at TeacherTube.com.

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