Web Resources

Internet 101
Just as we teach our kids to safely navigate the streets of our communities, we need to do the same for the digital highway we call the Internet. A committee of police forces, led by the RCMP, created and maintains the "Internet 101" website, a collection of safety tips, helpful presentations and links to further police-approved resources to help kids and parents surf safely. The resources found at this website support many descriptors in the Continuum for Literacy with ICT Across the Curriculum including

E1.2 recognizes guidelines for safety and security
E1.3 recognizes the need to acknowledge authorship of intellectual property
E2.2 applies safety guidelines when communicating electronically
E2.3 explains consequences of unethical behaviour
E3.1 evaluates effects of personal ICT behaviour on others
E3.2 weighs personal benefits and risks of using ICT

Making Connections - The 21st Century Learning Initiative 2000 ()
Terry Ryan argues that current school curricula, and assessment, remain predominantly about facts, not about processes and the development of higher order skills. As such, the power of ICT within formal education is being constrained to work alongside curricula firmly fixed in the working practices of an earlier age - high levels of memory skills, instruction and paper and pencil dexterity. Yet, there is hope that the experiences of path-breaking communities, and the continued explosion of knowledge about effective practices of learning and the usage of ICTs, will lead to increasing numbers of communities and schools actively seeking to work smarter for all their children.

Conditional Support of One to One Technology Immersion from a Critical Educational Theorist's Perspective ()
It is possible that one-to-one technology immersion programs may help bring about positive reforms in the classrooms of our nation. It is possible as well, however, that these programs could support an agenda in sharp opposition to the authentic view of educational praxis advocated by reformers like Paulo Freire, John Holt, and John Dewey. In the final analysis, it will be the predominant pedagogy, rather than the technology, which will determine the direction and scope of impact of one-to-one technology immersion programs on student achievement.

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