It’s nice to see my thoughts in recent presentations and writings being backed up by the educational technology gurus who know a whole lot more than I do.

In short, I’ve been talking about how critical it is for schools to understand how the Web 2.0 has changed the online world – and how classrooms must respond.  Kids are engaging the world, publishing, socialising, purchasing, gaming, etc. – their lives are more and more being lived online.  Who’s going to walk with them to learn how to navigate the good and the bad of this new world?  Educators can’t leave it to the parents… and parents can’t leave responsibility to educators.  Both need to work together to teach “digital citizenship.”

Will Richardson wrote, “If you want kids to be educated about these tools and environments, then maybe we should, um, educate them.”