2-21 AHA moment!

I watched this video and thought of how cool all these things would be to have in a classroom.  We have access to so many great things through the internet, but we block so much of it from our students. Why do we limit thier access to the world? We give them assignments that require they do research and then take away the very tools they need to complete the task, making it twice as difficult to be successful.  If the student does not have a computer or the internet at home and we limit their access at school how are they to be successful? This video confirmed my beliefs that we are cheating our students of valuable experiences by blocking internet content. We deprive them of the chance to learn how to use the internet responsibly. We take away the opportunity to learn to be discriminate about what they read and see on line. We are limiting their education under the idea that we are protecting them from the dangers that lurk through their computers.
By not allowing them to see what is out there, by not teaching them what is real and what is not, by not guiding them in their explorations we cheat them of exceptional learning opportunities.