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Online = talking about what you are interested in!
By Nick Hodge | March 26, 2007
From World in their Hands, Sydney Morning Herald Icon today:
But Dr Jan Fletcher, of the Child Study Centre at the University of Western Australia, is wary of virtual lives for children. "There is a danger that this online interaction might be limiting the amount of social interaction the child is actually having," she warns. "I want kids to talk to each other about what they're interested in, not about a world invented by a toy company.
Hmmm, online interaction takes many forms - and kids do talk to each other about what they are interested in. Online, offline, within and without borders.
It seems the world of "toys" and "information" joined together magically means "education". What if information is actually, well, fun? Gone are the bookish days of reading an encyclopedia and welcome to the world of instant information.
The critical skill is information literacy.
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