[Itech] Another dissertation idea

[Christine Wolfe]

I have a friend who teaches at the School for the Blind.  The use of iPads
and mobile technologies among this community is growing. It's
counter-intuitive that these students would be using devices which are so
visually oriented. I think an interesting ethnographical or narrative study
could be made of how students in schools such as this incorporate these
mainstream devices.  The resistance among the school administrators and
instructors is high.

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Hello Graduates:

A great dissertation or publishing idea from Laura Hibbard.  I am very
interested in this topic as well and have written in a book chapter about
digital citizenship so maybe if you are interested, this would be a good
topic for a dissertation.  See her note below.

Thanks Laura for the idea!

Dr. Franklin

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From: Hibbard, Laura <lr108693 at ohio.edu>
Date: Sat, Jul 21, 2012 at 7:02 PM
Subject: Dissertation/Thesis Topic Idea
To: "Franklin, Teresa" <franklit at ohio.edu>


Dr. Franklin,

   Being the parent of two pre-teens (yikes!) and a teacher as well, I think
a nice dissertation/thesis topic would be internet safety and if children
are being taught about the dangers of sharing personal information over the
internet.  Kids are so trustworthy and this makes a scary scenario online.
This topic is pretty prevalent in our household and pretty much ignored in
the official school curriculum.  Schools and parents hammer in "stranger
danger," but are internet friends strangers?  Kids seem not to think so.
The concept of teaching credible sources is covered in the schools (at least
in 5th grade) but teaching children internet safety is typically left to
parents.  There are many social-networking types of sites for children and
kids are drawn to these.  My own daughters SWEAR they're conversing with
kids and we try endlessly to teach them that they simply do not know who
they are talking/typing with.  Yesterday, our 11 year old admitted to giving
our phone number out!  Anyway, I'm sure you have advisees who aren't sure of
their research paths, but perhaps this will be a topic someone is interested
in.  I'd be interested in the results!  This
is a difficult generation to raise!   Maybe it will be a future article for
me if no one else jumps on it.

Laura



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