Sunday, July 18, 2010

Lightspeed

Lightspeed Systems is like a second Facebook; it allows students to share information with each other and their teachers safely. This is an outstanding invention; Facebook is often blocked at schools because of "safety". With Lightspeed, students can communicate only to each other, not strangers. It seems like a great portal for teacher-student communication and student-student communication.
My Big Campus is a safe portal that allows teachers to post videos, assignments, and set up classes on it. This is a great way to share information between teachers of different school districts. It's also a great way for students to talk to each other if they are working on a project together. It is great for students to get in touch with their teachers if they have a question about an assignment or project assigned to them.
Students like using Facebook so it is good that there is a Facebook like program for them to use. There needs to be more safe programs for educators and students to use. For example there is a teacher's Youtube that won't be blocked on school grounds. Technology is a great invention and I believe it should be utilized anyway that is possible. Students need safe sites and educators need to be able to access sites on school grounds. I know more safe sites will pop up in the future.

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