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Friday, February 4, 2011

ASCD Inservice: Character Education for the Digital Age

ASCD Inservice: Character Education for the Digital Age

Character Education for the Digital Age

Feb11cover_blog"Should we teach our children as though they have two lives, or one?"

That's the question Jason Ohler poses in "Character Education for the Digital Age'.

Current policy norms--blocking large portions of the internet in schools or fragmented, case-by-case approaches to cyberbullying and inappropriate online activities--treat students as if they live two lives: the traditional, digitally unplugged life at school, and the digitally-infused life outside of school.

We're missing an enormous opportunity to help students live one, integrated life, by not using