23 Things - The 1st Thing

I suppose I could say that the first thing I want to learn is to be able to follow directions! Thus, my second blog is the first (?) It would also be great to use the knowledge gained through "23 Things" not as a way to appear cutting edge, or to create work for students, self, or others...but to use it as a way to better communicate and learn. In other words, to not let medium eclipse (or take the place of) message. True dialogue is key to true education, in my experience...

Say it to my facebook

Odd that I should be starting a blog just a week after a discussion (with fellow teachers) about the anonymity of cyberspace and the ugliness it unveils. Things that were once only said (or thought!) in the privacy of a home can be broadcast to millions within seconds. Seemingly meek, gentle, or kind people may now unleash naked disgust, enmity, or rage on people they move among, hardly know, or have never met.

The question I have is whether this virtual anonymity simply reveals the ugliness or hatred, or whether it also generates it. My suspicion is both, in the way that mob behavior often both reveals evil, and also carries the weak along in its wake.