One School of Thought

This latest report from Becta contains many gems, such as 

“Currently, most children are prevented from engaging in any social activity on the web at school. While this may remove the immediate danger to children and protect the school or local authority against lawsuits, it may also store up further problems for society at large. Now that most children have home access, safe behaviours are essential, but a strongly protected online environment at school may not provide the opportunity to learn these”.

“Lack of significant sophisticated activity by learners that involves more than consumption and social networking suggests that there is a role for teachers in supporting effective learning using Web 2.0″.

I found this graph of particular interest:

I wonder how this compares with student use in Oz. I’m surprised that of the 2600 learners surveyed, 76% have never edited a wiki.