[senit] social interaction via technology

Slightly OT but I did read an article about how liberating

Mark, do you (or others) have links to articles like this? I have a 
colleague working on this issue for a science center, and I told him I would 
see what I could find... 

Ira 

Ira David Socol
Special Education Technology Scholar
CEPSE
College of Education
Michigan State University
socolira at msu.edu
http://speedchange.blogspot.com/ 

webmaster at aylesburyvale-sec.bucks.sch.uk writes: 

> Slightly OT but I did read an article about how liberating
> physically 'disabled' people find 'Second Life'. It is a
> world where they can walk (and even fly!) around and
> interact with others on a completely equal footing. 
> 
> Mark
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> From: david fettes <davidfettes3 at yahoo.co.uk>
> To: senit at lists.becta.org.uk
> Subject: [senit] social interaction via technology
> Date: 30-Mar-2008 16:28:15 +0100 
> 
>> hi the Byron report says that much of teenager's
>> social interaction with peers is mediated by
>> technology, rather than being face to face. Have you
>> got any examples of students with learning
>> difficulties interacting with adults or peers via
>> technology in this distance sense? And any comments?
>> David 
>> 
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