[senit] social interaction via technology

Mark, do you (or others) have links to articles like this?

It was in the Guardian in the second half of last year.

Sorry I can't be any more specific  :(

Has your colleague considered going into second life and
looking for disabled groups to ask?

Mark
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ira David Socol" <socolira at msu.edu>
To: senit at lists.becta.org.uk
Subject: Re: [senit] social interaction via technology
Date: 01-Apr-2008 14:07:48 +0100

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