Education Week: YouTube Video

After reviewing the article in Education Week titled "Alabama Student Punished for YouTube Video" by the Associated Press it made me view the advances in technology as a negative change.  Just when I begin to think that the power of technology is amazing, you hear another story about how the use of technology was abused and another person's privacy was invaded.  Technology has brought many great things to this world including advances in medicine, education, and modern day convenience of paying bills online or chatting with someone around the world.  Yet, technology has also brought negative influences into the lives of individuals and allowing students to use this tool within the learning environment can be extremely challenging.  Like many other tools, you have to teach young learners how to use it in a positive way and warn them of the negative effects.