TeacherNZ replied to a comment concerning Personal Learning Environments (PLE).The discussion is mainly concerning what age should students begin to construct their own PLE and whether or not institutions should restrict web access or have as much control over the creation of a child's PLE. Many of the responses seem to agree that the younger the kids are the better. One person even suggested starting as early as 5 years old. Another person suggests a method using a lego analogy.
I responded by commenting on whether or not children should have unrestricted web access. I do not agree that it should be unrestricted, but I do like the idea of putting more responsibility on the child. I also commented on the lego analogy used by Emma. This analogy uses lego blocks to build a house. The 1st step would be to give kids basic parts of the house, like the windows and doors. And as the child becomes older, the next steps allow them to alter the different parts of the house. I commented that this strategy allows children to use examples of others' PLE's and construct their own. It also allows them to change it's structure at any point. I agreed that it was the perfect way to start kids creating their PLE's at a younger age. TeacherNZ responded to my comments stating that it would be best to teach kids more responsibility at a younger age.
The next topic brought up in the comments was whether or not kids would become bored with technology. I replied that kids will never become bored with technology. It's constantly changing and by the time you learn how to do one thing, version 2.0 comes around and makes your knowledge of 1.0 obsolete.
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