I felt more in touch with this link. I agree that the technologies students utilize in the classroom and in their personal lives are two totally different realms. We talk about how technology gives more students the freedom to do what they will to accomplish tasks we put in front of them. However, what is the point of endowing them with such a freedom is we are just going to suppress that service whenever possible. Censorship is such a double edged sword in the way blocking sites will prevent students from getting off task but may also disable them from getting a wider variety of knowledge for research purposes.
As we ask more and more from students technologically our rules and enforcing of those rules have got to have a broader vision. I was exteremely surprised to read that 95 percent of technologically enabled classrooms are on high speed feeds but again what's the purpose of faster loading times when there is no content to load? In order for teachers to fully embrace technology in their classrooms and giving classroom assignments based off that technology we are going to have to embrace all facets of technology. I have no problem letting a student listen to music on headphones while doing computer-aided work because that is how I always complete computer related tasks. If I can't have all the assests of technology at my fingertips it is easy for me to find an outside distraction to entertain me from tedious boredom.
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