Misconceptions

= Misconception =

=****Anything, especially pictures uploaded to internet can be deleted= = = =****Everything seen on the internet is true - []- look at tree octopus especially= = = =Teachers know everything about every computer! (IG)= = = =Anything on the Internet is only visible to people in school= = = =PCs can like or dislike the user and behave accordingly= = = =Computers are alive, they are living machines! (IG)= = = =A 'mouse' for use with computers/laptops used to have an actual live mouse in them and that is how they got the name. Some think that there still is a mouse in there still! (IG)= = = =If printing from the Internet, only the bit I want/can see will print out= = = =The internet may be seen as a "program" or "application" you "put on your computer." Different browsers and Home page settings perhaps leading to this. "Why is **my** internet at home different to the internet in school?" "Why is x's internet different to mine?"= =" How do I put the Internet on my computer?"= = = =Some pupils that I have talked to think that __every__ computer has its own set of wires joined to __every__ other computer all over the world, so if they do not have a wire to a computer they can not talk to it! (IG)= = = =***Pictures / videos / text etc on the internet can be freely used= = = =*****A really worrying misconception showing in recent studies is that young people do not feel threatened by strangers met on the internet and think they can spot paedophiles a mile off which leaves them very vulnerable[| http://www.thinkyouknow.co.uk/teachers/]you may have to log in to be able to see all info= = = = = =*****This little video shows more misconceptions - I know it is staged - but I get the feeling iof anyone asked this littel girl if she had given away any personal inofrmation she would say no []= = = = = =****Twitter is inane social chit chat= = = =There's a very old thread on TES about misconceptions: [] to help thinking= = = =Presentation means using PowerPoint= = = = = =**Teacher Misconceptions:**= =(About the National Curriculum)= =Modelling is about making models= =Exchanging and Sharing information is just text not music, podcasts, vodcasts, pictures etc= =Database work is purely searching the internet you do not need to use real data bases= = = =***If it is to be done on the computer all children will find it interesting and be motivated (not always the case as the children are often very much more skilled than the teacher and the teachers here often offer closed exercises which do not offer pupils freedom to experiment and move forward)= =[]= =[| http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmkqcp11pHM]= = = =All children love ICT and working with computers.= = = =***Children are more computer literate than their parents. (IG)= = = =IWB software is the only thing to be used on the IWB=