Learning how to drive includes a lot of rules and laws, from how to park to how to be courteous on the road. Use of technology in a shared environment requires a similar set of rules.
If we are going to teach the students how to be be part of this digital society, we have to let them know and understand the following:
1) We need to be respectful of others. If I can not say something nice, it is better not to say it, specially with someone you don't know.
2) We need to be careful. Instant access to information doesn't mean access to the truth. Also, personal information shared over the Internet becomes public, anyone can see it.
3) Technology is a tool, not a goal. Having the technology doesn't make us better or smarter, but its proper use does. Communication, entertainment, learning, work, information, are things in which technology can aid. but in the end, it is people who does it all(or most of it).
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I like the way you pointed out that it is a shared environment where we need to act responsibly and that instant information does not necessarily mean access to truth. And thanks for the reminder that technology is a tool, not a goal.
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