Comments on: Helping Students Get Hyper about Hyperlinks http://www.xplanazine.com/2003/04/helping-students-get-hyper-about-hyperlinks Thu, 04 Dec 2008 03:39:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: Laura Gibbs http://www.xplanazine.com/2003/04/helping-students-get-hyper-about-hyperlinks#comment-360 Laura Gibbs Thu, 17 Apr 2003 03:30:00 +0000 http://www.xplanazine.com/2003/04/helping-students-get-hyper-about-hyperlinks#comment-360 This goes back to what I was saying about being a good member of the community and helping people find their way. You are so right about the power of "linking." I mean, after all, isn't the goal of our teaching to empower our students to reach out and make a difference with the knowledge the acquire? Hyperlinking, as you have shown it, is a fantastic example of how this can be done. You have given these students the joy of connectedness. Unfortunately, not everyone is getting that chance in education today. This goes back to what I was saying about being a good member of the community and helping people find their way. You are so right about the power of “linking.”

I mean, after all, isn’t the goal of our teaching to empower our students to reach out and make a difference with the knowledge the acquire? Hyperlinking, as you have shown it, is a fantastic example of how this can be done.

You have given these students the joy of connectedness. Unfortunately, not everyone is getting that chance in education today.

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