OMG: Universities are Change…Change…Changing???

In this reading these feeds/blogs, not necessarily this one, I am a little bitter. I am just frustrated with being told that the way of teaching is changing. Don't get me wrong, I love change and I love the new technologies . It seems like a wonderful idea but how can we teach this new technology if every site is blocked. I mean, I am frustrated enough that I can not even get on these sites to do our Lesley assignments at my high school. When I asked the IT at school if he could make these sites available, I was turned down because "students may not use them properly." Don't we need to trust our students integrity at least a little? Especially under supervision! If they are completing there assignments and completing them well, why shoud it matter if they check their email at school? I just want to know where we can go from here.