Creating a Culture for teaching and learning

I read the article by Alan November and I have to agree with him that we are raising "digital age" kids. They find most all the information they need online, no matter if it is the right information or not. I wrote a paper last semester about the "paper mill" generation of kids we have, they can just go and buy a paper. What does that teach them; nothing! I also agree with him that we need to be "telling our stories." Teachers are the best resource for other teachers and we do need to be sharing our knowledge with one another. I have always heard in the teaching profession it is the only one that is OK to "steal" :) As for blogging, I think we have a long way to go in this department. Students today want to tell their stories but they don't want to make a lot of effort to do so unfortunately. I think that is the number one thing preventing us from moving ahead with blogging. As for what potential use blogging could serve... the choices are numerous! I think it could help us as teachers get our stories out more than we do now, could help students put their ideas and thought into words and learn to be better writers. We still have a long way to go though.