Jim Klein describes the creation of a "learning landscape" to allow both students and educators to more effectively interact not only with each other but with the greater community as well. The project brought the latest social networking tools together into one platform. This has greatly improved communication and established a sense of community. The only expense to put this together was the time of those setting it up. While still too early to tell, it appears that this program is increasing scores in both science and writing and language fluency.
Question 1. What safeguards are in place to keep the monitor information that will be public?
Sophisticated access controls which allow the users (teachers, in the case of students) to select what information will be shared with whom.
Question 2. Where can students access this information?
Students can access the information anywhere they can get on the Internet. They have a centralized file store that allows them to share, store and retrieve their data from anywhere with Internet access.
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If you have time, try to go deeper into the issues here. The questions do not necessarily need to be "test" items. You can question, for example, is time the only expense for this kind of program? You will probably find that integrating technology is more complicated than what is depicted in the article.
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