What do you say to someone who is not there?

[Vicki Davis]

We have some students contributing, communicating, responding and participating. And we have some students who simply AREN'T THERE!

We are entering a new age in our society with Face to Face (F2F) is simply not enough because so many of us are communicating computer to computer (also called Peer to Peer or P2P). I say that we need effective "techno-personal" skills.

If you do not respond, you do not exist. If you do not exist, you cannot be promoted, you cannot get an "A," you cannot get the raise. You really cannot function online.

What should be said to people who do not understand online responsibility?

The Social Operating Systems Group has been discussing the "currency of reputation."

What would your currency of reputation be? Although now, in high school, you can take on this project and literally goof off, take the C or F and move on with your life. Very soon, you'll develop a reputation as a non-existent person who cannot be counted on.

I, personally, believe that character and being a person of your word is more important than ever.

What do you think? What do you say to the students on this project who do not contribute? Do they exist? Is it important to learn to "exist" online?

[Julie Lindsay]

I have had my own rant tonight as well. See 'Are you really there?'

[Jonathan C]

I find it slightly ridiculous. I've been busting my tail off to try and get the C3D group to work, but right now, the most complete page is the main page. A few of the pages still have very little information, and people are only editing small things without contributing anything substantial.

I am getting quite angry because of the inactivity of my peers. People are slacking off because they get out of school in less than a week, and while I agree that summer is nice, they have a responsibility to the rest of their team. I have seen pages with very little editing in the last 5 days, and i have not gotten any responses from anyone, except Mrs. Lindsay.

The students who are involved, yet do not contribute are not part of the effective Horizon Project. One of my friends commented that they would like to get rid of the people who were not contributing so they could learn who was reliable, and who wasn't. They need to learn that there are real people on the other end of the internet connection, who are pushing to get something done.

Sorry for the rant, but I just discovered that one of the impact area pages has not added anything in 5 days after I urged them to do something on the wiki. There is also another impact area who has added 3 commas in the past 5 days.