tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8318734518772387227.post1778351330668410782..comments2024-03-18T05:43:40.444-04:00Comments on Lisa Nielsen: The Innovative Educator: Teachers Texting Students: Should Schools Ban Or Encourage?Lisa Nielsenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07759123507185453030noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8318734518772387227.post-46099138896910639462012-09-28T12:34:21.982-04:002012-09-28T12:34:21.982-04:00I think this is a slippery slope. I think having ...I think this is a slippery slope. I think having a class website or using Edmodo is acceptable. However, I'm just not there with texting. It's too personal and I just think there are too many teachers who cross the line.rhonda https://www.blogger.com/profile/16825186760881892669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8318734518772387227.post-15027627406932373552012-04-24T05:55:03.868-04:002012-04-24T05:55:03.868-04:00I am just not sure I am there yet. I am enjoying l...I am just not sure I am there yet. I am enjoying learning and implementing technology in education. I am genuinely excited by what tools we have at our fingertips and how they can be used but i am just not sure about taking to such a personal step as messaging on our phones. I am a Food technology teacher and I constantly get emails from my students about work assignments or tips with their cooking that they are trialing at home or if i can share the photos taken from class. I check these emails on my Samsung smartphone. My partner finds it amazing that I will sit and reply to an email at 9.30pm at night on my laptop just before i go to bed. It just shows how our worlds have changed. We are in reach at anytime anywhere. But to have students having my phonenumber so that they can text me, I just know it would feel like my school and private life just became to close. At least I can check the Google Doc or blog or email to see if my students have contacted me but for them to message me directly to what i see as my private line of friends and family, no. I need to learn to switch off as it is occasionallty and this would not help. <br /><br />I am not disagreeing that this works for teachers as Kwaussie and that it is another powerful tool to use with our students but for communicating through text message is a bit to much for me right now. I will see if I feel the same in 2 years time :)<br /><br />Thanks NatalieNatalie Lindonhttp://www.coetail.asia/natalielindon/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8318734518772387227.post-15308425208461877762012-04-18T07:33:52.474-04:002012-04-18T07:33:52.474-04:00Funnily enough, just as I started to read this pos...Funnily enough, just as I started to read this post, my phone beeped to let me know I had a couple of new messages. One was from a student asking a question about the homework that's due tomorrow, another was from a different student thanking me for a photo I took of them today and asking if I would be able to upload it to Facebook for them so they could show their Mum how well they'd done at the school sports!<br />Needless to say, I think mobile phones are just one of the powerful tools we have for communicating with our kids these days.Anne De Manserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04421025018738546599noreply@blogger.com