tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1712129243572642913.post6204631718590808964..comments2024-03-27T06:32:57.551-04:00Comments on From Toy to Tool: Cell Phones in Learning: Sexting & Texting; Schools RoleLiz Kolb, Ph.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/18147635409958224171noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1712129243572642913.post-49302633474080365282010-07-08T21:06:41.665-04:002010-07-08T21:06:41.665-04:00ATTENTION PARENTS!!
Parental Control Application f...ATTENTION PARENTS!!<br />Parental Control Application for your child's mobile phone<br />Monitor your child's camera phone activity with this great app!<br />Get involved and help put a STOP to SEXTING and cyber-bullying!<br /><br />Visit the website for more great features<br />www.picture-alert.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1712129243572642913.post-49041318385938085592009-03-01T17:14:00.000-05:002009-03-01T17:14:00.000-05:00We've been discussing the use of cell phones in sc...We've been discussing the use of cell phones in school where I teach, as well as the role of "personal technology" (as the CEO of Sprint put it, these are so much more than phones...and netbooks have to be added into consideration as well) in a brand new high school we're opening in the fall of 2009.<BR/><BR/>Three things have become abundantly clear to me:<BR/><BR/>1) Teachers first need to be exposed to the use of technology in education. In many cases, teachers aren't opposed to the use of technology, but are unaware of what is out there. Here in Minnesota, we have a wonderful technology conference for educators sponsored by the organization TIES. In addition to an exhibit hall (which I feel is the most important piece), there are key note addresses, as well as many sessions bu individual presenters.<BR/><BR/>2) The fear of technology isn't limited to any particular age group. Sometimes we think that only "veteran" teachers are afraid of technology, and that's incorrect. I've seen the same fear from "new" non-tenured teachers, just as much as from veterans, and vice-versa. What saddens me about this is that it is clear that our colleges and universities may not be teaching students how to truly integrate teaching into their instruction. Can we allow that to continue to happen?<BR/><BR/>3) Again, the most important person to convince about the inclusion of technology is the highest level administrator in your building. It doesn't matter how many people are against the inclusion of technology if the lead administrator can see the potential technology has to offer students. I've been blessed to both teach in a position where the head administrator embraces technology, as well as to be going to an institution where technology is one of our pillars, and thus a focus of the head administrator. Yes, buy-in by staff is important...but the first person to convince is the administrator. Being honest, you may find your IT or Tech Staff resistant to additional technology that exists outside of their control (I don't believe we have that situation, but I know people who do), and that's understandable, too. However, with netbooks in the $300 (or less) department (a Dell Mini 9 was $200 last Friday), and so many smart phones on the market...students are able to supply personal technology faster for themselves than we can supply it for them...and we might as well take advantage of that in our teaching!Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02572189157068986233noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1712129243572642913.post-58450657884247411702009-02-26T14:15:00.000-05:002009-02-26T14:15:00.000-05:00JennyPlease see my new post...hopefully this will ...Jenny<BR/>Please see my new post...hopefully this will help in giving some direction!Liz Kolb, Ph.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/18147635409958224171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1712129243572642913.post-23741156015722273432009-02-26T11:57:00.000-05:002009-02-26T11:57:00.000-05:00I am very interested in what other schools are doi...I am very interested in what other schools are doing about their cell phone policies. I know we need to make changes to our policies to include this. Anyone willing to share?<BR/><BR/>jmoon@gcs.k12.al.us<BR/>Jenny Moon<BR/>Gadsden City Schools<BR/>Gadsden, ALAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1712129243572642913.post-27043026686979104622009-02-21T20:11:00.000-05:002009-02-21T20:11:00.000-05:00Surely the issues are moral and ethical ones .... ...Surely the issues are moral and ethical ones .... the technology is a distraction and missing the point I feel. We would not accept a student disrobing in class ( and I guess this would be less likely than sending photos because of the lack of immediacy and realness that comes with f2f interactions), so why is virtual potentially more OK for teens? Txting in class is disruptive, but really no more than flicking erasers or constantly calling out.<BR/>Surely our role as educators is to examine the moral and ethical issues .... not get distracted by the fact they are related to technology.<BR/>GregAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1712129243572642913.post-68993082019444107612009-02-20T23:57:00.000-05:002009-02-20T23:57:00.000-05:00An interesting post. Our school stopped banning c...An interesting post. Our school stopped banning cell phones this year. Students can use them in class when appropriate and at lunch and in between passing periods. Some faculty believed it would lead to increased drug dealing. The fear some people have is confusing.Charlie Royhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09335346223868916197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1712129243572642913.post-8600599394277540662009-02-20T14:57:00.000-05:002009-02-20T14:57:00.000-05:00If you don't include it in school, and teach about...If you don't include it in school, and teach about it, you have abdicated the right to complain.<BR/><BR/>So here we have two basic parts of teen life which schools refuse to deal with - Adolescent Sex and Mobile Phone Use - coming together to haunt those irresponsible "reality free zones" which are typical in American education.<BR/><BR/>In Voc/Rehab we have to teach teens appropriate mobile use, appropriate texting, appropriate email etiquette, appropriate web behavior in public (or on the job) because schools have simply not done a thing to prepare their students for the contemporary world.irasocolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01412837280249622430noreply@blogger.com