Classroom Echo - Safe Texting for Teachers. Teachers Texting Students: Should Schools Ban Or Encourage? This year has already seen a slew of controversial incidents involving teachers texting students.
Earlier this month, Pennsylvania teacher Timothy Moll was accused of texting one of his students and offering good grades for naked pictures. In March, authorities discovered that Michael Zack had allegedly sent four of his students a total of 4,000 texts, including some with inappropriate pictures of him. Then there was James Hooker of California who left his wife and kids for a student; those two exchanged 8,000 texts. Meanwhile, school districts and lawmakers around the country have been developing or revising policies on electronic communication and social media interaction between teachers and students. And with no shortage of scandals, many are erring on the side of caution by crafting stricter regulations. Student-teacher texting, write or wrong? - education student teacher.
High School Teachers!
Would you ever let your students text you about school or personal situations? If you knew of a fellow teacher who was receiving texts from a student, would you say anything to them and how would you approach it? My girlfriend is a first-year teacher at a public school and she recently moved into a shared classroom space with another teacher. Between classes yesterday, a female student came in to visit the other (male) teacher to chat. Text Messaging For Teachers. Class Parrot-teacher blog. ClassParrot. Texting Becomes New Marshmallow Test. I’ve often written in this post and in my books about how I use the “marshmallow test” in lessons on self-control (see The Best Posts About Helping Students Develop Their Capacity For Self-Control).
Today, Sarah Sparks at Education Week has written an article providing new information for a great addition to those lessons. Here’s the excerpt that is perfect: Texting seems to have become the new “marshmallow test” for older students, and with similar results.