The Innovative Teacher
WOW! What an amazing blog! I was amazed at all the great information that is on this blog. It has helpful hits from ways to "NOT" do something, to drawing in google docs! This blog talks about why social media is so important in the school systems, and three ways lessons taught by banning cell phones. The three reasons states are as followed.
1-It teaches them that they don’t deserve to be empowered with technology the same way adults are.
2-Tools that adults use all the time in their everyday lives to communicate are not relevant to their own communication needs.
3-They can’t be trusted (or taught, for that matter) to use phones appropriately in school.
Now, I'm not sure I fully understand how we are supposed to teach the importance of social media, yet ban cell phones from classrooms since cell phones are such a huge part of the social media network.. Empowered to me is such a touchy subject, because as teachers it is our job to "empower" our students so why would we want to take some of that empowerment away. In my opinion, banning the use of cell phones really isn't an issue of empowerment, it's a issue of entitlement, and that is something that does need to be banned. Although this is a topic I'm on the fence about, there is so much other great information on this blog that I do agree with whole heartedly. Over all this blog is filled with information that any teacher would love to know, and is something that I feel more students and teachers should learn about.
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I agree that this is a really touchy situation! Cell phones are now a way of life, and it really isn't fair to ban our students from having them. They can be a great technology tool, and if it enables our kids to learn, then it could be more useful then hurtful.
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Good post !