Do you have an opinion on schools mandating what students can and cannot say online? Cyberbullying has been a hot issue since I was in school, and I’m glad there’s so much more attention on it now. On the other hand, I’m hearing of kids being punished simply for criticizing their school on social media. There doesn’t seem to be a clear-cut way to combat cyber-bullying but also allow kids free speech online. And the punishment for a tweet that takes thirty seconds to type can last much longer.

We have a responsibility to teach students to be good citizens in society, as well as good digital citizens.  Those kinds of acts can have bigger consequences once that individual turns 18.

http://www.edudemic.com/teachers-guide-digital-citizenship/

Do you have an opinion on schools mandating what students can and cannot say online? Cyberbullying has been a hot issue since I was in school, and I’m glad there’s so much more attention on it now. On the other hand, I’m hearing of kids being punished simply for criticizing their school on social media. There doesn’t seem to be a clear-cut way to combat cyber-bullying but also allow kids free speech online. And the punishment for a tweet that takes thirty seconds to type can last much longer.

We have a responsibility to teach students to be good citizens in society, as well as good digital citizens.  Those kinds of acts can have bigger consequences once that individual turns 18.

http://www.edudemic.com/teachers-guide-digital-citizenship/

Re Refresh: Or if you’re waiting to see if your school will close due to inclement weather (am I right, Bryan-if you’re out there in tumbler-land somewhere?) ;)

RIGHT?  Pleeeeeease snow day!  Haha

Wait, your schools CLOSE with inclement weather?  Ours are always “open for student learning” if it’s still a snow day – snow day just means busses are cancelled, but we still have to come to work “if it is safe to do so” (which is code for, you better get to work otherwise we’ll hold it against you).

Re Refresh: Or if you’re waiting to see if your school will close due to inclement weather (am I right, Bryan-if you’re out there in tumbler-land somewhere?) ;)

RIGHT?  Pleeeeeease snow day!  Haha

Wait, your schools CLOSE with inclement weather?  Ours are always “open for student learning” if it’s still a snow day – snow day just means busses are cancelled, but we still have to come to work “if it is safe to do so” (which is code for, you better get to work otherwise we’ll hold it against you).

Just out of curiosity: do you ever (or have you heard of teachers that) pair students together that you/they think would make cute couples? I think I’ve heard that teachers do that but I wasn’t sure if that’s true or not

http://teachinginreallife.tumblr.com/post/87532105698/do-teachers-ship-their-students#notes

http://teachinginreallife.tumblr.com/post/88905112208/but-seriously-like-if-u-see-them-together-do#notes

Just out of curiosity: do you ever (or have you heard of teachers that) pair students together that you/they think would make cute couples? I think I’ve heard that teachers do that but I wasn’t sure if that’s true or not

http://teachinginreallife.tumblr.com/post/87532105698/do-teachers-ship-their-students#notes

http://teachinginreallife.tumblr.com/post/88905112208/but-seriously-like-if-u-see-them-together-do#notes