Text messaging is a common practice. Students text each other regularly. Adults text, as well. However, there are circumstances under which there may be complications. This week’s article looks at ways in which texting, social media, and email can lead to trouble. Go to the link below and read the article. Write a reflective comment that shows you have read the article, expresses your views, and addresses my questions.
Looking at the example of the teacher who was a coach, what should he have done differently to avoid getting into trouble? Do you think that texting helps teachers and students “forge bonds?” The article mentions that “some schools insist teachers share their phone numbers with students so kids can call at night with homework questions.” If you were a teacher, what would you think about this idea? The general counsel for the teachers’ union talks about the need for guidance in the proper ways to handle student communication. What sort of guidance should be provided? What advice would you give? How will events such as those described in the article affect communication between students and teachers?
8 comments:
To avoid getting in trouble, he should had exactly done what was said in the article. He should had reported about the teenage girl's texting and not continuing the text conversation. Yes, I think texting helps students "forge bonds". Well, if I were to give students my phone number, I would rather give them a separate official phone number and set up particular timings for them to call. I would rather not appreciate some student calling me at 11:00pm or around that time. I would rather set up a time limit maybe 8:00pm. I think it would be better to give students my school e-mail address. I guess a teacher can only tell a student about the consequences of improper texting to teachers and other students. I don't think that there can be any other guidance or advice given and even if it is given, students may not follow any direction. That's my point of view. I think that the after the events listed on the article, both teachers and students will be more aware of improper texting and it's consequences. If a teacher gets a message from another teenager, he/she will choose a better option than just replying back. After these events, I don't think that it would affect communication between teachers and students as much. Just that they will be more aware to communicate in a more proper manner.
I believe that the coach should have advised the student to use email or just talk in person to the coach so no one else would think anything of it. I believe that texting takes away the distance that should be between teachers and students, it also makes the teacher-student relationship much less formal than it should be. If I were a teacher who was informed to give a mobile number to my students, I would just either give them a fake mobile number or just give them my number but add the students to my "block" list and tell them that they can't phone me at the moment because all the other students are trying to do the same thing. I believe that there should be guidance with what is too personal and what is just neglecting the needs of the students. I will also give them advice on how to avoid prank calls. The events described in this article just show that teachers should be careful with giving their mobile numbers to students.
I belive that the coach should have done what was written in this article. I do belive that it would help to forge bonds but i would not give any studant my private number, i would rather give them a diffrent number and tell them not to call me past a certain time.There is a fine line between getting to personal with the studant- teacher line and takling advantage of a good situation. Teachers should be very weary about giving their numbers away though, as studants can be horrible when they want to.
I think he should have open communication, rather than texting which seems to be more personal than others. Also, I think texting helps teacher and student to bond, but I think it will cross the line after they are getting used to it. If I were a teacher, I would have agreed to the phone call idea, but can't school provide other communication method than telling teacher's privacy? School can provide school phone to teacher, which is open source, and comfortable. Teacher's should be warned to be more cautious when they are communicating, and student should respect teacher more while they are texting. Events in the article can affect communication between students and teachers by eliminating respect of teacher and student.
What I have done differently in this situation is do what the article wanted it to do. I don't think that texting forges bonds. If I was teacher I wouldn't give students my phone number or ask for their number. The sort of guidance that should be provided is the same as what they were saying in the article. I don't know any advice that I can give. These events in article affect the communication between the students and the teachers because if a teacher gets mad because of massive phone calls and texts they might try to make there grade lower and it will ruin the respect line between the two.
I honestly feel that if the coach wanted to avoid getting into trouble, he should have spoken to his student in person privately. I do not feel that texting helps students and teachers “forge bonds”, and I feel that it is, in fact, informal, inappropriate and goes outside of the “teacher-student” relationship. If I were a teacher, I would rather students talk to me during their break periods, at lunch, or afterschool if they have problems on their homework, rather than calling me at night. I think guidance in proper standards of communication would involve setting boundaries and establishing “dos and don’ts” of communication. I also feel that there should be laws that authorize teachers to read the texts between other teachers and their students, to allow for some type of oversight if something that is not supposed to be going on is happening. For example, if I were in the position of the coach in the report, I would have told the student in a text to talk to me privately later. I feel that events such as those described in the article will make communication between students and teachers more difficult and awkward, but at the same time, possibly promote more professional and formal communication.
To avoid getting into trouble, the coach should have told some higher authority about the problem and not continued the text message. I do think that texting helps teachers and students forge bonds. If I was a teacher, I would give the students my phone number, but only when I have known them enough to trust them. There should be guidance about sharing any problems, and to help the teacher or student know when the texting it becoming too personal. I would just tell the teacher or student to know their limits with texting, and not get carried away. The event in my opinion will effect the communication between the students and teachers negatively.
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