A few weeks ago, I posted some discussion on CNN’s “Texting to Learn” segment. In the meantime, I’ve come across a couple updates related to cell phone policies and usage. Sidebar: I feel it’s important to point out that these two policies target two different age groupings. From the Daily Record online (dated September 16, [...]
Where do you land on this issue? Phones or no phones? One high school administrator I’ve talked with recently noted that we need to prepare these students for the real world, and part of that real world is learning how to manage the etiquette of using cell phones in a place of business – a [...]
Earlier this month, the National School Boards Association published a document called Creating & connecting: Research and guidelines on online social – and educational – networking. What makes this document notable is that is published by a mainstream education organization (as opposed to 3rd-party groups such as the Gates Foundation or the George Lucas Foundation [...]
