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?
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What the teacher should he have done differently to avoid getting into trouble was t keep her phone number to herself and not share it. He should also have reported the teen's constant texting that put him in a compromising situation. I think that texting does not help teachers and students “forge bonds”. What I would think about the schools that insist teachers share their phone numbers with students so kids can call at night with homework questions is a very bad idea because problems could arise that would put the teachers in a touch awkward position with the students. The guidance should be provided is that if a student needs help, the teachers should help them of course, but the student should ask the teacher at school during school hours for the help that they would need. The evidence that I would give would be to answer any questions that the student has to ask. The events such as those described in the article weaken communication greatly between students and teachers because they would be awkward around each other and would put the teachers in a really bad situation.
To avoid getting in trouble, he could have reported the problem that was going on to other teachers or the principal. Also, he should have talked face to face with that student without using text messages. I do believe texting helps teachers and students forge bonds. It might also help with lifting the students’ grades. If I were a teacher I would think that it might not be a good idea for teachers to share their phone numbers with students. They could use e-mail as an alternative. The guidance that should be given is a sort of guidance that will help the teachers know the proper way to handle student communication. I would advice teachers and students to keep it professional and not to get into personal information in these text messages. These events will make teachers not take risks or chances in their jobs. Students will ultimately need to find a way to deal with their problems by themselves.
I think the coach should not have used text messages to communicate with the student; rather he should have talked with her one on one. Another way he could have avoided the problem is if he reported about this to other teachers or the parents of the student. Yes, I agree that texting helps teachers and students “forge bonds”. If I were a teacher I would not like the idea of a student calling me and waking me up in the middle of the night. A kind of guidance that could be provided is if the students ask teachers only during school hours. I will advice teachers and students to text message only in an emergency. The events such as those described in the article affect communication between students and teachers by limiting the method of communication and their relationship boundaries.
In my opinion, the teacher shouldn't have shard her phone number with her students to avoid getting in this trouble. I do believe texting helps teachers and students forge bonds. I think that this is a bad idea because a problem can happen such as in this article, and I would share my school e-mail instead. I think that all problems like that should be reported to the consul so that students get expelled from school for doing it. This problem has a big affect on the community especially between students and teachers that teachers don't trust their students anymore for personal information such as phone numbers, e-mails, etc…
The teacher could have not given out his phone number, if he didn't want to get caught. I don't agree that texting between students and teachers helps make bonds, and in fact, it should not happen at all. If I was a teacher, I would not like the outlook of the schools that mandate teachers to share their phone numbers with students because numerous problems would surface from this, including, but not limited to: prank calls and awkward situations. A good system of guidance would be that the students have the teachers' e-mails (provided by the school at the school's website), or the school's phone number, which would allow them to contact the teacher through the school at any time. I would give the advice to teachers not to give their phone numbers, students not to try to contact them through the phone, and schools to give teachers e-mails through their website that the administration would have full access to. The events like the one described in the article will strain communications between those teachers and students, and make the air more tense and awkward when they are together.
I think that the coach had to either have not participated in the texting thing, but instead talked personally to his student. It does but these bonds can get really close. With that i mean that the teacher and student can get a close relationship an that could cause angry parents to complain. The idea of giving away my phone is not a big issue for me because texting is a direct form of communication instead of chat or email. But i would put the homework on Google calendar and send the homework calendar to the students via email every after school. The guidance that teachers would need is to make sure that they are partaking in a risky situation and if you go over the line then you will get punished or ratted out somehow. The communication between the student and the teacher would affect them because they mighty feel safer to text instead of one on one talking because then they don't feel intimidated and they maybe during class the relationship might be awkward if they had sent an inappropriate text.
He should not have texted. Texting makes a person more comfortable about certain topics that they would never talk about face to face or even on a cell phone. I think teachers texting students doesn’t need to happen the teacher could set up a web site and make them available after school. If I was a teach I would have problems with a school board telling me to give students my phone number because it might put me in an occurred situation that I might not even create. The guidance that should be provided is that the teacher should ear on the side of caution and only talk about school and if the student brings something up the teachers should bring the text to the principle and show him/her the text. This might close a relationship that might help the student succeed in school.
Yes, I think student-teacher texting does help them forge bonds. As for the teacher who was a coach, I would say he should not have given out his number in the first place, or at least reported the constant text messages he received from that student. I personally don't think having teachers give out their numbers is a good idea. I would say the kind of guidance needed would be guidelines for proper teacher-student communication, and how to prevent improper relationships with students. Events such as those described in the article can negatively affect the communication between students and teachers and minimize the trust between the two.
I think that the coach did nothing wrong, all he did was giving advice to kids that are in trouble but one of the way he can avoid getting into trouble for misunderstandings is to just talk to your students instead of texting them. There are also many types of students who would rather talk with their coach and there are some shy students out there that would rather text their coach to forge their bonds so I really think it is up to the student whether or not they would rather forge their bonds with their teacher/coach through talking or texting/chatting. From my opinion I think that teachers and student sharing phone numbers isn’t really the brightest idea because most students will start their homework the night it is due and teachers would be getting a lot of calls from students the night before the assignment/homework is due. For a better guidance, I think we should advice each teacher to have their own website so students can go in and check for practice/homework guides. From this article it seems like there are both positive and negative affect toward communications between students and teachers, from my point of view it looks like there are both innocent teachers/coach who just want to help their student and give them advice meanwhile in some schools there are teachers who takes advantage of this opportunity, if this continue I highly doubt that they will make a new law where teachers and student wont be able to communicate personal matters with their teachers anymore.
I think that the coach should have talked to the student and told hr to back off a little, before he got into trouble. I think that student-teacher texting doesn’t necessarily help forge bonds between them. If I were a teacher, I would not want a student top have my phone number, if they have a question about the homework, they should ask it in class, or ask a classmate. I think there should be a guidance counselor at the school for these kinds of things. I would tell the students to not text the teachers unless you absolutely needed to, and maybe not even then. The events in the article would make the connection between a student and a teacher awkward and unconstructive in class.
Looking at the example of the coach, I think that this coachshould have stop texting or chatting with this student to avoid getting into trouble. He could have only made the way of communication very formal therefore; there wouldn’t be the sense of secrecy. I think that texting helps teacher and students “forge bonds” because it allows the students not to be afraid around the teacher. When the teacher and the student have a good relationship then the learning can approve. I believe that calling a teacher is completely fine when a students needs homework help. If I were a teacher I could give out my phone number on the first day of class, letting the kids know I’m here if they ever need help. The guidance I think that should be there when student an teacher communicate is that the school should give teachers a specific phone in which is only used for school purposes. This can help the school track the teacher’s communication with the students. The advice that I’d give is to the teachers is to watch what you text, think about the consequences, think about what you are getting yourself and the student in, you’re whole life could be ruined if you don’t watch what you text. The events described in the article are going to affect the relationship between the teachers and the students because now they would not feel comfortable being around each other because they are always aware about the actions and not paying enough attention to each other on can education level. Learning will become bad and uncomfortable.
The coach should have kept his phone number to himself and not share it. I do not think that texting helps the student forge a bond with the teacher. If I was a teacher I wouldn't want my student to have my phone number, cause they would be too much involve in your personal then thinking its ok to call anytime, if they have questions they can stay after school come in at lunch whatever I would try to always be available but once you go home its like you private life and you shouldn't have to share your phone number. i would say that the need for guidance wouldn't be to call teachers for help but to come in after class and stay for help sessions when help is needed. Or they can cal there friends for help. I would just advice students to keep the texts professional not personal the effect was the teacher was in a bad situation as well as the student everyone should know that there are limits not to go past.
It's easy: just not text! That would have been the action to not get in trouble. Email or a private Blog would be far easier and also not as offencive in some cases. Also, if the texting would have become something that happens all the time, the coach would not have any free minute or any privacy on his phone anymore. I don't think that texting makes a difference than emailing or using a different way of communicating with the students. I would be completely against sharing my phone number with the students, especially with the reasoning that they can call me in the middle of the night to ask a question about the homework. The students have to listen in the lesson and then they will understand the homework. If I would share my phone number, I would get a separate SIM-Card so that I can at least separate private and public life. Still, I would only want to have the number used for emergencies. If I needed to create some useful system, I would either find or setup a online clipboard for the students where they can ask questions and I could give answers. That is probably the most easiest way.
There are several things that should have been done differently in this case. Firstly he should have just sent back one text message saying that is particular member that if she wants advice on personnel matters then she should go to her friends, or gone to her parents or better yet gone to confide in a person who is trained deal with this kind of things. I would say that while someone people may find this to be the case but as for me I would actually say that text messaging actually weakens the bonds between the teacher, professor or instructor and their students. I think this because if someone can use technology for something as seemingly harmless as asking for a reminder on something then they might use this very same medium for more malevolent purposes. I would think that before I give my opinion I would ask my students in class what they think of this idea and afterwards I would ask them to do for homework a list of 10 pros and cons of this idea. After I had read through the results of this I would consider all of the implications and then I would make up my mind bases on what I think and what my students think. There are certainly many kinds of guidance of this kind and type that should be provided. The first such one would be that of teaching the students when is an appropriate time to use technology as oppose to using the old fashioned methods. A second such one would be giving the students a way of finding out how they should properly, ethically, and rationally use technology (both at school and at home). There are several pieces of advice that could be offered would be that they should think seriously about whether they are better off using technology for everything or whether they would be wiser to use the more traditional and older techniques.
I think the teacher should have informed someone about the constant messaging and he also should have stopped answering after the student got off topic. Yeah I do believe it helps teachers and students to forge bonds. I think giving my phone number to students is risky therefore it would be suitable if a teacher has one number for school and another number for his social life. The number for students should only be used for school and nothing else personal. There should be strict and safe guidance system. The guidance should make sure teachers no when to stop answering students with personal type of messages. The advice I would give is teachers should be more cautious and no what to answer and how to answer certain type of text messages sent by students. I think there will be a strong affect on the communication between students and teachers. There bonds might not be as strong if they do not talk about personal things but it will defiantly be safer for both the teacher and the student.
-Maya :)
What the teacher should have done to avoid trouble is that he should have told the student that from the first place to tell that student that we should text. Not really, the bonds that are supposed to be with a teacher at school and students should be more including schoolwork, if they need advice, that’s what the counselor is for. There should be a better way to really communicate with students, like email rather than phone numbers. There should be guidance to students about teachers like that; some teachers should know that their jobs are at stake when they encounter such things.
Looking at the example of the teacher who was a coach, what should he have done differently to avoid getting in trouble, he could have just reported the problem that was going on to teachers, and the principal. Yes, I think student-teacher texting does help them forge bonds
If I were a teacher, I think this idea wouldn’t work I don’t think having teachers give out their numbers is a good idea, the general counsel for the teachers’ union talks about the need for guidance in the proper ways to handle student communication. The sort of guidance that should be given is sorts of guidance that will help the teachers know the proper way to handle student communication. My advice is that I would give is teachers should be more cautious, And know how to reply to their messages sent by students, and keep it private not to get into the personal information. Events such as those described in the article affect communication between students and teachers that there bonds will not be as story if they do not talk about personal things and student will need to find a way to deal with it their selves, but it would be a lot safer for the teacher and the student.
-aya
Looking at the example of the teacher who was a coach, what should he have done differently to avoid getting in trouble, he could have just reported the problem that was going on to teachers, and the principal. Yes, I think student-teacher texting does help them forge bonds
Looking at the example of the teacher who was a coach, what should he have done differently to avoid getting in trouble, he could have just reported the problem that was going on to teachers, and the principal. Yes, I think student-teacher texting does help them forge bonds, If I were a teacher, I think this idea wouldn’t work I don’t think having teachers give out their numbers is a good idea, the general counsel for the teachers’ union talks about the need for guidance in the proper ways to handle student communication, the sort of guidance that should be given is sorts of guidance that will help the teachers know the proper way to handle student communication. My advice is that I would give is teachers should be more cautious, And know how to reply to their messages sent by students, and keep it private not to get into the personal information. Events such as those described in the article affect communication between students and teachers that there bonds will not be as story if they do not talk about personal things and student will need to find a way to deal with it their selves, but it would be a lot safer for the teacher and the student.
-Ayaa
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