Yes, I am going to blog about Netflix, Gaming and Texting. I am a HUGE movie watcher. As Dr. Kist said, we should all be up-to-date about what is going on in the media. I think being aware of what kinds of movies our students are watching is a good conversation starter with them. A lot of the time students don't want to talk to teachers because they don't think that we are "cool" enough or know what is going on with their lives. If we are able to strike up a conversation about a movie that we both have seen then it could put us, as teachers, in a different light to them. Netflix is available in all kinds of ways and we just became subscribers at my house. You can get movies through the mail, on PS3, on the Wii and through your labtop. It's amazing the technology that is out there right now.
Our students are constantly playing with their I-pods, cell phones and PSP's during classes. I don't think that these are a good idea for the classroom, but I think they should be allowed during lunch and study halls. I know this goes against everything that most schools try to establish. Hear me out. If our students are writing, reading and putting conversation/thought into something, why are we trying to stop it? I know that the texts, and the gaming scripts aren't traditional ways of reading and writing. However, the fact that they are doing so is a positive thing in my opinion. Below actually is a link to an article about schools who have embraced this change. With allowing cell phones being used it has reduced the "sneaking" of texts in class becasue they have the chance to communicate anyway. It's an interesting read and I agree with every part of it. I think that more schools should accept this change as well. These schools have had success embracing this change and I think that I will try to bring it up to my school district now and in the future.
http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20100921/NEWS0102/9220333/More-high-schools-embrace-student-texting
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I agree with you about the movies and the texting. Keeping up with the media and current movie scene should help keep teachers involved in what the students are interested in. Even the Twilight books/movies, regardless of whether you'll teach them to your class, are good to read/watch just so that you can keep up with what the teenagers are really into at the moment.
ReplyDeleteI guess texting could be allowed in study hall and lunch too, because as you said it is an informal format of writing and communication. I never thought of how it might stop kids from sneaking texts during class-time. One problem with this: students texting in study hall might be texting students that are in other classes...which then leads to the possibility that test questions/answers could be text messaged.