Comments on: Texting Education http://ebraverman.wordpress.com/2007/07/18/texting-education/ a librarian-to-be's musings on technology Thu, 16 Aug 2007 14:40:43 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Covs http://ebraverman.wordpress.com/2007/07/18/texting-education/#comment-15 Covs Fri, 27 Jul 2007 04:26:45 +0000 http://ebraverman.wordpress.com/2007/07/18/texting-education/#comment-15 Wow, I'm impressed at the ways you can think to integrate texting into the library. Not just via calender due date type functions, but review tweets? That's a really fun idea. Wow, I’m impressed at the ways you can think to integrate texting into the library. Not just via calender due date type functions, but review tweets? That’s a really fun idea.

]]> By: School Safety Blog http://ebraverman.wordpress.com/2007/07/18/texting-education/#comment-13 School Safety Blog Wed, 18 Jul 2007 17:04:43 +0000 http://ebraverman.wordpress.com/2007/07/18/texting-education/#comment-13 I think texting could be a great alert system for many things, especially alerting students to violence on campus...if I remember correctly the students at V.Tech were alerting each other that way I think texting could be a great alert system for many things, especially alerting students to violence on campus…if I remember correctly the students at V.Tech were alerting each other that way

]]> By: Linda W. Braun http://ebraverman.wordpress.com/2007/07/18/texting-education/#comment-12 Linda W. Braun Wed, 18 Jul 2007 11:18:02 +0000 http://ebraverman.wordpress.com/2007/07/18/texting-education/#comment-12 Am I remembering correctly that your school is not in one of the higher-end neighborhoods of Brooklyn? I'm asking because I think that speaks to the point of access. While not every teen does have a cell phone it's not really possible to assume that teens in less affluent neighborhoods don't have them. In terms of how your student might have been able to send the picture to your cell phone. There are a couple of possibilities. Yes, one could have been that she sent the message from her computer to your cell phone. Interesting isn't it that she might have chosen to do that instead of emailing it to you. She also might have been able to transfer the picture to her phone just for the sending purpose. I wonder if this service that I read about today - Text Drop http://mashable.com/2007/07/17/txtdrop-iphone-widget/ - would allow you to either text or email students depending. You are right that that is a great answer. And it makes me think once again about how flexibility and customability are really important in 21st century education. We need to be able customize tools and techniques for learning styles and access. Dodgeball is a really interesting thing. I'm not sure what I think about it and I haven't used it enough to really get a good idea of educational implications. Feel free to write about it even if you don't see ed implications, just make sure that instead of "in the classroom/library" you write why you don't think it fits. Am I remembering correctly that your school is not in one of the higher-end neighborhoods of Brooklyn? I’m asking because I think that speaks to the point of access. While not every teen does have a cell phone it’s not really possible to assume that teens in less affluent neighborhoods don’t have them.

In terms of how your student might have been able to send the picture to your cell phone. There are a couple of possibilities. Yes, one could have been that she sent the message from her computer to your cell phone. Interesting isn’t it that she might have chosen to do that instead of emailing it to you. She also might have been able to transfer the picture to her phone just for the sending purpose.

I wonder if this service that I read about today – Text Drop http://mashable.com/2007/07/17/txtdrop-iphone-widget/ – would allow you to either text or email students depending. You are right that that is a great answer. And it makes me think once again about how flexibility and customability are really important in 21st century education. We need to be able customize tools and techniques for learning styles and access.

Dodgeball is a really interesting thing. I’m not sure what I think about it and I haven’t used it enough to really get a good idea of educational implications. Feel free to write about it even if you don’t see ed implications, just make sure that instead of “in the classroom/library” you write why you don’t think it fits.

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