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could have been read in the cumulative time it takes to send and receive 4000 text messages.
or poems written, paintings made, gadgets tinkered with, melodies created, lyrics composed, day-dreams dreamt?
4000 texts per month.
That was the average amount of texts sent and received for over half of my seniors (about 60 high school kids, 17 and 18 yrs old).
The mantra "the technology is here, let's embrace it" is making its way around high school administrations and more and more high schools are easing their ipod & cell phone usage policies. In our school, electronic devices are permitted anywhere and everywhere as long as they are OFF "between the bells".
While that has drastically eased the discipline procedures in the halls, fewer kids come into class early to chat with me about homework, books, art, music, etc. And if they do get there early, their fingers are moving rapidly on their iphone to get that last message sent before the bell.
I thought it was a bad idea to change from the earlier policy of OFF between 7am and 3pm. We've embraced it, now we need to engage, manage and empower its use to drive curriculum, creativity, and lessons of moderation.
If you have kids in school, what are the policies there?
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