http://hickstro.org/2008/10/12/smile-teacher-youre-on-youtube/ Integrating New Literacies into the Teaching of Writing Sun, 18 Jul 2010 00:49:03 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://hickstro.org/2008/10/12/smile-teacher-youre-on-youtube/comment-page-1/#comment-1542 Aliceh Thu, 20 Nov 2008 16:45:43 +0000 http://hickstro.org/2008/10/12/smile-teacher-youre-on-youtube/#comment-1542 This is such an interesting concept these days that teachers can be "stars" in a very negative light. This very thing happened in N.C. where a teacher was "caught" sounding derogatory about a 5th grader's choice and reason for supporting Mr. McCain for president. Again, it was taken out of context. And this was a 5th grade class. It is a sad state of affairs when teaches can't use humor in their classroom for fear of being taken out of context and ending up on YouTube. My question to the administrators of these schools: Why are your students carrying cell phones to their classes? This is such an interesting concept these days that teachers can be “stars” in a very negative light. This very thing happened in N.C. where a teacher was “caught” sounding derogatory about a 5th grader’s choice and reason for supporting Mr. McCain for president. Again, it was taken out of context. And this was a 5th grade class. It is a sad state of affairs when teaches can’t use humor in their classroom for fear of being taken out of context and ending up on YouTube. My question to the administrators of these schools: Why are your students carrying cell phones to their classes?

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