Thursday, May 6, 2010

faculty and texting

Anyone have policies or issues involving faculty, smartphones, texting, a=
nd appropriate use/time?=20

-----Original Message-----
From: A forum for independent school educators [mailto:ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.=
EDU] On Behalf Of Bill Ivey
Sent: Thursday, May 06, 2010 10:30 AM
To: ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Subject: Re: Parents posting videos on You Tube or Facebook of School Activ=
ities

Hi!

Regarding bans of recording equipment - that would have to include cell pho=
nes, right? Not likely. It's tough enough just to get them muted during per=
formances.

I've been following this discussion as a teacher, and suddenly realized jus=
t this morning that I am a problem parent as well. I have taken a few short=
videos of my son's basketball games and crew meets, and shared them with f=
amily and friends on Facebook. Of course, I have no clue whether or not any=
of those other kids' parents, from any of those schools, gave permission f=
or their image to be shared publicly.
Despite being an educator and being reasonably knowledgeable about technolo=
gy and tech policies, I just got caught up in the joy, to paraphrase Ann.

So my instinct is we need to do what we can to educate parents, students, a=
nd for that matter ourselves (ahem), about what appropriate use should be, =
react as needed to violations of school policy and/or various laws which ar=
e pointed out to us, and leave it at that.

Take care,
Bill Ivey
Stoneleigh-Burnham School

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