Comments on: All Atwitter Over Twitter http://collegemediamatters.com/2008/09/19/all-atwitter-over-twitter-and-a-bitchslap-of-a-blog/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:04:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Katie http://collegemediamatters.com/2008/09/19/all-atwitter-over-twitter-and-a-bitchslap-of-a-blog/#comment-81 Wed, 08 Oct 2008 12:39:41 +0000 http://collegemedia.wordpress.com/?p=433#comment-81 I am absolutely fascinated by the debate surrounding cell phones and laptops in class: not just in college classrooms but in middle and high school as well. Banning cell phones does not solve the problem.

Our society is in the middle of a technical revolution, and school (both college level and K-12) is being taught in a very antiquated way, with no bearing on the real world or on this new technology we are bombarded with.

Yes, cell phones should be allowed in class. Yes, blogging and twittering should be allowed. We can’t stop it from happening, so it needs to be integrated into the curriculum.

What about cheating on tests? That becomes an issue with cell phones. The solution: no tests. We need a better way of educating our students.

The education system’s current methods of lecturing and testing need to change to keep up with the technology ingrained in our students’ lives.

]]> By: Should Students and Profs Be Facebook Friends? « College Media Matters http://collegemediamatters.com/2008/09/19/all-atwitter-over-twitter-and-a-bitchslap-of-a-blog/#comment-73 Sun, 05 Oct 2008 13:52:09 +0000 http://collegemedia.wordpress.com/?p=433#comment-73 [...] ethics of their use in journalism recently came under scrutiny with NYU’s Twitter-gate. This piece posits a new ethical question: What should the new (media) rules be for [...]

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