1) Teaching Beyond the School Day- I found this concept to be very thought provoking. It made me think back to high school and when I was stuck on a homework assignment or a project. It would have been very nice to have had a teacher that had a texting option or even an office hour that we could email or text during that one hour to ask any questions. It also makes it easier for students to get in touch with their teachers. Some may be embarrassed that they have a problem, others could be too shy. With the texting option, those students could remain anonymous and ask whatever questions they had and feel safe. I will be adding some sort of teaching beyond the school day in my future classroom!
2) Understanding Textspeak and Textisms- I would have never thought that this could even be an issue for me, but by the time I become a teacher there is probably going to be many new textisms and textspeak that I will not know. Students have a way of texting that isn't always easy to read. Sometimes we even question if it is English. I think it is very important for teachers to be able to read their students messages and maybe even respond in the way they text, just so they feel like they are being understood. The examples in the book were awesome, I was very happy that I could read all of them. That may not be the case when I become a teacher and as the years go by. I will make sure I stay caught up on the textisms and texspeak throughout my teaching career.
Here is a fun little game testing your texting language skills! Good luck :)
https://play.kahoot.it/#/k/c9067d52-acd3-45ee-8ea7-44bb83af1129
3) Using Text to Teach about Spelling- Ironically, the bad spelling in texting can be used to teach proper spelling. By teachers allowing their students to text using incorrect spelling, they are giving them an opportunity to correct their spelling in the future. I will be using this with not only my future students, but also my future children!
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Resources
Kahoot! needs JavaScript to work. (n.d.). Retrieved May 29, 2016, from https://create.kahoot.it/#quiz/c9067d52-acd3-45ee-8ea7-44bb83af1129/done
Maloy, Robert, Verock-O’Loughlin,Ruth-Ellen, Edwards, Sharon A., and Woolf, Beverly Park (2013). Transforming Learning with New Technologies. 2nd Edition. Boston, MA: Pearson Education, Inc.
Quiz: How Well Do You Know Your Internet/Text Message Slang? - Teen.com. (2013). Retrieved May 29, 2016, from http://www.teen.com/2013/06/28/quizzes-personality-trivia-teen-girls/random-quizzes/internet-text-message-slang-trivia-quiz/
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