Opinions and Commentary on Texting in Teaching

What perspectives have already been shared concerning incorporating text messaging into teaching? The following links to opinions and commentary provide individual perspectives on texting and education.

• Teaching to the Text Message – Andy Selsberg, NYTimes.com, 2011
  The longest assignment could be a cover letter, and even that might be streamlined to a networking e-mail. I’d rather my students master skills like these than proper style for citations.
• Should Schools Teach SMS Text Messaging? – Andy Carvin, PBS Teachers, 2006
  You may think that today’s kids already know everything they need to know about SMS text messaging, but some educators are now arguing that students need to learn texting in the classroom. Are they on to something, or is it a waste of time?
• Teaching Through Text Message: Cell Phones Emerge as Learning Tool – Kathleen Sheneman, New Legacy Mobile
  Instructors at UNLV are now using text messaging as a tool to teach students about the English language.
• Teachers Use Cell Phones in the Classroom – Jason Koebler, U.S. News Education, 2011
  Educators arguing that encouraging students to use cell phones turns the phones into educational tools, not distractions or cheating devices.
• Zero-Thumb Game: How to Tame Texting – Sara Bernard, Edutopia, 2008
  English teachers take text messaging to task — as a teaching tool.
• Saline High School Senior Builds Group Text-Messaging Service – Sven Gustafson, AnnArbor.com, 2011
  developer of gText, 18 year old student!
• Teaching by Texting Starts to Take Hold – Karen Schwartz, Aol News, 2010
  Most teachers who use cell phones in class also find it useful to blast text messages to their students, reminding them of homework assignments and tests. 
• Blogs, Wikis and Text Messaging: What are the Implications for Students with Learning Disabilities, Center for Implementing Technology in Education, 2008
  An Info brief by the Center for Implementing Technology in Education.
• Teacher Sentenced for Text Messaging Student Thousands of Times – Mary Richards and Sandra Yi, KSL.com
  Police have arrested a school teacher in an unusual case, a text messaging relationship with a student that went too far. That teacher is now in jail. In one month alone, he sent 5,000 text messages to a 13-year-old girl.

Are you aware of another news story or other perspective available online on use of text messaging in teaching that you’d recommend be added to the list above? Leave a comment with the link.