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Teacher overstepped his bounds, angry mom claims


April 13, 2012 by Claire Knight

A California mother feels her daughter’s teacher crossed a line … and now she’s fighting back.

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Sexting ‘lesson’ goes too far


December 18, 2011 by Claire Knight

There’s tough love … and then there’s this!

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Electronic dating violence: A subset of cyberbullying


November 14, 2011 by Claire Knight

More and more students use technology to intimidate and threaten their romantic partners.

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Teacher arrested after sending SMS messages


October 2, 2011 by Claire Knight

When a 13-year-old student received inappropriate text messages from a phone number he didn’t recognize, he told his parents. They called the cell phone number — and then called police.

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Confiscating cell phones: How long can we keep ‘em?


September 21, 2011 by Claire Knight

Can school officials confiscate cell phones for an extended period of time? The supreme court of Arkansas weighs in:

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Summer reading: Top 5 books to add to your list


July 19, 2011 by Claire Knight

Who says you have to leave the tech training to your school district? Here are five books that’ll help you keep up with tech-savvy students:

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6 surprising ways students use cell phones at school


July 17, 2011 by Claire Knight

Just because cell phones are in-hand doesn’t necessarily mean students are texting at school …

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Tech slang taking over the classroom?


July 6, 2011 by Jake Simms

Email and texting is changing the way we write, not always for the better. Teachers know it – but do students? 

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No wonder students are tech addicts


July 4, 2011 by Jake Simms

Conventional wisdom has it tech addiction is primarily a problem among teenagers. Well …

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New Educator Code of Ethics includes tech no-no’s


July 3, 2011 by Claire Knight

Too many “tech mistakes” led this state’s Department of Education to create a technology code of ethics.

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