http://www.telegraph.co.uk/scienceandtechnology/technology/technologynews/5363485/Teachers-banned-from-Twitter-after-principal-constantly-criticises-students.htmlAfter a female secondary teacher was caught using twitter 20 times a day airing her criticism against her pupils, colleagues and parents, the Argyll and Bute council issued a ban on teachers from using twitter and other social networking sites. In her entries, she tweeted: “Have S5 pupil for company excluded from afternoon school for swearing at English teacher this morning." 3.18pm May 5 and “Have three Aspergers boys in SI class -never a dull moment! Always offer a different, interesting take on things." 8.37pm April 21. Her other tweet entries included complains about some of her classes and the schedules. One parent read her tweet entries and was outraged about it. The Argyll and Bute council spokesperson said, “Teachers may request access to blogs which have an educational value." The said teacher faced a disciplinary action as an adherence to the regulation that "Any member of staff found to have breached council policy will face appropriate disciplinary action”.
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I agree that the said teacher should undergo disciplinary action. However, banning all teachers from using the Internet, social networking sites and the like is not fair. What happened was one teacher’s fault, not everybody’s. I agree that it was wrong of her to publish her complains in that manner. She should have come to the union or approached her colleagues. But if she was afraid to do so, then it is understandable that she used twitter as her tool to attract their attention. I think whether or not she used twitter (it might also be Friendster or Facebook), the real problem was her not being happy in her work. This teacher seemed to be overworked and burned out that she saw twitter as her way to air her grievances. So, the council and the school should look into that and not ban teachers from using the Internet, blogs and social networking sites.
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I agree that the said teacher should undergo disciplinary action. However, banning all teachers from using the Internet, social networking sites and the like is not fair. What happened was one teacher’s fault, not everybody’s. I agree that it was wrong of her to publish her complains in that manner. She should have come to the union or approached her colleagues. But if she was afraid to do so, then it is understandable that she used twitter as her tool to attract their attention. I think whether or not she used twitter (it might also be Friendster or Facebook), the real problem was her not being happy in her work. This teacher seemed to be overworked and burned out that she saw twitter as her way to air her grievances. So, the council and the school should look into that and not ban teachers from using the Internet, blogs and social networking sites.
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You cannot just ban teachers from sites like twitter, how are you going to check that? I agree that she is punished for this, you should not post things like that especially when you are in her position.
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