Texting Students: Not so Bad

Proof that texting in schools is not all bad: College and university officials are now utilizing text messages to relay various messages to students, including information about hazards on campus and snow days. This after using the texting system to alert students of school violence dangers in the wake of the Virginia Tech shootings. School officials have spent years trying to get the students to stop texting, but now it seems universities may be encouraging it. Just the latest example of schools using new technology to their advantage after thinking it was the end of the world (remember "the students can text each other exam answers scare?"). Next, I suppose schools will start instant messaging their students.