The insanity of this is painful enough, but the comments that I’ve seen on some news message boards make me truly afraid for the future of our society. The very idea that people believe that the answer is to arm everyone is nauseating. Shouldn’t our students and fellow educators have the right and ability to go to school and work without having to strap on a handgun?
Living in Canada, a place that has gun control, we are not immune to violence. However, I am stunned by the magnitude of this attack. My thoughts and prayers are with all of you today, especially the educators and students.
The scope of this tragedy is still to big to comprehend. On a much smaller and different scale, I can offer what our school did when we had students in crisis. A few 12 year olds had talked of suicide and one had brought knives to school. We sat down as a school community and looked for even more ways we could connect with each of our students. Some students were very connected, had a lot of support, and some really did not. The hard, but meaningful work, is to reach out to needy students again, and again, and again.
I have been discussing the idea of Emergency Tools for Schools 2.0 with our campus based on how quickly information about this event spread on the web to the news media.
I ask the question on my blog if our schools should create similar places to post emergency contact info and to send that to our parents/students via cell phone, PDA, RSS, etc.
I think your point about reaching out again and again is a good one. So many high schools have looked at smaller learning communities as a way to help with this.
I think the power of schools to try to connect with students is so important.
Joel, when I have been watching videos students have put up on YouTube or looking at FAcebook postings, I”ve really been thinking about that what they are needing and wanting is a way to connect with this news and to communicate their feelings.
I think your questions about how schools could be more prepared for communication backups and breakdowns are good ones.
David,
The insanity of this is painful enough, but the comments that I’ve seen on some news message boards make me truly afraid for the future of our society. The very idea that people believe that the answer is to arm everyone is nauseating. Shouldn’t our students and fellow educators have the right and ability to go to school and work without having to strap on a handgun?
Living in Canada, a place that has gun control, we are not immune to violence. However, I am stunned by the magnitude of this attack. My thoughts and prayers are with all of you today, especially the educators and students.
Kim 🙂
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No place is immuned to the violence. It just seems that some places are more equipped for it. 🙁
The scope of this tragedy is still to big to comprehend. On a much smaller and different scale, I can offer what our school did when we had students in crisis. A few 12 year olds had talked of suicide and one had brought knives to school. We sat down as a school community and looked for even more ways we could connect with each of our students. Some students were very connected, had a lot of support, and some really did not. The hard, but meaningful work, is to reach out to needy students again, and again, and again.
I have been discussing the idea of Emergency Tools for Schools 2.0 with our campus based on how quickly information about this event spread on the web to the news media.
I ask the question on my blog if our schools should create similar places to post emergency contact info and to send that to our parents/students via cell phone, PDA, RSS, etc.
Dave,
I think your point about reaching out again and again is a good one. So many high schools have looked at smaller learning communities as a way to help with this.
I think the power of schools to try to connect with students is so important.
Joel, when I have been watching videos students have put up on YouTube or looking at FAcebook postings, I”ve really been thinking about that what they are needing and wanting is a way to connect with this news and to communicate their feelings.
I think your questions about how schools could be more prepared for communication backups and breakdowns are good ones.