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[quote=Anonymous]I’m a high school teacher with elementary aged children. These assignments don’t bother me. I’m aware they aren’t the only tasks students are doing, and I know they are aligned to various standards. A Twitter assignment asking for a character’s perspective is likely addressing a standard other than writing. The teacher is likely addressing point of view or indirect characterization. I’m sure another assignment will address writing standards (sentence types, paragraph construction, etc).

I also trust that the elementary teachers know more about writing development at that age than I do. I work with high school seniors, so that assignment clearly wouldn’t work in my class. But I can see the value at a younger age, and I can see why short snippets make sense if accessing reading skills and not writing skills.

As for the social media connection, it isn’t difficult to look at a sample (even printed out) to see the purpose. Even if the children don’t have social media, like my own kids, they can get the purpose: online communication that illustrates personality, etc.

Let’s give teachers the professional respect they deserve. [/quote]

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