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I think that it is a wonderful idea. Especially if it is going to be used as a communication device betweent teachers and students. Its a growing age of technology and most kids love the idea of internet communication. Its a whole lot easier these days to get your point across in print versus over the phone sometimes. Plust there wont be too much, "I didnt get it."

I think this is crazy. It maybe helpful it were to go out only to the high school kids but not all grades. Its amazing how I just heard a report yesterday stating how some of the schools are reaching AYP (progress report) but yet they are worried about email address. BACKWARDS people!!! We need to make sure these kids can read before giving them email adresses.

This may not work. As hard as it is for us adults--and in particular us middle-aged adults--to realize, email is seen by young people as something that old people use. When I want to get in touch with my students at UNCG, I use Facebook. To them, email is so 1990s.

Why don't you give the parents an email address so when you send out information it will surely get to the parents also...

I think electronic communications will give the students incentives to read and write. Maybe both Facebook and email should be used. Shy students will have a way to ask their questions. And rather than worrying about cheating, why don't the schools implement peer tutoring via electronic means?

Everyone needs to remember that the public library branches have computers reserved for school work after school. To assure sufficient access for all we may need to think of how to get fast access to the internet in more places.

I have tried to use email as a time saving & effective way of communicating with my child's teachers.

However, other students have told my child that they overhear the teacher's complain about my emails (in front of the class, how professional).

I can't imagine that they are going to be very thrilled about this.

Honestly, this is a terrible idea. I'm in eigth grade at Lincoln Academy Middle School and frankly to some of the kids at my school, it would be insulting to give them an email adress that some kids could acess at home, but some can't acess unless they are at school. Also, what are we teaching kids these days? We should be learning to read books and like reading, and this is NOT going to help. Giving email adresses to kids would give them a way to be on the computer all the time. Maybe, MAYBE, for kids in middle school and up this might be acceptable, but for kids below? Kidnergardeners don't know how to read and write, and just because they have a computer doesnt mean they should learn basing things on it. This is a terrible, terrible idea.

If I thought that students would be using their email accounts only for school or school-related work and communications, I would be elated. For the bright bulbs who made this decision without asking the media specialists and classroom teachers who have to monitor computer use both in the media center and computer labs, thanks for making the job just that much harder. Since the students prefer texting, why not just let them use cell phones all the time? The medium matches their command of English perfectly.