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Sharp Pencil Alert: Hashtag #pencilchat

The Twitter hastag #pencilchat unleashed the facetious forces this week. And as @GrahamBM tweets:

That #pencilchat is still going strong after more than 36 hours globally says much about the shared experience of a frozen education system.

Here's how it began:

johntspencer John T. Spencer

It started it out a few days ago as an allegory for educational technology #pencilchat

Here's a sample:

@amichetti @chamada it's not about the pencil! #pencilchat

@drpresident Don't bring your pencils to the dinner table! #pencilchat @sangsterphil #pencilchat I have been waiting for 20 minutes for my pencil to do something but to no avail. It just sits there. I'm off for the weekend!

@bbroom01 I have the basis for a pencil training course, all staff must attend http://t.co/jHvW7Piz #pencilchat

@pgow Peter Gow

Great workshop with pencil consultant today. Only now I can't remember what he said. But he had a stylin' turtleneck! #pencilchat

@drpresident We're having a pencil free week next week. Please leave your pencils at home #pencilchat

@JosieHolford

A sharp pencil is a very dangerous thing in the hands of a small child. Important to monitor use and restrict time on pencil. #pencilchat

@GrahamBM We need to look at some of health, safety, security & standardisation issues around pencils - we're simply not ready for BYOP #pencilchat

@EurekaTeacher #pencilchat Do any other teachers allow UR students 2 sign out pencils 4 the weekend? How do you track them? Is there a pencil release form?

@MrP_8thsci Kids keep running out of eraser. Sure didn't have this problem when we used chalk and slate. #pencilchat

@tidertechie Amazon marked down their popular book " Pencils for Dummies" Grab one while you can! #pencilchat

@MrP_8thsci I think I might try the new BYOP next year. Allowing this may help students work. #pencilchat

@jofrei Pencils need a warning sticker that they could be dangerous if inserted in noses #pencilchat

@mathrabbit1 #pencilchat is awesome! Just what I needed this week!

@cshively How #pencilchat got started: http://t.co/Z0S45tdP

@mathrabbit1 Using pencil math in my classroom this year. Now kids can't do math in their heads. I hate technology! #pencilchat

@mathrabbit1 Just got invited to use Pencil+ #pencilchat

@mathrabbit1 Not sure how to integrate my new SmartPencil in the classroom. Any suggestions? #pencilchat

@alexisangelus When presenting at a conference one has2wonder if all those delegates doodling with their pencils are actually paying attention! #pencilchat

@alexisangelus One way I get my students in2using pencils is by arranging a tutorial at start of term - integrating the use of the tool! #pencilchat

@alexisangelus The majority of my students come from rural parts of the country & our pencil labs are their first encounter with the tool! #pencilchat

@dendari The teacher is the only one allowed to use a pencil in my classroom. It's too expensive and the kids might break it. #pencilchat

@jkylewood @tgwynn I was wondering if our districts could combine efforts in a 1:1 initiative or if you all are going BYOP? #pencilchat

@sukainaw Rapid uptake of pencils in developing countries due to lack of slate and chalkboard insfrastructure #pencilchat

@DoerDi Every child deserves access to a pencil. Come on people, let's close the slate divide! #pencilchat

@bellaale female tweeps: don't try the pencil test with your expensive tablet devices... #pencilchat

@rosemary20 Loving #pencilchat very funny and so very perceptive. Follow the tag - unless you are Michael Gove perhaps!

@rreimer1 #pencilchat we set a goal for BYOP and some principals objected: "kids will be updating their Scrapbooks in class".

@mesterman All these kids today will start listening to Lead Zeppelin and wearing their brains down to the nub. Sharpen up! #pencilchat

@andrewmwatt @GrahamBM I hope it will be the one with the built-in camera. #pencilchat

@DoerDi Will public understand the true value of pencils in ed?A pencil is just a tool until we combine it with good teaching practice. #pencilchat

@andrewmwatt @GrahamBM Is it true all delegates to LWF13 will receive a free iPencil 5 ? #pencilchat

@DoerDi What's the return on investment for a pencil? Once you take it from the store it immediately depreciates. #Isitreally worthit #pencilchat

@principalamy: Parents sign acceptable use policy warning "Pencils can Poke Your Eye Out" #pencilchat

@sukainaw Pencils are all very well for self-actualized learners but our staff just need training - they can't cope with the choices. #pencilchat

@jaxrafferty “@Aaannne: Can I share my pencils with my students or will that blur the professional boundaries? #pencilchat”

@keithmantell «@deerwood If God had meant us to use pencils, he'd have put metal blades in our ears so we could keep them sharp. #pencilchat»»Deep!

@jaxrafferty “@GrahamBM: #pencilchat is still going strong after more than 36 hours globally ...!” via @hjarche Brilliant love it = conf about Boris

@lesleywprice Learners will be able to customise pencils themselves without permission #pencilchat http://t.co/PhBbHvHm

@sukainaw New book - 'How the pencil is making us stupid' #pencilchat

@RoyalLane Am worried that students will use pencils to develop own ideas, and not learn what i'm telling them from the front of class #pencilchat

@GrahamBM Restrictions are demanded on the unsupervised use of pencils after gangs of kids as young as 12 caught playing Battleships : MW1 #pencilchat

@sukainaw Pencils are a complex technology; there are soft pencils and hard pencils. Let's not mention coloured ones. #pencilchat

@mikewatkinson Amazing video on YouTube - two year old picks up pencil and draws on magazine as if it were paper #pencilchat

@giovannicoppola Pencils are a big distraction in the classroom. Kids are consistently writing notes to each other #pencilchat

@JaneBozarth #Pencilchat : The Visual http://t.co/G4N3nEOc

@mikewatkinson Working on some collaborative workflows using pencil and paper; removing barriers to creativity... #pencilchat

@Alby If you're a teacher, the #pencilchat hashtag is actually quite a clever comment on an stalled education system stuck in early 20th century.

@mikewatkinson Pencils are expensive but look what you get built-in, and the savings in on costs are significant #pencilchat

@ColinGoffin “@GrahamBM: Anybody got a working Acceptable Use Policy (AUP)operating for this latest trendy teaching pencil "fad"? #pencilchat” @dpark_123

@jamesmichie Come on, pencils are just a fad, they'll never catch on! #pencilchat

@Graham_IRISC @GrahamBM policy must include goggles for health and safety reason #pencilchat

@GrahamBM “@timbuckteeth: Mobile, personalised pencils http://t.co/kx3vWXhn #pencilchat” < - pure brilliance :)

@digitaldaisies Pencil use in my school ghettoised in ICtP - Info Comms thru Pencils. All other depts use biros, and won't try anything new #pencilchat

@landever just noticed box of Pencils being used to adjust a smrt board to the proper angle. What innovative uses have u discovered? #pencilchat

@pluke17 You'll earn a pen licence once you've mastered cursive writing with a pencil #pencilchat #year4

@ASamBurton @examinercom post on the hilarious #pencilchat hashtag convo happening on Twitter http://t.co/1kmnQix3

@ACTRochdale In my experience learners 'appropriate' pens but leave the lowly pencils behind. Hence pencils in my classrooms #pencilchat

@GrahamBM I'm not sure about this "game based learning" trend with pencils - Hangman, Noughts & Crosses, Boxes are just distractions #pencilchat

@robneisler #pencilchat I fear many may take a while to accept this tech and integrate into curric, and think of all those hours of PD!

@ufasarah Ever dropped your pencil & found its broken ALLTHEWAYTHRU make sure your insurance covers it #pencilchat

@NormWright #WorldsShortestBooks Great Tweets written in pencil #pencilchat

@OLPC @andysc #OPPC - for $100/school each child & teacher gets a connected, low-lead, sunlight-readable, hackable pencil. #pencilchat

@Aaannne Can I share my pencils with my students or will that blur the professional boundaries? #pencilchat

@colonelb Perhaps we should also start an #overheadprojetorchat ? #pencilchat

@gavindk Open lead movement (OLM) announces support for mechanical pencils.... #pencilchat "our lead is compatible with any" claims 0.5mm lead maker

@GrahamBM Anybody got a working Acceptable Use Policy (AUP) operating for this latest trendy teaching pencil "fad"? #pencilchat

@Bruce1979 The problem with pencils is that they're becoming so portable that they're way too easy to lose. Thank God for "Find my Pencil" #pencilchat

@JL3001 Has it been proven/researched that pencils & chalkboards help learning? Technology HAS! #pencilchat

@kemp_harper ICT in schools vs #codingforkids c.f. how to use a pencil vs learning to write?#pencilchat

@GrahamBM I'm somewhat alarmed by the penciliological determinist arguments being presented within #pencilchat s

@digitaldaisies Am experimenting wth lining paper 4 shared gp pencil wk - v cheap DIY solution but school procurement means have 2 pay myself #pencilchat

@GrahamBM @WendyTagg flagrant collaborative practices which perfectly demonstrate the dangers of pencil based learning practices #pencilchat

@NormWright No pencils for me until they have a decent Twitter app. #pencilchat

@Shakespeare72 #pencilchat We need to think about teaching pencil etiquette so students will be able to use pencils appropriately in public.

@_witty_n_wise_ @NormWright Maybe it will end with them wanting to learn, who knows :) #pencilchat

@johnswitzer Pencils that get stepped on will increase our carbon footprint. We need to think about our children! #pencilchat

@andrewmwatt Don't be lured by cheap class set of pencils til you check the manufacturers price of the consumables-paper, lead, sharpener etc #pencilchat

@Justgosailing Chinese pencil imports to the US rose to $30 million in 2002, x3 from 1996 to 2002. 50%+ of all pencils now come from China. #pencilchat

@debbridge If the pen is mightier than the sword, then the pecil is sharper! #pencilchat Sat Dec 03 10:40:01 +0000 2011 - tweet id 142915988965441536 - #157 tweet details

@AddmannIW The pope wants Pencils banned in Catholic schools. The free rubbers will corrupt young peoples morals #Pencilchat Sat Dec 03 10:39:20 +0000 2011 - tweet id 142915815958790145 - #159 tweet details

@Justgosailing California incense-cedar is commonly used to make pencils. An average tree of this kind produces about 172,000 pencils. #pencilchat Sat Dec 03 10:37:10 +0000 2011 - tweet id 142915272150491136 - #160 tweet details

@psychemedia @andysc i thought for a moment that might be a kindle book containing archived #pencilchat tweets.... Sat Dec 03 10:36:53 +0000 2011 - tweet id 142915199895224320 - #161 tweet details

@bilbobaggins2k @Justgosailing you should visit the pencil museum in Cumbria #pencilchat Sat Dec 03 10:36:38 +0000 2011 - tweet id 142915138259922944 - #162 tweet details

@Justgosailing Pencils are traditionally made of a wood casing with a graphite and clay core (not lead at all) that forms the writing point. #pencilchat Sat Dec 03 10:36:22 +0000 2011 - tweet id 142915069985034240 - #163 tweet details

@bobharrisonset In all #pencilchat Gove's speech at #nc11 a major turning point for schools ICT? but answer not in Westminster http://t.co/25rvEptf Sat Dec 03 10:35:50 +0000 2011 - tweet id 142914934811013120 - #164 tweet details

@Justgosailing Worldwide, about 14 billion pencils are produced annually, enough to circle the globe more than 62 times. #pencilchat Sat Dec 03 10:35:31 +0000 2011 - tweet id 142914854653673472 - #165 tweet details

@Justgosailing The pencil is ranked the fourth most important tool of all time by http://t.co/U7JaOnXD #pencilchat Sat Dec 03 10:34:53 +0000 2011 - tweet id 142914694682910720 - #166 tweet details

@_witty_n_wise_ @johntspencer Sorry to correct you, but you're saying "it's okay to make mistakes and to try again." #pencilchat Sat Dec 03 10:32:49 +0000 2011 - tweet id 142914174694076417 - #168 tweet details

@7Mrsjames @cpaterso & @mountainmoss you guys mentioned here : #Pencilchat Log http://t.co/suhFyu2D #tmsydney Sat Dec 03 10:32:37 +0000 2011 - tweet id 142914126077898753 - #169 tweet details

@GrahamBM Caran d'Ache = elitist pencils/closed eco-system - an open platform supported by adverts 4 free pencils with Happy Meal needed #pencilchat Sat Dec 03 10:31:59 +0000 2011 - tweet id 142913967214436352 - #170 tweet details

@NormWright I think my pencil has a virus. It only produces gibberish. Now what? Help! #pencilchat Sat Dec 03 10:31:13 +0000 2011 - tweet id 142913773102039040 - #171 tweet details

@wjputt Pencil definitions: A system of straight lines meeting in a point [geometry] Found on iPen*il dictionary #pencilchat Sat Dec 03 10:30:35 +0000 2011 - tweet id 142913613458452480 - #172 tweet details

@ianclimb8 #pencilchat multitouch gesture enabled are so ahead of the time and the spinning round the thumb is my favourite http://t.co/FDoNcjKZ Sat Dec 03 10:27:21 +0000 2011 - tweet id 142912800245813248 - #173 tweet details

@camaxwell Ooh! A pack of Tranformers Pencils at the PS Christmas Fayre. Must purchase. #pencilchat

@LibWithAttitude Must find a way to ensure all student pencils are kept in bags & not taken out in lessons - too distracting #pencilchat

@MartinLittler @GrahamBM BYOP Pencils for Christmas? Will they bring them to school? perhaps like iPads some schools will buy others will ban! #pencilchat

@WendyTagg @GrahamBM ... and people might write down *ideas* with their pencils, and pass them to others #shudders #pencilchat

@malynmawby Thessaloniki wrote of leaden writing instruments in 1 BC & we're only introducing it in the 19thC? You call that innovation? #pencilchat

@GrahamBM @WendyTagg stop, search & confiscate to avoid BYOP #pencilchat

@andymellor64 #pencilchat what's the point?

@wjputt Children face Christmas present disappointment as stationery shops run out of pencils due to resurgence in sales #pencilchat

@andrewjamdavies Been looking at multi-platform potential of pencils: paper, card, walls: endless possibilities we've only begun to understand #pencilchat

@PretzelSpine is it just one pencil each then? seems inefficient; i think kids could type faster with two. #pencilchat

@WendyTagg @GrahamBM In particular, we must not allow kids to sharpen their own pencils in case they hurt themselves #pencilchat

@Peace_SD A pencil is not just for Christmas #pencilchat

@wjputt Fears over pencils being used maliciously by school children leads to Daily **** demanding a complete ban! #pencilchat

@Baggiepr Thanks #pencilchat haven't had so much fun since felt the need to defend NHS against right wing Americans.

@WendyTagg @GrahamBM More to the point, will the pencils that children get for Christmas be compatible with those supplied at school #pencilchat

@wjputt Pencils likely to cause chaos in schools as learners become distracted & write notes to one another #pencilchat

@dorothyjburt There is no way parents in our district will ever be able to afford pencils #pencilchat

@LearningSpy “@TESconnect: I found this quite amusing. It explores the radical idea of giving every student a pencil. http://t.co/Vgpiiq4x” #pencilchat

@bootleian First reports coming in of pupils being mugged for expensive designer Lakeland coloured pencils. #pencilchat

@billgx Great teachers don't make it all about the pencil. Pencils are just a tool for making the learning easier. #pencilchat

@CoCreatr Can't burn the candle at both ends. But can sharpen the pencil at both ends. Prudent pencilists keep a spare point at hand. #pencilchat

@GAPC Pencil loss stages: 1 Denial, "Not lost" 2 Anger, "Give it!" 3 Bargain, "Just one more..." 4 Dumps, "My pencil...!" 5 Accept :-) #pencilchat

@moreolives Are we in danger of producing a generation of pencil pushers? #pencilchat

erinneo Erin Ochoa

I refuse to use pencils in my classroom until manufacturers figure out a way to limit what students can write with them. #pencilchat

GrahamBM Graham Brown-Martin

@WendyTagg flagrant collaborative practices which perfectly demonstrate the dangers of pencil based learning practices #pencilchat

GrahamBM Graham Brown-Martin

@WendyTagg there are censorship issues also, we need to control what they write #pencilchat

march4teachers Maggie

give a kid a crayon, he learns how to scribble. give him a pencil...he learns how to sword fight #pencilchat

johntspencer John T. Spencer

Let's be honest. When you hand a kid a pencil with an eraser, you're pretty much saying "I'm okay with failure." #pencilchat

joe_bower Joe Bower

I'm sick & tired of policy makers paying for all these pencils without providing professional development. #pencilchat

joe_bower Joe Bower

If it wasn't for the state-mandated curriculum, I wouldn't know what to do with all these pencils. #pencilchat

davidwees davidwees

The illiterate of the 20th century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot write, erase, and rewrite. #pencilchat

irasocol Ira Socol

Does anyone have an acceptable use policy for allowing pencils in the classroom? Is BYOP really possible? #pencilchat #vascd

2 Dec

davidwees davidwees

I wonder about this new fad of pencil integration in all subjects. Don't kids need to learn how to use pencils first? #pencilchat

2 Dec

pammoran pammoran

Can pencil immigrants teach pencil natives? #pencilchat

2 Dec

mcleod Scott McLeod

If kids can write information down on paper, soon they won't be able to remember anything in their heads anymore #pencilchat

mjmontagne Matt Montagne ♺

I'm a parent and executive at a company in Pencil Valley. There is no way my child is going to a school that uses pencils. #pencilchat

johntspencer John T. Spencer

I'm okay with letting you use pencils, but we're going to limit the sites where you can go with them. #pencilchat

woscholar Scott S. Floyd

We only use open source pencils. Those of you using the iPencil are just wasting money. You could have twice as many pencils. #pencilchat

johntspencer John T. Spencer

I don't trust kids with pencils. They end up doing sketchy things when I'm not looking. #pencilchat #worstpunever

2 Dec

johntspencer John T. Spencer

@timbuckteeth Make sure to explain that if students take documents from their desktops to the trash can, it will be emptied #pencilchat

weemooseus weemooseus

@moodleman #pencil and #pen notes are not compatible, you will have to find a #pencil converter #pencilchat

millerblair Blair Miller

@johntspencer Pencils must be the cause of the increased rates of violence among young people w/ hangman, stabbings. #pencilchat

millerblair Blair Miller

You let your students take their pencils home...but they might not use them for learning, I hear they draw with them too?! #pencilchat

billgx Bill Genereux

There's a line of 6 or 7 kids on each of the 4 sharpeners. Takes about 15 minutes. Never saw anything like it before. #pencilchat

1 Dec

weemooseus weemooseus

@lovedrummin The topic of #pencilchat next week might be pointless...

hechternacht Heidi Echternacht

@johntspencer #kinderchat is down with #pencilchat Let us know if you guys can handle a #gluechat or a #glitterchat We will rock those.

Nunavut_Tweeter Brian Barry

@johntspencer Maybe the only good thing about pencils is that most have an eraser so one can erase one's awesome ideas. #pencilchat

weemooseus weemooseus

@johntspencer Not only that, pencils can copy word for word from books and other resources = plagiarism! #pencilchat

Nunavut_Tweeter Brian Barry

Why use computers when we have the power of the pencil. #pencilchat

A Head Teacher writes:

We have had pencils in our school now for some time, and we were one of the first to adopt them, but it has been an uphill struggle. There aren't enough to go around, and often several of the children have to crowd around to use the pencils at the same time. But we are better off than many schools. We have a well equipped pencil suite where the chained desktop pencils are used in special sessions, and often, as a reward for good behaviour children are allowed to come into the suite (under teacher supervision of course) to use the pencils to draw fun things. Pencils were resisted by some of the teachers at first, because they complained they would have to change their practice if they adopted them. And they were right, pencils are in fact a game changer. Others were worried that they would not have enough time to learn to use them properly.

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