Extra: Kids quiz teachers on Tweeting & Facebook

Tampa, Florida - Tweeting, poking and texting come easy to kids and teens, it's their second language. The social media doesn't come as easily to the adults in their lives not even their teachers and school administrators.

Do they need to be?

We ask students at Smith Middle School in Tampa to brainstorm questions to quiz teachers and school administrators. Kris Williams' students come up with 24 questions on Facebook, MySpace, texting and Twitter.

"It's their second language. I thought students versus adults kids quizzing the teachers thought be great idea," Williams explains.

Students ask teachers to decode text messaging lingo or translate the sentence into the abbreviated form. The students hand out the quiz to six volunteers.

Clearly some are stumped right from the beginning. The group ranges from 26 to 48 years old. Most have kids and most are not on board with the social media. With a show of hands, only one said they had a Facebook page.

After some tough grading from students, it's clear how most did.

"Poorly. I guessed on all of them," says assistant principal Ronnie Mason. "I know I'm ignorant in a lot of those areas. I don't have Facebook or MySpace. I don't Twitter all the time."

Breanne Small, the 26-year-old science teacher, scored 71%. The rest flunked, including the assistant principal and the principal.

Small says she shies away from Facebook, "It's important as one has exposure with the community, to keep a low profile on the Internet. It's important not to have the information out there."

A total of 19 teachers and staff took the quiz. One admits to getting help from students. Assistant principal Shonda Flores scores the highest, an 83, with just two wrong.

"I think if we can walk and speak the same language, we can get to the same answer. I think it makes a difference," says Flores.

Do teachers need to know how to Tweet and poke online or write on someone's wall? "Some teachers do seem old when they can't figure this stuff out," says 14-year-old Stephen.

Media specialist Karen Triplett says, "I don't think as an educator I need to look at my students' MySpace to know them, because I can interact with them face to face with them every day."

"I feel my role is not to connect with them, but to remind them of the dangers that can happen," adds Small.

Still, teachers can't escape the text lingo in class. English teacher Kelly Leavy says it's a struggle, "I do see a lot of these expressions in journals and on tests and informal writing."

Those that are parents realize the importance of being in the know. Coach Gerard Denis says he's trying to address it at home, "We had a family meeting a week ago on this. I'm putting the clamps on that, trying to be more proactive."

Students say teachers don't have to be part of the social networking world but try to understand it. 7^th grader Aubrey Bell says, "Because they're teachers, they're always around kids. I think they should... you can connect better with the kids.

We've posted the same quiz designed by the student and given to the teachers and school administrators: click here to see the questions.

After you're done, check your answers by clicking here.