Tuesday, November 11, 2008
social networking in schools
I believe that social networking sites are tools best limited to out of school hours. They are too difficult to supervise. Now, there may be some way to restrict access to members only and in the case they would be okay. The main reason for not allowing them is to prevent predators and bullies from entering our schools via the internet. My school filters out sites such as MySpace and YouTube. Students are able to access their e-mail on Yahoo and Google but this is only a recent change to our internet policy. I searched for examples of sites that are geared to improving reading skills. I found a good article at http://www.ll4schools.co.uk/ that talks about a safe social networking site designed specifically for schools. It’s worth taking a peak at. Paul
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I'll check your site out. Yes, it is very scary to think that these young people may be accessed inappropiate material on the internet. So, I will look at your website with much interest. I thought that a site like this would be great for sharing and reviewing books. That it might get young people excited about reading again. It would have to be safely supervised of course, so your site may just be the place I need to use. Thanks for the info.
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