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The Top 6 Reasons for Schools to Teach Safe Practices in Social Media

 Not so long ago, many schools throughout the nation banned the use of social media on their website portals, finding censorship an easier solution than coping with the new technology. Regardless, social media acquired widespread popularity. And now, many school districts are formulating guidelines for acceptable usage by students and teachers alike.As a strong advocate of using social media in education, I feel that the responsibility becomes more than just guidelines. Districts need to offer training in its proper, safe, and ethical...

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Schools Beware: Facebook Owns Your Words

With on-line communication transforming the world, many education departments across the country have banned social media in schools for protective measures. Now, districts are readdressing these bans and seeking more effective guidelines. As an educator for more than 35 years, I believe it is time to ask ourselves the following questions:How can schools: protect their students? monitor the content of hundreds of teachers’ messages? regulate personal versus professional text messaging and/or posts on Facebook/ Twitter/ YouTube, Flickr, etc.? Previously, school systems banned teacher access to...

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