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=To Block or Not to Block= Please find and read an article on whether or not Facebook and other social networking sites should be available in schools. On this wiki, list the points from the article that support allowing social networking sites,or those that raise concerns. List the source of your information under the points you make. Simply click the "Edit" button to begin. Remember to save your changes.

= Support Allowing Social Networking in School = I support the concept of allowing social networking in school for a several reasons:

=Areas of Concern in Allowing Social Networking in School=
 * 1) We cannot continue to deny its existence
 * 2) What better way to cause the schools to act and finally start teaching kids the rights and wrongs of a digital world
 * 3) Parental concern over the allowance in school might finally spark some monitoring of their own kids use of the digital environment. In my opinion it is the parents who are facilitating their kids use of the social networks by providing them with cell phones with unlimited text-ing plans and providing them with unmonitored computers at home.
 * 4) Social Networking does not necessarily imply the use of Facebook. There are other sites with "safety" controls for use in schools. The social networking concept is global and schools need to learn to operate in the realm for

Bullying will be defined as an area of concern when/if we allow social networking in school. Social Networking is not the cause of the bullying but merely a means to conduct such actions. By allowing social networking in the school will not enhance the students ability to conduct the bullying. This conduct will take place regardless of whether social networking is allowed in school. The bullying practice will take place at home or from other locations regardless of the schools decision to allow social networking.

Time wasting will be another argument for disallowing SN in the school. If kids cannot remain on task at school because of the availability of SN then how will they ever learn to be productive employees when they get out of school.

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