Dick Sblog

Check out the article in eGuardian, “A year of bad press and security concerns means the educational potential of social networking sites remains largely untapped” – spot on! Schools block them, for all sorts of reasons. Shouldn’t we be educating kids to use social networking for learning, rather than panicking and blocking them? Then, in the process, educate them about the dangers of using such sites so that they have some level of safety when they use them at home?

Dr Rachel O’Connell, Bebo’s head of corporate social responsibility. “Pupils taught to use social networks constructively are going to be learning some key skills in the process, including uploading, sharing and commenting on their own and others’ content and ideas.” Slightly more interesting than sitting in an IT room learning how to format a document in Word…