Guest Thinkers — February 16, 2011

Social networking in schools

I received this question recently:

What resources (contacts, advisors, print, online, etc.) do you

recommend to our school leaders – and lawyers – so they can make

informed decisions about student access to social networking tools?

Anyone have any suggestions? Is there a place for current social networking tools in our students’ education?

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