Rosin+Philosophy

Essay on how schools should handle social networking activity by students in schools.

Well, Let's see...social networking is an important tool to use in education. Since we are in an age where we are expanding our capabilities with the rest of the world, it is essential that our students and adults get on board with us. We are not only collaborating within our schools but with the rest of the world. One way of doing this is through epals, Google docs., Skype etc.

So, the big question is how should we handle social networking? My main word on this is "Safely." We need to open our children up to the usage of 2.0 applications, nurture them, but also be responsible by showing them how to protect themselves at school as well as outside of it. For example, we can create safe Google docs for children. One item I tried recently was having them create their own web pages with their portoflios that they could share within our group. It was successful. They were able to work on it at home as well as show their parents the creations. Another way to use social networking and interacting is through collaboration of ideas and pictures through blogs that are created within a safe enviornment.