Charles Fowler's List: Social Media and Schools

• The fact is, social networks are here to stay, and with or without rules, kids are going to use them.
• there are simple ways to monitor access. Patrol computer labs, place computers where staff have a presence,
• “We really guide them through the process of driving to make it as safe as we can. Social media in a lot of ways parallels that. You would never just give that child a set of car keys.”
• One way to keep social media use from being a distraction in schools is to find ways to use it in existing curricula.

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• In a new study to be released this month, the Pew Internet Project has found that people in their 20s exert more control over their digital reputations than older adults, more vigorously deleting unwanted posts and limiting information about themselves.

• to ban Facebook and other forms of social media at home.  Banning students from accessing social media will only push them to utilize these sites in secret, which will not provide a solution to cyberbullying.
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  encourage school leaders to inform parents on how they can create environments at home that promote acceptable use, rewrite curriculum, model effective use, and include student perspectives on creating best social media practices.