UK and Irish Schools Need to Educate, Not Ban, Now

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. UK and Irish Schools Need to Educate, Not Ban, Now
Given the importance of social networking (and similar technologies) in schools (read more) it seems odd that a school ministry would ban them. But this is just the case in school boards now as administrators think that the students are up to no good. And they may be. But banning, rather than teaching, is rather like, well, this scene from Harry Potter. See also Ewan McIntosh's remarkable three part series on adopting social networking in schools. More...