**originally published on 2010-11-20 09:10:44** Here’s the article from the BBC for context: Social networking ‘damaging school work’ say teachers In reading through my twitter feed, I read many educators who seem angry about this article by the BBC. Some say kids have always wanted to connect with each other, this is no different. Others … Why are we arguing that social networking does not have a negative effect on school & learning?

Over the past couple of weeks I have been hearing and reading about stories to do with facebook in (and out of) schools. At schools in Quebec and Ontario, students are being suspended for things that they are posting about their teachers and principals on facebook. These are the same kinds of things that students … Facing up to Facebook