Blocking Social Media In Schools

School and police officials should not be able to check are cell phones and social networking sites because that is none of their business. For example, at a school, if a fight breaks out, and a student has recorded it and posted it, the principal should not be able to take action and taking his phone. Monitoring students’ online activity is an invasion of privacy and a violation of freedom of speech. I think that… teachers and principals should not be able to take the kids phones. In addition, If the kid was at school and he was on it when class was going on and he wasn’t supposed to be on it and the teacher asked for his phone and was going to check what he was on, the student should have the right to not give it to her because that is none of her business what he was on, but if he was on it when not supposed to then the teacher should just take until the end of class and give it back. If the device is not school-owned and is not being used on school campus, schools should not monitor a student’s online activity. If an

country. Even during school hours, you get the occasional ping of a phone from twitter

Some schools have had enough of their students abusing social media networks while on campus and have decided to ban social media access on their library computers. Other colleges have also implemented systems on their library computers where Twitter and Facebook are permanently blocked (Madden, 2012). The main reason for the new system is that most of these students that need to conduct research on computers have had to wait almost 20-30 minutes for a free computer. The colleges noticed that those that had access to a computer were using it to check their social media profiles. This aggravated many students and resulted in an agreement where designated computers still had unrestricted internet whereas others did not. This

Duff, White & Turner, LLC “ Schools Should Punish Students for Misuse of Networking sites” (Document D). If Schools have dealt with a number of incidents concerning improper use of internet sites should be banned. I believe school computers should be used only for homework and school purposes. The internet being an open network, which includes big Social Networking sites such as Myspace and Facebook of course students are going to pay more attention to that. Schools should restrict all those websites , although there are ways around in which students use to bypass. Schools around the United States have entered into an education code in which it authorizes to expel, suspend, or removal of school. Even though some students might say the school can't get into what they do after or outside of campus. The school can engage in taking charge of conduct resulted in disruption of the school environment. The school may lawfully discipline any student for such

At certain measures it is ok, for example if the person is using a school computer, the school should have that kind of authority. “Kids need to be free to say something without feeling like the school is watching them 27/7 (qtd. in Wallace). What a student does on their phone off school hours should not concern the school in any way. Even if there is bullying involved, the school shouldn’t be allowed to browse the student’s account. Think about it, if you tell the students that the school has all kind of access to their social media accounts, they most likely wouldn’t bully online anymore. With that being said, the school would have access to all kinds of personal information yet there would be nothing to prevent. “School officials had violated students’ free speech rights when two girls were suspended from extracurricular activites for posting pictures of themselves with phallic-shaped lollipops” (Wallace). The students were suspended from events at school even though everything they were accused of happened outside of school. I believe that the school shouldn’t have had the right to eliminate them from activities for something that they should have never found out

A very controversial opinions are presented in the article ' 'Should teachers friend their students on Facebook?" by American Teacher scholar magazine. Nancy Willard, director of Embracing Digital Youth and author of Cyber Savvy, thinks it is very crutial to keep a professional communication and a proper distance with students, because social media, if not used properly, may raise a great public concern, and thus, will be treated as an invasion of a personal space. On the other hand, due to Lauren Isaacs Schimko, a math teacher in the North Rockland Central School District and secretary of the North Rockland Teachers ' Association, Facebook may be a great communication tool for teachers-students-parents socializing, helping to enhance

Social media plays a big part in why many schools have not jumped on the technology train. “Often, even when kids are together, they are interacting with their phones instead of with each other.” This seems like a disadvantage, that kids will lose the ability to socially interact with one another. It could be a matter, but not if you keep their internet access at school limited. In the article from the Washington post, it seems like there are certain times when it is okay to be on social media and when it isn't. “And a majority of young

Social media has become a huge part of our lives and the younger generation is becoming more involved with this new technology. However, the use of social media has been a great debate in classroom settings. School districts have been conflicted with the two options: to teach along and incorporate social media into the classroom or to restrict the use of social media during school hours.

Finally, students cannot take advantage of personal time with overly restrictive filters. Many filters work using categories such as ‘social’, ‘forums’, or ‘audio/video’. Interactive or social media websites are often blocked without considering educational use of some communal websites. For example, sites where students interact with each other and discuss novels are blocked, categorized as ‘forums’. Administrations must acknowledge that not every interactive site distracts students, and blocking them takes away technology’s full experience and the ways it allows students to

The last reason we need filters in our schools is because they block access to social media sites. This is not to say that social media sites are bad; in fact, these websites are good and fun entertainment. However, these websites, just like many other things, can cause more harm than good. These websites can be used for bullying and harassment, serious invasion of privacy, and many other things that could hurt our students. Some argue that these websites can also be used for educational purposes. This is a false and thin argument. It is incredibly rare that there is something of legitimate educational use that can only be accessed through these websites. These websites also distract our children from learning. How can they when they constantly have a blinking screen in their lap just begging them to see the photo their friend just posted? These websites have a place to be used, but our classrooms are not that place.

Although many people do believe that district administrators should monitor students’ social media accounts, district administrators should definitely NOT monitor the social media accounts because student privacy and the right to free speech is being trampled, district administrators do not need to be parenting kids, police should be taking up for it, not school officials, and many more

"Teachers should not be able to keep tabs on students for several different reasons. The reasons the teachers should not be able to keep up with children’s social media is because it would cause more problems and stress on the teachers. Our Presidents Donald Trump should also be able to tweet as he pleases.

Many schools block or restrict the internet because of the harm it can do to the students. The schools

Though some school officials agree with this statement, most do not. School officials seem to think that student’s social media accounts are breeding grounds for opportunities to abuse students and let them get away with things against school rules. But when surveyed most teachers and people in school administration roles say. “Schools should move towards allowing access to web 2.0 sites, with children (11-16) being educated in responsible and creative learning.” (Sharples) meaning that schools think that students should be allowed to have their privacy on social media. To elaborate, this means that some schools believe that because it happened off of campus, and no one has

Even if it means protecting the community, officials shouldn’t be able to go through personal devices. If a student posts an inappropriate picture on social media parents can deal with it not teachers. “Monitoring students’ online activity is an invasion of privacy and a violation of freedom of speech“, says Akasha Bagaria. If a student did something on social media that didn’t involve school, teachers shouldn’t be allowed to discipline the student because their role is to teach, not monitor kids outside the classroom. Also, if someone gets arrested, police shouldn’t be allowed to go through his/her phone. “The two judges who voted against the verdict argued that cell phone searches are an invasion of privacy. They noted that smartphones can contain a wide variety of information about a person”, said the article Phone Patrol, section “Should the Police Be Allowed to Dig Through People’s Cell Phones?” If a police officer goes through someone's phone, there could be embarrassing things that he doesn’t him