as young as 10 years old documenting the school bus ride. She said it’s an additional challenge for student transporters but add- ed that the technology also has its upside. “Having those smart phones can be beneficial as it brings
to light things on the bus that show a need for monitors, ad- ditional training, especially when you don’t have the benefit of (on-board) surveillance cameras,” she added. But especially after Facebook announced in May that it was
considering opening up the social network to children younger than 13, the issue has become even more polarizing in educa- tional and family circles, alike. In April, the Consortium for School Networking (CoSN)
published a report along with 13 other national education as- sociations and funded by the MacArthur Foundation that aims to help school districts revise or create policies regarding the use of mobile technologies and related social media by students. In releasing the report, Keith Krueger, CEO of CoSN, said legislators to school board members to educational leaders need help in making better decisions in drafting policies in the first place. Te report’s first finding is not so surprising, namely that the use
of mobile Internet devices and social media by young people is widely prevalent and growing. At the same time, students as well as schools are experiencing more substantial education benefits of the technology. As such, more schools are moving away from
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policies that ban their use to integrating them into the classroom. “Mobile technologies and social media, if leveraged appro-
priately, have the potential to maximize student learning and engagement, and transform the concept of the classroom from four walls to an interactive space where student-centered learn- ing takes place,” added Susan Bales, president of the Frameworks Institute, a think tank that seeks to use scholarly research to frame public discourse on social challenges. “While there are a variety of challenges, there are enormous opportunities, and if we — educa- tors, technology leaders and school decision makers — find ways to harness the power of these tools, the benefits to our young people and our education system are countless. Tere are also legitimate concerns that must be addressed, but they must be weighed against the potential benefits.” Tose legitimate concerns include use of social media on
school property. Te report found that current federal, state and local policies and procedures need modification or clarification in order to respond to current realities of expanded social media and mobile devices in schools. Additionally, equity is a vital issue to consider when establish-
ing policy around social media and mobile technologies. “Tere have been a number of states that, as a result of par-
ticularly the cyber bullying and predatory (behavior by students as well as teachers), have considered various policy changes in a
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