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How to Use Social Networks at Schools

Facebook , Twitter, email and other online social networks play a major part in the lives of today’s youth. Students as young as kindergarten have cell phones that can access the Internet and students expect to have access to this online world at all times. Technology, especially social network sites, can distract students from classroom activities; however they can also be used for educational purposes .     Finding the right balance between acceptable use and what is unacceptable use in schools can be a difficult task for school administrators