Their internet filtering contract is due to expire, so the schools have been asked to complete a survey about lifting the ban. The way that the officials look at it is that they know that students are accessing the sites on their mobile phones anyways, so why not provide safe usage of the websites on the computers?
Being a former high-school student, I would agree to lifting the ban on the social networking sites, but I also know that people would abuse the priviledge and not do their work in school or be very distracted by it, much like how it is on their phones during class. So, in a way I think lifting the ban would be nice, but probably not a good idea.
NSW Schools May Lift Social Networking Ban
I completely agree with you on it. There's definitely a good and a bad thing that can come out of letting kids go on the internet in school. But what I'm wondering is if they would keep track or a record of what the kids look at you know?
ReplyDeleteI would have to say that I do not think it would make a huge difference with kids being distracted during classes. During classes, kids go on them or they play games on their phones or ipods anyways as well as in the computer lab or library. Like my school blocked them but kids knew how to get around it so people were on them. Then if they do not get unblocked then they will just go onto other websites and do other things that will distract them as well. Either way, they will find a way to do other things than work.
ReplyDeleteI would hope schools would realize that just restricting their students makes them want to break the rules more! If they were to allow the use of facebook, yes some kids would not get their work done, but that is their choice. If they don't want to get their work done during their free time, their fault!
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