College officials have reason to fret over students’ blithely revealing comments on social-networking sites like Facebook and Myspace. But they can take some comfort, perhaps, from the knowledge that high-school administrators have just as many problems with loose-lipped blog-keepers and profile-posters.
Many schools have started making a point to teach students and parents about Web etiquette and security. But when administrators hear complaints about cyberbullying or inflammatory student blogs, they often have to make difficult disciplinary decisions without the benefit of a campus computing policy. (The Christian Science Monitor)
For more on students’ use of online social networks, see an article from The Chronicle by Brock Read.
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