1. Should schools be blocking social networking ? BY Kerry Delgado

2. Are schools understanding everything that they are blocking form the students?

3. Some of these blocked sites can be used for engaged learn for their pupils.

4. Why block something that will make your students excited about the lessons?

5. Teachers want their students to be engaged or excited for their lessons.

6. These kids are.

7. So just let them get excited about learning. Unblock the social networks!

8. Redefine what it means to have engaged learning.

9. But do using these social networks like Skype really work for class lessons?

10. Just ask them.

11. Yet most schools don't understand this.

12. Schools are blocking networks that they don't even know what they can use them for.

13. The web enables global collaboration so why block it ?

15. Class lessons can be on debates , opinions, etc.

16. Teachers can arrange debates with U.K students on the American Revolution.

17. Like these kids are doing.

18. using these blocked sites gives skills needed for the future jobs!

19. A fun way of finding out what is going on in the outside world.

20. school leaders should be questioning themselves on what's really happening.

21. information is flowing out of the classroom instead of in.

22. Social networking like Skype, are the new age of learning

24. So why are we blocking our future!?