A blog from Mary Beth Hertz in "The Journal" (www.thejournal.com) where she talks about the "dangers" of not allowing children to access to technology in school that surrounds them outside of school.

She draws a parallel with "stanger danger" fears;

The growing trend of schools banning and blocking social media sites and mobile devices frightens me. It's the equivalent of telling students, "Sure, go ahead and play outside, but don't talk to anyone and make sure you don't use the monkey bars."

Worth a read.

http://thejournal.com/articles/2012/04/18/5-tips-for-teaching-digital-citizenship-in-the-elementary-classroom.aspx