Most students have enough willpower to turn off their electronic devices while they are in school, but others are not able to resist the temptation.
For more than 15 years, teachers have had to confiscate cell phones and other portable devices; however, social networking has found its way into the classroom in various ways.
Even schools that have installed firewalls blocking students from accessing social networking websites sometimes find that their students have been able to find loopholes.
Some school districts in the US have gone so far as to ban their students from having profiles on social networking sites. Students can circumvent this by signing up with aliases, but the problem is worsening.
Teachers have managed to get themselves into hot water by linking their profiles to their students and sharing too much personal information with their schools.
Although most social networking sites only allow users aged 13 and above to have their own profiles, children as young as 8 years old have found ways to circumvent the security measures.
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