BY NICK LEHOTSKY, Patriot-News
Camp Hill High School, recently fed up with an inordinate number of students wasting an inordinate amount of time on Facebook, blocked the site. Though I originally applauded the move, I am now condemning it. What administrators see as an obstruction to modern education I see as a potential pathway to modern education. In the 21st century, sites such as Facebook can and should be utilized by schools, teachers and students for educational benefits. The three R’s of old (reading, writing and arithmetic) need to be updated to the three R’s of a 21st century education: understanding responsibility, reliability and risks in today’s world of technology. Schools should embrace ways to teach students about appropriate technology use, not just try to pretend the digital world doesn’t exist.
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