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Social software tools like blogs, wikis and social networking sites are being used more and more by learners of all ages. But these tools also present a number of difficult legal ethical and safety concerns for educators and their students.

In the news: [|MySpace Photo Blocks Teacher's Degree]

Concerns:
 * Harrassment and bullying
 * IM
 * [|Science Leadership Academy]
 * Websites
 * E-mail
 * [|Most Teens Not Bothered by Cyberbullying]
 * Plagiarism and cheating
 * vs. Collaboration
 * Wikipedia
 * Copyright
 * [|CreativeCommons.org]
 * Predation and safety
 * [|The Facts About Online Sex and Schools]
 * [|I-Safe]
 * [|Center for Safe and Responsible Internet Use]
 * [|Wired Safety]
 * The Personal Online Portfolio
 * Admissions Officers
 * Employers
 * [|MySpace]
 * [|The New Permanent Record]--Steve Dembo
 * "[|Say Everything]"-- New York Magazine article on the shifting defnition of privacy
 * Legal Aspects
 * [|Student's MySpace Rant Is Protected Speech, Says Court]