Doug Reeves has been on a bit of a writing binge on the topic of leadership, specifically writing for the American School Board Journal on district administrative issues. I especially like the one on assessment for superintendents. Scroll down to the "leadership" section, where you will find a number of articles written in 2010.
As educators, we must respond proactively to these real dangers children face in using social networking and read/write web resources. But unfortunately the knee-jerk reaction has been to block all social networking resources – blogs, wikis, YouTube, Flickr, and virtual worlds.
afety comes from education, not blocking.
Even if social networking sites are effectively blocked in schools, most students will still get access to them