Like with many pieces of technology today, the intended uses for hardware or software applications do not always follow the straight and narrow. Mark makes an interesting point about camera phones being used as a way to document and perhaps even prevent bullying. On the other hand the camera phone can be the tool in the bullying behaviour itself. A quick surf of You Tube will present any number of fights and incidents of bullying of students or teachers that have been posted not to prevent the act but rather to promote it.
The concept of MySpace or Facebook started out simply enough as a way to connect with others. Now privacy issues and people with nefarious intent prise the waves.
I think it is difficult to keep up with how technology is being used and to have a common set of rules and responsibilities which govern how technology is to be used. Take for instance the case going on at the moment concerning the Ryerson student who is facing expulsion for having an online study group through Facebook. Seems to me the student is doing exactly what university students have been doing for years, except now they are doing it electronically.
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