Social Networking In Schools – An Alternative?
Posted by Brian on December 30, 2009 under web tools | 
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While on the train journey back from London, I took advantage of the free Wifi service, courtesy of East Coast Rail and I decided to have a quick look at Stribe. Stribe could be the answer to the ‘should we allow or not allow access to Facebook et al in schools’ question.
Stribe offers individuals, or in our case, schools, to create a social networking site with all the tools you would expect to find. Including user created profiles, chat/private messaging and sharing pages. Your social networking site can then be accessed via any domain(s) you see fit. To get Stribe, you need to request a beta invite and answer 2 short questions. You can do that here.
As I see it, this could offer great opportunities for schools to create their own social networks and provide appropriate social netiquette, safety and privacy awareness. Not to mention the obvious social aspects of it – clubs, departments, teachers, classes can all create and contribute towards school pages.
I’m quite keen to give it a go and host a social network on the blog, however, the free wifi service doesn’t seem to let me do it at the moment! It’ll be a job for 2010!
Please let us know if any of you have used Stribe and share your experiences with us!
You can follow the Stribe team on twitter on @stribe
