I do not tend to incorporate those forms of technology when we are asked to because I am not sure how it would work. I, like most people, have never experienced the use of those technologies in the classroom. I do not necessarily think that I am scared to use them in the classroom setting, but I am nervous as to how things would turn out.
I do not think that they would be useful in the classroom setting because I believe the cons outway the pros. It would be extremely difficult to monitor the uses, but I also think that education should be seperate from personal things as well.
Allowing students to use these in the classroom could pose some problems. One I can think of relates to the use of cell phones. Most schools have policies that prohibate the use of phones in schools, so I would not want to go against the policy. Also the social networking sites pose a problem because the students use that for their own personal use, we shouldn't expect them to have to worry about other classmates or teachers looking at their sites.
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You're right, cell phone usage and social networking in the classroom do raise concerns, especially concerning privacy rights of the students. Social networks are blocked from access in (some, most ??)schools because they are typically used for entertainment and not learning or research purposes.
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