Class blog 6

While the accessibility to information holds much promise in creating a global community and allow us to learn from each other, it also holds much danger. From on-line predators to cyberbullying, it has opened up a whole new landscape of digital peril.Just what do our young people know? What do they need to know? What types of risky behavior are you seeing with our youth?What roles do school administrations, teachers, parents and communities have to play in keeping our children and our communities safe??


This is a great question. We can only say so much on the matter. Most kids will take what is said about online chat groups ect in on ear and out the other. It’s risky because there are so many predators who now stalk online instead of stalking on the street. They don’t have to see a child in person no more to try in gain their trust and that’s scary. I think monitoring the computer and having it in a place where adults is a good way to start. I have heard there are now programs that will let you monitor what your child is doing on line and let you block certain sites so that you can breathe a little easier when they go online and you don’t have to worry about stuff poping up that should be there. What type of risky behavior im seeing with youth is cyberbulling and online dating. It’s a big thing among adults now to find people online to date and its going to start trickling more so. Kids are seeing that its okay to put all that personal information out there. I think we have to make sure our youth are aware of the dangers and that it just doesn’t happen to people in the states. I think that’s all we could do.