Kids Online
December 16, 2011 | Posted in: Class Updates
Technology is becoming increasingly accessible to kids at a younger and younger age. While the Facebook policy specifies that students need to be 13 years old to have an account, it is not uncommon for elementary-aged students to have their own presence on Facebook. Sometimes students develop their own websites where they can chat with each other, share photos, and exchange information. These kinds of informal social networking sites are almost like a small-scale version of Facebook. Often, they are publicly accessible, and unregisted users may be able to see kids’ photos, names, information, and more. Internet safety is a key piece of fourth grade computer lab instruction, but in advance of this, the fourth grade teachers wanted to take a moment to remind families about the importance of internet safety. Please know that we, as a school, have no authority or control over the content that students put on Facebook or other social media sites, nor will we monitor them. However, Cyber Bullying laws would require us to become involved if we ever learned of communication taking a negative turn. For more information about internet safety for children, please visit http://www.netsmartz.org/Parents
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