Are you a bad person? Well, then you are not allowed to read the following.
There, now that the bad people have gone, I can continue… Andy Phippen and colleagues at Plymouth have been studying eSafety, and have noted that children continue to use social networking sites with little regard or awareness of guidelines or apparent common sense.
The opening of this post is inspired directly by a quote they found on a teen’s social networking profile.
First an important message: please no pervs, murderurs, rapists, racists and just plain wierdos off limits,no comments no lukin on my profile.fullstop….f off!
As a protection mechanism, perhaps a touch less effective than taking care over privacy settings and careful selection of what information to post.
November 16, 2008 at 3:06 am
Like the sign outside the police station in my town:
“No Criminals Are Allowed In This Area”.
November 26, 2008 at 5:48 pm
With so many adults (parents and teachers) not completely clued up on eSafety and the potential future repercussions of posting information online, who are kids and teens to learn from?
November 26, 2008 at 9:14 pm
I think that has been highlighted as a problem… educating teachers should be a priority I guess as CPD / in-service training means that it should be possible to actually reach them!
Educating parents… worthwhile but tricky!