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Teens and the Internet

Teens and the Internet. What is a social networking site?. Interactive, user-submitted network of friends, personal profiles, blogs, groups, photos, music and videos for teenagers and adults internationally. http://www.komando.com/myspace/. Decipher this conversation:

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Teens and the Internet

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  1. Teensand theInternet

  2. What is a social networking site? Interactive, user-submitted network of friends, personal profiles, blogs, groups, photos, music and videos for teenagers and adults internationally. http://www.komando.com/myspace/

  3. Decipher this conversation: Student 1: AYStudent 2: WRUDT P911Student 1: NMJC WBY

  4. Decipher this conversation: 1: FTT? 2: NO, POS LOL NOT

  5. Do you think your child has a social networking site?(MySpace, Facebook, etc.) • Yes • No

  6. 72% of MMS students reported having a social networking webpage.

  7. How old do you have to be to have a MySpace page? • 14 • 16 • 18

  8. 65% of 6th grade students at MMS have a social networking page like MySpace or Facebook.

  9. Do you think your child has ever been approached online by a stranger? • Yes • No

  10. 71% of kids online reported being approached by someone they did not know.

  11. What Can I Do?

  12. Have an open line of communication about internet use with your child.

  13. LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION!

  14. Set up groundrules for internet use

  15. Monitor your child’s internet activity…does the screen go blank when you walk by, where do they surf, do they have an instant messaging account?

  16. Do they have a buddy list, where do the names come from, do they know the person offline?

  17. Google your child’s name in quotations, phone number, email address, etc. Also check under Google Images.

  18. Install internet monitoring software to see what sites are being accessed from your computer.

  19. 117 MMS students (38% surveyed) reported having access to the internet in their room at home.

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