Comments on: Myspace Addiction http://weblogg-ed.com/2005/myspace-addiction/ Learning with the Read/Write Web Tue, 19 Jul 2011 20:36:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Terry Freedman http://weblogg-ed.com/2005/myspace-addiction/comment-page-1/#comment-1570 Terry Freedman Sat, 30 Jul 2005 15:30:39 +0000 http://weblogg-ed.com/2005/myspace-addiction/#comment-1570 <a></a>The trouble with parents grounding their children -- as opposed to dealing with the issues on an adult level! -- is that children learn very quickly not to tell their parents about any of their online activity in case they get into trouble. So if they are "cyber-bullied" or approached by a paedophile via chat rooms, tey are not able to talk to their parents about it. This phenomenon is well-documented, and in an article on my website Nancy Willard gives some suggestions about what schools and parents can do (in the context of reducing cyber-bullying). The URL, in case it's of interest, is: <a href="http://www.terry-freedman.org.uk/artman/publish/article_345.shtml" rel="nofollow">http://www.terry-freedman.org.uk/artman/publish/article_345.shtml</a> and it contains further URLs for US-based educators. The trouble with parents grounding their children — as opposed to dealing with the issues on an adult level! — is that children learn very quickly not to tell their parents about any of their online activity in case they get into trouble. So if they are “cyber-bullied” or approached by a paedophile via chat rooms, tey are not able to talk to their parents about it. This phenomenon is well-documented, and in an article on my website Nancy Willard gives some suggestions about what schools and parents can do (in the context of reducing cyber-bullying). The URL, in case it’s of interest, is:
http://www.terry-freedman.org.uk/artman/publish/article_345.shtml
and it contains further URLs for US-based educators.

]]> By: Coach Brown http://weblogg-ed.com/2005/myspace-addiction/comment-page-1/#comment-1569 Coach Brown Fri, 29 Jul 2005 12:49:38 +0000 http://weblogg-ed.com/2005/myspace-addiction/#comment-1569 <a></a>I've been blogging about MySpace for a little while. If you are interested, I posted my concerns about it here: <a href="http://ukiahcoachbrown.blogspot.com/2005/06/myspaceinternet-crack-for-21st-century.html" rel="nofollow">http://ukiahcoachbrown.blogspot.com/2005/06/myspaceinternet-crack-for-21st-century.html</a> It is very telling in terms of what students are really. After seeing some of the stuff, I'm not surprised that she was grounded for a month. I’ve been blogging about MySpace for a little while. If you are interested, I posted my concerns about it here:

http://ukiahcoachbrown.blogspot.com/2005/06/myspaceinternet-crack-for-21st-century.html

It is very telling in terms of what students are really. After seeing some of the stuff, I’m not surprised that she was grounded for a month.

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