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I Urge You To Show This To Your Kids

Teachers and Parents, I would like to share with you an extremely powerful and effective clip, teaching kids via a dramatised cautionary tale about the importance of staying safe when using their social media pages.  It advocates the use of privacy settings and warns against giving up private information on a page which is accessible to the public.

I think this is an essential clip to share with your children/students, particularly if they are aged between 8 and 16.  With so many kids on Facebook and My Space, I think it is absolutely vital to inform them about the importance of privacy and discretion.

I found this clip so effective.  What do you think?

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7 Responses to “I Urge You To Show This To Your Kids”

  1. Airon Faustine's avatar Max Miller Says:
    January 7, 2011 at 8:42 am | Reply

    Shame I can’t view the clip. Not while I’m at the office. =)
    We need stuff like this to teach children to protect personal information. Nice post!

  2. The Excited Neuron's avatar The Excited Neuron Says:
    January 7, 2011 at 10:43 am | Reply

    Wow. Really disturbing but very effective.

  3. Unknown's avatar Kids and Social Media Dangers « The Excited Neuron Says:
    January 7, 2011 at 10:52 am | Reply

    […] found this YouTube video courtesy of Michael at Passionate Teaching.  The video demonstrates some of the dangers of kids using social media.  Honestly, it’s a […]

  4. Margaret Reyes Dempsey's avatar Margaret Reyes Dempsey Says:
    January 24, 2011 at 5:24 am | Reply

    Wow. This was very powerful. Thanks for sharing.

  5. Unknown's avatar Magpie’s Shiny Things: January 25, 2011 « Conjuring My Muse Says:
    January 25, 2011 at 4:42 pm | Reply

    […] Michael G. is the blogger over at Sharing a Love of Teaching. He is a Grade 4 teacher in Australia, and from the posts I’ve read, a wonderful one at that. What I love about his blog is that it challenges me to think, and I usually end up rethinking my opinions on topics in education, bullying, etc. Everyone with a school-aged child in their life should read this blog. And everyone with a child who has a social media profile on sites like Facebook, etc. should immediately stop what they’re doing, sit their child down, and watch the video he shared in his post I Urge You To Show This To Your Kids. […]

  6. Tech Coordinator's avatar commutingteacher Says:
    January 30, 2011 at 5:15 am | Reply

    Thank you, Michael! I am eager to share this will my colleagues.

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