Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Internet Safety #2

I talked with my sister-in-law about internet safety. She is 16 and a junior in high school. I found a way to not make it awkward by waiting until she was doing something on the internet. One day when I went over she was posting new photos to facebook. She showed me them and was telling me all about them. Some of them were of other people and I asked if she had permission to tag those people. She said she hadn't asked but she was sure they wouldn't care. I pointed out that once a picture is online there's no way to get rid of it completely so maybe she should be careful when posting pictures of herself and others. She had never heard that before and thought it was very interesting and also scary. She was very receptive and I talked with her about some of the things that were in the voicethread for the internet safety week like using pictures that were more ambiguous and putting on settings that only allow certain friend groups to see them. I do not know if it will change anything for her, but at least she has now heard the information and is aware of it.

1 comment:

  1. Great Kara! Remember that part of the assignment was to view 30 minutes of videos online (either the ones I have on the assignment page, or others that you find) and write a post about the videos. I gave you some more points for talking with your family member--perfect!

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