Week 10- Texting

Over the past years it is evident that the use of technology has been a major part of kids everyday life.  They are either texting friends, posting thoughts and photos on facebook or myspace, sharing personal information with each other, which is a great way of communication, but this could lead to inappropriate misuse of technology which we have seen in this weeks lesson.

 

Kids taking their lives because of the simple mistakes that kids have been making for years.  Trusting the wrong people and not thinking of the repercussions of their actions.  Lets face it they are kids, most of us have made pretty stupid mistakes at that age as well, the only differencce is that with technology, the information spreads quickly to large masses and there is always a record of it that the child can't seem to escape.

I believe that a parent should be responsible for teaching their child the proper way to use the technology they are allowing their children to have access to.  Their should be  boundaries set, which will allow their kids freedom to explore, but should be monitored for inappropriate behaviour.  Parents need to take a more active role in knowing their kids and looking for clues which show signs of trouble and informing their kids on what is safe and what could be a potential threat.

As for schools, I feel strongly against having cell phones use during school hours.  Is there really a need for it?  If there is an emergency, the school usually has access to all the parents information. Unfortunaltly, that is not the reality and kids have access to their cell phones during school hours, so it would only make sence for the school to teach kids the right way to share information and the repercussions for using technology in the wrong way.