[eMINTS] MySpace

[Howard, Tammy]

Hello Karen,

We had class together a few years ago during the summer. 
We teach Internet Safety to all seventh grade students. I 
have also done some sessions during our Parenting Fairs.

Tammy Howard

On Tue, 29 Jan 2008 16:07:43 -0600
  "Karen Sander" <ksander at sedalia.k12.mo.us> wrote:
> We have several fifth grade students who have created 
>MySpace accounts at
> home.  They are not able to access them at school, but 
>they do discuss the
> accounts with their friends at school.
> 
> Our principal would like to address this issue with 
>parents.  Many of the
> girls have suggestive nicknames and/or comments posted. 
> We have done some
> internet safety classes with parents in the past.  Does 
>anyone have other
> ideas??  How have other schools dealt with MySpace??
> 
> Karen Sander
> Skyline Elementary, Sedalia #200
> English for Speakers of Other Languages
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Tammy Howard
WMS 7th Computer Applications Teacher
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