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07 May 08
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Marie CoppolaroEighty-one percent of kids have visited a social networking
site such as MySpace or Facebook. Yet more than 50% of schools block
social networking altogether and over 80% block instant messaging and
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02 May 08
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01 May 08
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By definition social networking encompasses virtual places and tools such as Facebook, MySpace, Club Penguin, and Second Life, as well as the traditional instant messengers our students use.
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Our studens share their lives online using these tools as well as the text messaging built into their phones—which have morphed into video cameras, web browsers, and instant messengers.
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This is not the way we grew up. We had our group of friends, our own little group. Now, the groups to which today's young people belong are hundreds and even thousands strong.
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Eighty-one percent of kids have visited a social networking site such as MySpace or Facebook. Yet more than 50% of schools block social networking altogether and over 80% block instant messaging and chatting services.
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Although the media coverage would make us think the numbers are higher, "Creating and Connecting", a recent report by the National School Boards Association, states that only .08% of students – that's eight of ten thousand say—that they have met an online contact in person without parental consent.
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There are statistics that justify some fear. More than 80 percent of children using e-mail receive inappropriate messages, and 47 percent receive pornographic spam on a daily basis. Further, one in five children (21 percent) open and view spam e-mail. About 1 in 3 teens that use the Internet claim they have been bullied online in one way or another.
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