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SOCIAL NETWORKING: A Parent's Guide to Internet Safety

. . . was the featured presentation at the May10
Foote School Association/Parent Teacher Council Annual Meeting

Presenters were Dean Ellerton, CIO, Suffield Academy &
Virginia Corbiere, IT Director, The Foote School

What is social networking?

Social networking refers to a category of Internet applications to help connect friends, business partners, or other individuals together using a variety of tools. These applications, known as online social networks are becoming increasingly popular.

What’s the attraction of online social networks?

live communication
multimedia
empowering ability to contribute and communicate
connectedness to the global community

What are the "networkers" doing online?

multiplayer games
wikis
podcasting (video and sound)
sharing of photos
vlogs (video blogs)
IM (instant, realtime, messaging)
blogging

MySpace combines it all: blogs, photos, music, email, IM, video, e-mail

How to be safe and connected

View the full presentation

Additional reading

What is MySpace?
A May 4, 2006 article by Danah Boyd of the American Association for the Advancement of Science

Fox Film Unit to Focus on Youth
A Dec. 20, 2005 article by Sharon Waxman in the Business Section of The New York Times.

Useful links to
sites that cover safety issues:

www.wiredsafety.org

www.wiredkids.org

www.isafe.org

www.cyberangels.org

www.cyberteens.org

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