I understand that the Internet is a powerful tool that can bring us to new places and learn new things, but did you know that almost one in four children between the ages of 11-19 have been the victim of cyberbullying. Imagine if that was your child. Imagine if your child was doing the bullying...
Last weekend I saw a movie called "Odd Girl Out". It was a movie all about cyberbullying. As I was watching the movie I was also thinking about the past discussions about how we are not prepared for the new technologies. It made me wonder, are we ready for all of the new crimes that are happening/will happen because of the use of the internet?
Did you know that identity theft is on the rise? Be careful what you are actually doing on the internet and giving your credit card to.
Internet romance is also on the rise - but so are crimes in which people meet on the internet and one ends up dead.
I don't mean to sound negative about the internet and the great things we can do with it...but I think as a reflection to the You Tube video we need to consider if we are also prepared for all of the cyber crimes that will be on the rise in the future. Yes, schools should absolutely expose students to great websites/technologies, but we also have to have discussions/seminars about internet crimes and how to protect our children.
Just something to think about...
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