Host: Holly Priebe-Diaz, LAUSD’s expert
When: Wednesday, April 21, 2010, 7:00 p.m.
Where: Welby Way Elementary 23456 Welby Way West Hills, CA 91356 (818) 348-1975
More and more of our students are texting, instant messaging, webcasting, Twittering, and using YouTube and Facebook.
Do you know … what they are posting? what they are viewing? Where your children are in the cyberworld? The INTERNET SAFETY STRATEGIES FOR STUDENTS? the TOP 10 THINGS PARENTS MUST DO to protect our children?
Some quick facts:
• 53% of students enter chat rooms and 85% use Instant Messaging
• 1 in 5 children between the ages of 10-17 have been solicited inappropriately online. In 15% of those cases, the predator attempted to meet in person.
• 89% of the solicitations of kids were made in chat rooms or Instant messages.
• 1 in 5 girls and 1 in 10 boys were exploited before they reach adulthood.
Come learn/share together and help protect and guide our tech-savy generation of children.
