The topic for Monday’s Principal PowWow was “Cyber Safety.” I would like to thank Mikki Lawrence for sharing her knowledge and insights Monday evening. She spoke about many of the technological advances that our children today have grown up with. Things like the Internet (with social networking pages and instant messaging) and cell phones are simply givens in their lives. These technologies have a great deal of positive things to offer us and our children. However, there are some dangers that our children can be exposed to when they use these technologies. Mikki talked about the decisions our children face in this area outside of school and I spoke about the potential impact within the classroom. We also shared information about how to keep children safe and monitor their behavior and decision making when they are using these technologies. It is an ever changing field and we must be ever changing to keep up with it.
The feedback that evening from those in attendance was very positive. We may offer this topic again, later in the year. Let me know if you think that would be helpful
Thanks,
Mary Jo
