Student Attitudes Toward Online Safety

PrivateNational Public Radio aired a pair of very balanced stories on middle and high school students’ expectations of online privacy and attitudes toward safety this week. It’s helpful as educators to understand the changing expectations of privacy of our students. These clips provide some insight.

Digital Culture: Teens Take Advantage of Online Privacy Tools (6:37)

Digital Culture: Teens’ Online “Friends” Often Number in the Hundreds (6:13)

Referenced parent resources from the “Online Friends” piece (some of which have educator information as well):

Image citation: ::: Billie / PartsNPieces :::, “Privacy Fence Smashed” ::: Billie / PartsNPieces :::’s Photostream. 29 Dec 2005. 4 Apr 2008 <http://flickr.com/photos/partsnpieces/79097894/>.

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