MySpace – Safari

I have been curious about MySpace after all the media reports and what my fellow teachers have said.  Plus several of my students requested that they learn about MySpace.

After the walkouts, my district has blocked MySpace so we can’t do anything in the classroom, but I do plan to talk about it soon.

The good news, is that Safari just made a book availabled called “My Space Unraveled: A Parent’s Guide to Teen Social Networking from the Directors of BlogSafety.com”

By the way, BlogSafety.com is worth checking out.

I like the book so far, and I like their approach — don’t try to control your teenager but do teach them to act responsibility.  That’s what I try to do.

I personally prefer leaving the websites on and getting onto kids when they go to the wrong place or at the wrong time.  I don’t get to make all those choices, as the district does use Websense to block things.