Paine Intermediate School will host an Internet Safety
Meeting for parents on Tuesday, March 26, 2013, at 8:30 a.m.
We have seen our young students posting pictures of themselves
on Instagram accounts that are wide open for anyone to view. We are also
finding pictures taken of whole classrooms of students and posted on Instagram
without permission from the subjects of those pictures. Sometimes the students
in the pictures/videos are working in their classrooms and do not realize that
a picture or video of them is being taken. Then, that picture is posted on
Instagram with a mean or snide comment.
Sergeant Carl Carpenter of the Jefferson County Sheriff's Department, in conjunction with our school Internet Safety Committee, will
address parents about measures they can take to protect their children online.
Information will be shared about apps like Instagram, and how to monitor a child’s electronic devices. Children are so much more tech-savy than
most of their parents! We are going to address filters and restrictions that
can be placed on these devices as well.
Sergeant Carpenter expressed his appreciation at the
opportunity to address parents. He stated that he presently had six cases
on his desk that were similar to the issues that we have noticed. It is a
growing problem.
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