Parents What You Don’t know about Social Media Can Hurt Your Kids
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Posted By: William Jackson on March 28, 2017 Parents What You Don’t know about Social Media Can Hurt Your Kids by William Jackson - williamderekjackson@gmail.com Educator, Blogger, Social Media Visionary and Speaker #MyQuestToTeach Instructors at HBCUs across the nation have a history of sharing their knowledge, experiences and love for learning. In this age of digital access, creating digital footprints, Branding and Marketing HBCU instructors are needed more to help educate a growing digital community that may have no knowledge of the benefits of creating positive digital content. I enjoy speaking locally, nationally and with a growing international community sharing my knowledge and experiences to keep youth, teens and young adults safe online. Speaking to the youth and teens attending the Social Media workshop at The Bridge of Northeast Florida, the third this year. Educating these elementary and middle school students about the seriousness of posting content on un-monitored Social Media platforms and using digital tools that could put them in danger of Cyberstalking, CyberPorn, CyberBullying and Sexting. Even at this young age some students admit they have been bullied online and know of situations where people have been stalked from strangers. Parents must check Social Media accounts their children use, check phones for photos, video and other digital information to keep their children from getting “caught up” in mess that can cause physical and emotional harm and even involved in law enforcement investigations. Schools must now have safeguards and policies to keep students in all grades from posting information like location, who they are with and what they are doing to keep from being followed. It is important for parents to Google their children from time to time to keep them safe and not have their children associated with those even online that are involved in drugs, gangs, Sexting, pornography, bullying and human trafficking. These actions may affect the ability to enter college, the military and even affect credit scores in the future. The misunderstanding is that if a Social Media site is deleted this will “hide” them. Social Media platforms archive all their information, backup their backups thus data is never deleted or lost. The Bridge of Northeast Florida has placed a high priority to educate their students from K to High School because student safety physical, mental and emotional are being impacted by the choices that are being made because of Social Media activities. Cynthia Gibson and her staff coordinating the workshops understand that children are at serious risk and many parents just don’t understand the technology. Her proactive measures may mean keeping a child from Sexting that can ruin their personal, digital and future professional reputations. Keeping students from Cyber- bullying that may cause others to consider suicide because they feel abandoned and friendless. Educator and Social Media consultant and visionary William Jackson of My Quest To Teach are speaking at conferences, workshops, school events and churches to help parents understand the dangers and even the benefits of Social Media platforms and tools to keep children and families save. Teaching over 20 years in elementary and higher education, speaking, blogging nationally and internationally and having a strong PLN (Professional Learning Network) helps to gain and share information that can empower parents and engage students about both sides of Social Media the light and the dark. DCPS Launches New Safety Hotline The Early Learning Coalition of Duval is asking families to take the “Unplug and Connect” pledge by putting down the mobile devices to spend increased quality time with their children. Instead of focusing attention on a digital device, do an activity that allows you to have a closer connection with your family without the distractions of a wired world. To take the pledge, visit www.earlylearningjax.org Resources: Jacksonville's ONE-STOP early learning resource. ELC Duval - Twitter: @ELCDuval Jacksonville, FL Web: http://EarlyLearningJax.org The Bridge of Northeast Florida 1824 N. Pearl Street Jacksonville, FL 32206 General Information Phone: 904-354-7799 Fax: 904-354-6352 Email to: info@bridgejax.com http://www.bridgejax.com/ If you enjoyed this article, Join HBCU CONNECT today for similar content and opportunities via email! |
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William Jackson
Educational Technology and Social Media Instructor, Edward Waters College South Carolina State University class of 1985 Member Since September 2008 |
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