In response to Chad...
I agree with Chad that we need to talk to our students and kids (as parents) to keep open the lines of communication. Further, kids need supervision and constant monitoring. Allowing them access to chat rooms and MSN is allowing certain kids to get into areas of trouble. Kids need to know that they are monitored and their conversations could be recorded.
It is easy to get into sites on the Internet that are questionable at times and downright scary. My 11-year old playing a game online experienced some rather bad language tirades and threatening behaviour from adult gamers. This year, while doing an innocent Sesame Street search for my Kindergarten class, brought me to Bert and Ernie naked, swearing and drinking cartoons. Imagine a small child coming across this.
The Internet allows access to the world. But it could just allow the world more access to us than desired.
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